Marousi metro station explained

Name El:Μαρούσι
Marousi
Line:AM1
Borough:Marousi
Country:Greece
Coordinates:38.0562°N 23.8049°W
Manager:STASY
Platforms:2
Tracks:2
Structure:Elevated
Accessible:Yes
Years:10 August 1957
Events:Line opened
Years1:1 September 1957
Events1:Station opened
Years2:14 March 2004
Events2:Station rebuilt[1]
Mapframe:yes

Marousi (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Μαρούσι), also known as Maroussi,[2] is an Athens Metro station in Marousi, a northern suburb in Athens. The station is served by Line 1, and is 23.46km (14.58miles) down the line from the southern terminus of, between to the south and to the north.[1]

The station is managed by STASY, and was rebuilt with step-free access as part of the renovation of Line 1 in 2004.[1]

History

The Marousi metro station is on the site of a former Lavrion Square–Strofyli railway station called Amarousion, which was open from 4 February 1885 to 8 August 1938.

The current metro station on an elevated viaduct was built by the Hellenic Electric Railways, and opened on 1 September 1957: in 2004, the Athens–Piraeus Electric Railways renovated the station with a new roof and step-free access.[1]

Proposals

Since the late 1990s, Elliniko Metro and the Greek government have proposed that Marousi would serve a second metro line. The first proposal consisted of a branch of Line 3 from, which would be partially elevated after Filothei.[3] In December 2005, Elliniko Metro revised the proposal to a U-shaped Line 4 from this station to via, because they believed that the branch would have limited the capacity of Line 3.[4] [5]

Layout

Side platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 1← to
Platform 2 to
Side platform, doors will open on the right

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stations. Athens Piraeus Electric Railways. 18 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20120117133834/http://www.isap.gr/page.asp?id=44. 17 January 2012. Athens. Greek. 17 January 2012.
  2. Web site: Metro and Tram Map. STASY. 2 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221102193826/https://stasy.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MAP_STASY_2022.pdf. 2 November 2022. Athens. Greek. 11 October 2022.
  3. Web site: Extensions. Attiko Metro. 24 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20010224071621/http://www.ametro.gr/cgi-bin/showextensgr.cgi. 24 February 2001. Athens. Greek. 24 February 2001.
  4. Web site: Souflias. Georgios. The New Extensions of the Athens Metro. Attiko Metro. 6 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203441/http://www.ametro.gr/cgi-bin/showpressgr.cgi?id=90. 27 September 2007. Athens. 1 December 2005. dead.
  5. Web site: Map (untitled). Attiko Metro. 6 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20051223220424/http://www.ametro.gr/main/project/description/zoom/map_big_down.jpg. 23 December 2005. Athens. 23 December 2005. dead.