Thiseio metro station explained

Name El:Θησείο
Thissio
Line:AM1
Address:Thiseio
Borough:Athens
Country:Greece
Coordinates:37.9768°N 23.7201°W
Manager:STASY
Platforms:2
Tracks:2
Structure:At-grade
Accessible:Yes
Electrified:1904 (Line 1)
Years:27 February 1869
Events:Opened
Years1:20 June 2004
Events1:Rebuilt[1]
Mapframe:yes

Thiseio (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Θησείο), also known as Thissio on signage, is one of the oldest stations in Athens Athens Metro Line 1, located in Thiseio at 8.603km (05.346miles) from Piraeus.[2] It is located in Athens and took its name from the nearby Temple of Hephaestus which is famous as Thiseio. The station was first opened on 27 February 1869 and was renovated in 2004. It has two platforms.

Thissio station is the first railway station in the city of Athens, other than the Thissio–Piraeus of today's line 1 of Athens metro and the first railway line other than the range of the Greek government. The station was the furthermost on 17 May 1895, at the time the line ended to Omonoia. Today, its hours routed between Thissio 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: Urban Rail Transport SA (STASY SA) :Stations. 8 October 2012.