Kifisia metro station

The Kifissia station (Greek: Σταθμός Κηφισιάς - Stathmos Kifisias) is an Athens Metro station in Kifisia, Athens, Greece. It is the northern terminus of the line 1. The station is situated at 25.655 km from the starting point in Piraeus. The station was opened on August 10, 1957 and was renovated in 2004. On the site of the current Athens Metro station, there was a station of the former Lavriou Square-Strofyli railway line at 15.500 km from Lavriou Square. It opened on February 4, 1885 and shut down on August 8, 1938.

Κηφισιά Kifissia
Kifissia station
Operated by	Athens Metro
Line(s)
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	10 August 1957
Services
Preceding station   Athens Metro   Following station KAT towards Piraeus Line 1 Terminus Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station Strofyli   Lavrion Square-Strofyli railway   Marousi

Incidents

On 3 March 2009, masked vandals destroyed a train waiting on one of station's platforms with Molotov cocktails, causing the service to be cut back to Eirini.[1]

References

1. "Vandals attacked the electric train in Athens". GRReporter.info. 3 March 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2013.