Irakleio metro station

Athens Metro station

Preceding station	Athens Metro			Following station
Nea Ionia towards Piraeus		Line 1		Eirini towards Kifissia

Preceding station	Disused railways	Following station
Nea Ionia	Lavrion Square-Strofyli railway	Marousi
	Athens-Lavrion Railway	Chalandri
	Athens-Lavrion Railway	Kalogreza

Location

Irakleio (Greek: Ηράκλειο, lit. 'Heraklion'), also known as Iraklio on signage, is an Athens metro station in the municipality of Irakleio in the regional unit of North Athens, Attica, Greece. It is marked at the 19.246 km from the starting point in Piraeus station of Line 1.

Initially, the station served the Athens–Lavrion Railway and Lavrion Square-Strofyli railway, ran by the Attica Railways. From 1929 the Lavrion branch was operated by Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways.^[2] The station was closed in 1938 for Kifissia traffic but remained open for Lavrion trains until 1957/1962. At the same location, the present station of EIS^[3] was opened on 4 March 1957, using the same name. It was the northernmost terminus of EIS until Kifissia station was reopened on 10 August 1958. The station has two passenger platforms and a reversing siding.

References and notes

^ "Stations". Athens Piraeus Electric Railways (in Greek). Athens. 17 January 2012. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
^ 130 Χρόνια Ηλεκτρικοί Σιδηρόδρομοι Αθηνών-Πειραιώς Α.Ε. (130 years of Athens-Piraeus electric railways S.A.). ISAP. 1999–2005. pp. 113–115. ISBN 960-86477-0-3.
^ EIS (Ellinikoi Ilektrikoi Sidirodromoi) was renamed ISAP (Ilektrikoi Sidirodromoi Athinon-Piraios) in 1975, after nationalization.

External links

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Athens Metro

Current stations

	Kifissia KAT Marousi Neratziotissa Eirini Irakleio Nea Ionia Pefkakia Perissos Ano Patisia Agios Eleftherios Kato Patisia Agios Nikolaos Attiki Victoria Omonia Monastiraki Thiseio Petralona Tavros Kallithea Moschato Faliro Piraeus
	Anthoupoli Peristeri Agios Antonios Sepolia Attiki Larissa Station Metaxourgeio Omonia Panepistimio Syntagma Akropoli Syngrou–Fix Neos Kosmos Agios Ioannis Dafni Agios Dimitrios Ilioupoli Alimos Argyroupoli Elliniko
	Dimotiko Theatro Piraeus Maniatika Nikaia Korydallos Agia Varvara Agia Marina Egaleo Eleonas Kerameikos Monastiraki Syntagma Evangelismos Megaro Mousikis Ambelokipi Panormou Katechaki Ethniki Amyna Cholargos Nomismatokopio Agia Paraskevi Chalandri Doukissis Plakentias Pallini Paiania–Kantza Koropi Athens Airport

Future stations

	Alsos Veikou Galatsi Elikonos Kypseli Dikastiria Alexandras Exarcheia Akadimia Kolonaki Evangelismos Kaisariani Panepistimioupoli Ilisia Zografou Goudi