Kerameikos metro station explained
| Name El: | Κεραμεικός | | Kerameikos | | Line: | AM3 |
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| Borough: | Athens |
| Country: | Greece |
| Manager: | STASY |
| Platforms: | 2 |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Structure: | Underground |
| Accessible: | Yes |
| Years: | 26 May 2007 |
| Events: | Opened[1] |
| Mapframe: | yes |
Kerameikos (el|Κεραμεικός) is a station on Athens Metro Line 3. It opened on 26 May 2007 as part of the extension.[2]
History
Proposals for a metro station at Kerameikos started with the Second Smith Study of 1974, and was reaffirmed by the SOFRETU proposal of 1978.[3] Kerameikos was originally part of the original "Olympic Metro" scheme of the Athens Metro, and the station was supposed to be located south-west of the junction with Iera Odos and Peiraios Street. However, construction on the station stopped in 1998, due to an archaeological dispute.[4] Construction of Kerameikos resumed at a new location in Gazi, and the original station box became an underground car park.[3]
Station layout
| Street level | Exits |
| Concourse | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right |
| Platform 1 | ← to |
| Platform 2 | to → |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Notes and References
- Web site: The operation of the Metro extension to Egaleo began on Saturday. in.gr. Alter Ego Media. 18 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221018120508/https://www.in.gr/2007/05/26/greece/arxise-to-sabbato-i-leitoyrgia-tis-epektasis-toy-metro-sto-aigalew/. 18 October 2022. Athens. Greek. 26 May 2007.
- Web site: AttikoMetro Inside - ATHENS METRO - Commissioning of the extension to Egaleo. 24 May 2007. Attiko Metro S.A.. 3 October 2012.
- Web site: Skayannis. Pantoleon. Kaparos. George. etal. Project Profile: Greece: Athens Metro (Attiko Metro). Bartlett School of Planning: Omega Centre. University College London. 6 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221106192736/http://www.omegacentre.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/GREECE_ATHENSMETRO_PROFILE.pdf. 6 November 2022. London. February 2010.
- Web site: Axarlis. Nikos. Tunnel Canceled. Archaeology. Archaeological Institute of America. 11 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221111231229/https://archive.archaeology.org/9803/newsbriefs/tunnel.html. 11 November 2022. Long Island City. March 1998.
