Athens railway station

Athens Railway Station Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Αθηνών
View of the station building
Location	Domokou Avenue, Kolonos Athens, Greece
Coordinates	37°59′32.24″N 23°43′14″E / 37.9922889°N 23.72056°E / 37.9922889; 23.72056Coordinates: 37°59′32.24″N 23°43′14″E / 37.9922889°N 23.72056°E / 37.9922889; 23.72056
Owned by	OSE
Line(s)	Piraeus–Platy railway
Platforms	9
Tracks	15
Connections
Construction
Parking	yes
History
Opened	8 March 1904
Services
Preceding station   Athens Metro   Following station Attiki towards Anthoupoli Line 2 Metaxourghio towards Elliniko Preceding station   Proastiakos   Following station Rouf towards Piraeus Piraeus - Chalcis Agioi Anargyroi towards Chalcis Terminus Athens – Ano Liosia Agioi Anargyroi towards Ano Liosia Preceding station   TrainOSE   Following station Terminus TrainOSE Acharnes (SKA) toward Thessaloniki

Athens Railway Station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Αθήνας, Sidirodromikós Stathmós Athinón) is the main railway station of Athens, the capital city of Greece. It is located in the central quarter of Kolonos. It resulted from the merger of the city's two main railway terminals, the Larissa Station of the Piraeus–Platy railway line towards central and northern Greece, and of the Peloponnese Station (Greek: Σταθμός Πελοποννήσου, Stathmós Peloponnísou) of the Piraeus–Patras railway line linking Athens with the southern Peloponnese peninsula. The station is still colloquially known as "Larissa Station", which is also the name of a Metro station there.

Inaugurated on 29 June 1904, the station was named after the city of Larissa, as the southern terminal of the line to the Thessalian city and Thessaloniki. The older adjacent station, Stathmós Peloponnísou (Σταθμός Πελοποννήσου, 37°59′22.6″N 23°43′9.52″E / 37.989611°N 23.7193111°E / 37.989611; 23.7193111), was inaugurated on 30 June 1884, named after the Peloponnese peninsula due to its services to the region. Closed on 7 August 2005, along with the Piraeus-Agioi Anargyroi line, its activities since then moved to the Stathmos Larissis. Regarding the metro station, part of the Line 2, it is an underground stop inaugurated on 28 January 2000.