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Line 1 station
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Piraeus, Athens Greece |
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Operated by | Statheres Sygkoinonies S.A. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Π1 Piraeus–Platy railway |
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Platforms | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 27 February 1869 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Piraeus station refers to two railway termini in the city of Piraeus, Greece, approximately 9 km south-west of the centre of Athens. The southern building (37°56′53″N 23°38′36″E / 37.94806°N 23.64333°E) is the present terminus of Athens Metro Line 1, formerly the Athens-Piraeus Electric Railways that opened in 1869. The northern building (37°56′57″N 23°38′33″E / 37.94917°N 23.64250°E) is the railway terminus for standard gauge railway services on the main axis to Thessaloniki via Larisa and for the Proastiakos to Acharnes Junction and Chalcis.