Zefyri railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός Ζεφυρίου, romanized: Sidirodromikos Stathmos Zefyriou) is a station on the Athens Airport-Patras railway line in Zefyri, a suburb in the north-central part of Athens, Greece. Located inside a tunnel on the islet of Attiki Odos, The station opened on 10 May 2018 and is served by the Athens Suburban Railway.[5]
Ζεφύρι Zefyri | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Zefyri 134 51,Athens West Athens Greece | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°04′11″N 23°43′02″E / 38.069811°N 23.717169°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | GAIAOSE[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Hellenic Train | |||||||||||||||
| Line | Airport–Patras railway[2] | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | at-grade | |||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Cycle facilities | No | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible |       | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||
| Website | http://www.ose.gr/en/ | |||||||||||||||
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| 6 July 2007 | Connection opened[3] | |||||||||||||||
| 30 July 2017 | Connection electrified[4] | |||||||||||||||
| 10 May 2018 | Station opened[5] | |||||||||||||||
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History
editThe station was inaugurated on Wednesday 2 August 2017, when the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Christos Spirtzis opened the station, arriving on a special "ministerial" train.[6] however due to technical issues the station remain closed to passengers for a further nine mouths.[7] The stations operation started at 5:49 AM[8] on 10 May 2018. Constructed by ERGOSE within the existing cutting, as the line open several years prior. Built using the cut & cover metherd, it was an independent technical object of the project: Zefyriou "(Α.Σ. 541/13).[9]
The station is owned by GAIAOSE, which since 3 October 2001 owns most railway stations in Greece: the company was also in charge of rolling stock from December 2014 until October 2025, when Greek Railways (the owner of the Airport–Patras railway) took over that responsibility.[1][10]
Facilities
editThe station has a ticket office. At platform level, seating and information boards are available, with access to the platforms via life or escalator. There is a bus stop outside the station where the local 735 calls.
Services
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Station layout
edit| P Platforms |
Platform 2 | → ←  to Kiato (Ano Liosia) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Platform 1 | → to Piraeus (Kato Acharnes) → | |
| Ground level | Customer service | Exits/Tickets |
Future plans
editElliniko Metro plans to make Zefyri station part of the Athens Metro Line 2 extension to Acharnes.[12]
See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 "Ιστορικό Εταιρείας" [Company History]. GAIAOSE (in Greek). Athens. Archived from the original on 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
- ↑ "Annexes". Network Statement (PDF) (2023 ed.). Athens: Hellenic Railways Organization. 17 January 2023. p. 7. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Νέα Δρομολόγια Προαστιακού Σιδηροδρόμου" [New Suburban Railway Timetable]. Proastiakos (in Greek). Athens: OSE. 3 July 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2024. "Πρόγραμμα Δρομολογίων" [Programme Timetable] (PDF). Proastiakos (in Greek and English). Athens: OSE. 27 June 2008. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ↑ "Σημαντικές αλλαγές στον Προαστιακό Σιδηρόδρομο Αθήνας από 30/07/2017" [Important changes for the Athens Suburban Railway from 30/07/2017]. TrainOSE (in Greek). Athens: OSE. July 2017. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- 1 2 "Άνοιξε (επιτέλους) ο σταθμός του Προαστιακού στο Ζεφύρι" [The Suburban Train station in Zefyri has (finally) opened]. Athens Transport (in Greek). 9 May 2018. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ↑ "Suburban Station in Zefyri: It was inaugurated 9 months ago but remains closed". Athens Transport (in Greek). 19 April 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ↑ "Suburban Station in Zefyri: It was inaugurated 9 months ago but remains closed". Athens Transport (in Greek). 19 April 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ↑ "Σε λειτουργία αύριο ο νέος Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Ζεφυρίου". www.news.gr. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ↑ "Άνοιξε (επιτέλους) ο σταθμός του Προαστιακού στο Ζεφύρι". Athens Transport (in Greek). Athens Transport. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ↑ Law 4313/2014, 17 December 2014 (FEK A' 261/17.12.2014). Archived from the original on 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
- ↑ Antoniou, Georgios (17 November 2025). "Timetable: Piraeus–Athens–Kiato & Kiato–Athens–Piraeus" (PDF). Hellenic Train (in Greek and English). Athens. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 November 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
- ↑ Rizos, Pavlos (16 December 2021). "Athens Metro: all the new extensions to the West, North and South Suburbs". ypodomes.com (in Greek). Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.