ISAP
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I.S.A.P (Η.Σ.Α.Π.) (Ilektrikoi Sidirodromoi Athinon - Pireos/Ηλεκτρικοί Σιδηρόδρομοι Αθηνών - Πειραιώς) (Athens Piraeus Electric Railways) is the above ground public transport system of Athens, Greece. Athens Metro Line 1 was inaugurated on February 27, 1869 as a steam train connecting Athens and Piraeus and was operated by Athens Piraeus Railway SA. The line was electrified in 1904 and the operating company renamed to Athens Piraeus Electric Railway SA (I.S.A.P) in 1976. Today, Line 1 reaches the suburb of Kifisia and is also known as the green line and the electric railway.
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[edit] Description
The line runs to the east crossing within the ancient road linking Piraeus and Athens, it later forms a curve on a line of a historic road linking to Athens and later runs underground and after, runs underneath Athinas Avenue and intersect the first time at the Omonoia station. Before Omonoia, at Monastiraki, it intersects with Line 3. The line forms a left curve and intersects near the Patissia station and at the Victoria station and near Larissa, intersects with the Red Line (Line 2), the line runs later to the northeast and out of the tunnel. The tracks are outside again, and passes through Nea Ionia and under several underpasses, it makes a right curve near Heraklio and a left curve between Eirini and Nerantziotissa which intersects with the new Proastiakos line, and finally ends with a station west of Kifissia.
Several movies and television shows were shot at different locations of the line. One of the shots were in the show Konstantinou & Elenis where one of the suitcase filled with money fell from the overpass by a person (Haris Romas) and dropped it close to the ISAP line and lost all of his money. The people came trying to give their money back but it became lost.
[edit] Stations
- Piraeus, next to the port and is the southernmost station of ISAP (Line 1, Green Line), future line linking Zeas and Chalandri
- Faliro, connecting with the tram near Peace and Friendship Stadium and Karaiskaki Stadium and the Athens Tramway linking with the southern suburbs
- Moschato
- Kallithea
- Tavros
- Petralona
- Thission
- Monastiraki, intersects with Line 3
- Omonoia, intersects with Line 2
- Viktoria, also Victoria
- Attiki, intersects with Line 2
- Agios Nikolaos
- Kato Patissia
- Agios Eleftherios
- Ano Patissia
- Perissos
- Pefkakia
- Nea Ionia
- Heraklio
- Eirini, near the Athens Olympic Stadium
- Nerantziotissa, intersecting with the new Proastiakos
- Maroussi
- KAT, near the KAT Hospital
- Kifissia, the northernmost line of ISAP (Line 1, Green Line)
[edit] Corporate
On 2 November 2005 the ISAP operating company announced [1] that is seeking to become ISO 9001:2000 certified.
On 24 November 2005 the ISAP operating company announced [2] that it has built the ISAP Museum in Piraeus station.
