Tavros-Eleftherios Venizelos station

Tavros-Eleftherios Venizelos station (Greek: Σταθμός Ταύρου-Ελευθερίου Βενιζέλου Stathmos Tavrou-Eleftheriou Venizelou) is a train station in Athens metropolitan area, Greece. The station is on the Piraeus-Kifissia line of Athens-Piraeus Electric Railways (ISAP), at 6.171 km from Piraeus.[1] It is located in the municipality of Tavros, near the boundary with Kallithea and is named after the former Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos.

The station was first opened on 6 February 1989 and was renovated in 2004. It has a central island platform serving two tracks and a reversing siding towards Kallithea station. In the past the station was the southern terminus of a peak hour train service "Tavros-Ano Patissia",[2] later extended as "Tavros-Irini".

References

  1. ^ G. Nathenas, A. Kourbelis, T. Vlastos, S. Kourouzidis, V. Katsareas, P. Karamanis, A. Klonos, N. Kokkinos (2007) (in greek). Από τα Παμφορεία στο Μετρό. 2. Athens: Μίλητος (Militos). pp. 619,632. ISBN 978-960-8460-91-1. 
  2. ^ 130 Χρόνια Ηλεκτρικοί Σιδηρόδρομοι Αθηνών-Πειραιώς Α.Ε. (130 years of Athens-Piraeus electric railways). ISAP. 1999-2005. pp. 272. ISBN 960-86477-0-3. 
Preceding station Athens-Piraeus Electric Railways Following station
Kallithea   Piraeus-Kifissia   Petralona