Kifissia metro station

Κηφισιά Kifissia
Kifissia station
General information
Operated by	Athens Metro
Line(s)
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	10 August 1957
Services
Preceding station Athens Metro Following station KAT towards Piraeus Line 1 Terminus Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station Strofyli   Lavrion Square-Strofyli railway   Marousi
Location

The Kifissia station (Greek: Σταθμός Κηφισιάς - Stathmos Kifisias) is an Athens metro station in Kifisia, Athens, Greece. It is the northern terminus of the line 1. The station is situated at 25.655 km from the starting point in Piraeus. The station was opened on 10 August 1957 and was renovated in 2004. On the site of the current Athens Metro station, there was a station of the former Lavriou Square-Strofyli railway line at 15.500 km from Lavriou Square. It opened on 4 February 1885 and shut down on 8 August 1938.

History

The station was opened on 10 August 1957 and was renovated in 2004. On the site of the current Athens Metro station, there was a station of the former Lavriou Square-Strofyli railway line at 15.500 km from Lavriou Square. It opened on 4 February 1885 and shut down on 8 August 1938.

Accidents and incidents

2009 Incident

On 3 March 2009, masked vandals destroyed a train waiting on one of station's platforms with Molotov cocktails, causing the service to be cut back to Eirini.

2020 accident

On 7 July 2020, an Kifisias-bound terminating train hit the buffers as it failed to slow while entering the station, with reports of no deaths and a total of 8 and 10 lightly injured in the incident.