Tavros – Eleftherios Venizelos metro station
Ταύρος - Ελ. Βενιζέλος Tavros – El. Venizelos | |||||||||||
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Location | Tavros Athens Greece | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°57′45″N 23°42′12″E / 37.9625°N 23.7034°ECoordinates: 37°57′45″N 23°42′12″E / 37.9625°N 23.7034°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | Statheres Sygkoinonies S.A. | ||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 (Island platform) | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At Grade | ||||||||||
Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 6 February 1989 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2004 | ||||||||||
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Tavros metro station (Greek: Σταθμός Ταύρου-Ελευθερίου Βενιζέλου Stathmos Tavrou-Eleftheriou Venizelou) is on Line 1 of the Athens Metro, 6.171 km from the line's southern terminus at Piraeus.[1] It is located in the municipality of Tavros, near the boundary with Kallithea. The station is also known as Tavros-Eleftherios Venizelou, after the former Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos.
History
The first proposals for a station were made in 1925, when engineer Alexander Verdelis demarcated the Harokopou station at almost the same location as part of his proposal to build a wider subway network for the capital.[2] Construction of the plant began in 1988, and opened on 6 February 1989[3] at a cost of 200 million drachmas. The station was renovated in 2004 in the run-up to the Summer Olympics that year.
Facilities
It has a central island platform serving two tracks and a reversing siding towards Kallithea station.
Services
In the past the station was the southern terminus of a peak hour train service "Tavros-Ano Patissia",[4] later extended as "Tavros-Irini".
References
- ^ G. Nathenas; A. Kourbelis; T. Vlastos; S. Kourouzidis; V. Katsareas; P. Karamanis; A. Klonos; N. Kokkinos (2007). Από τα Παμφορεία στο Μετρό (in Greek). Vol. 2. Athens: Μίλητος (Militos). pp. 619, 632. ISBN 978-960-8460-91-1.
- ^ "From the subways to the subway". Nathenas G., Kourbelis A., Vlastos Th., Kourouzidis S., Katsareas V., Karamanis P., Klonos A., Kokkinos N. Athens: Miletos. 2007. p. 170. ISBN 978-960-8460-91-1
- ^ New station at Taurus". The Step : p. 27. 12 February 1989
- ^ 130 Χρόνια Ηλεκτρικοί Σιδηρόδρομοι Αθηνών-Πειραιώς Α.Ε. (130 years of Athens-Piraeus electric railways). ISAP. 1999–2005. p. 272. ISBN 960-86477-0-3.
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