Tavros Metro Station
Tavros, officially Tavros–Eleftherios Venizelos (Greek: Ταύρος–Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος) is a station on Line 1 of the Athens Metro, 6.171 km from the line's southern terminus at Piraeus. It is located in the municipality of Tavros in the regional unit of South Athens, Attica, 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. Construction of the plant began in 1988, and opened on 6 February 1989 at a cost of 200 million drachmas. The station was renovated in 2004 in the run-up to the Summer Olympics that year.
Station layout
| Ground/Concourse G/C |
Customer service | Tickets/Exits |
| P Platforms | ||
| Platform 1 | ←  towards Piraeus (Kallithea)
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| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Platform 2 | → towards Kifissia (Petralona) →
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Services
In the past the station was the southern terminus of a peak hour train service "Tavros-Ano Patissia", later extended as "Tavros-Irini".
References
- ^ "Stations". Athens Piraeus Electric Railways (in Greek). Athens. 17 January 2012. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ 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.
External links
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