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Monastiraki metro station

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Structure type
  
Underground

Level
  
4

Tracks
  
4

Platform levels
  
4

Platforms in use
  
4

Monastiraki metro station

Location
  
Monastiraki, Athens Greece

Operated by
  
Statheres Sygkoinonies S.A.

Opened
  
17 May 1895 (Line 1) 22 April 2003 (Line 3)

Address
  
37°58'34.2"N 23°43'32., 5, Dikastika 190 07, Greece

Similar
  
Monastiraki, Thiseio metro station, Omonia metro station, Doukissis Plakentias station, Syntagma metro station

Athens monastiraki metro station


Monastiraki (English: Monastery) station is an interchange station on the Athens Metro, between Lines 1 and 3. The original "Monastirion" surface station on Line 1 opened in May 17, 1895. It became an interchange point of the network when the underground station of Line 3 opened in April 22, 2003. It is located in the historic center of Athens, near the neighborhood of Plaka. The station is right beneath the Acropolis and next to the site of the Ancient Agora of Athens.

References

Monastiraki metro station Wikipedia