Kifissia metro station

{{Infobox station | name = {{Infobox station/Header GR | name_el = Κηφισιά | name = Kifissia | line = AM1 }} | name_lang = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | symbol = | symbol_location = | type = | image = Attica 06-13 Kifissia metro station.jpg | alt = | caption = Kifissia metro station | other_name = | address = 145 61 [[Kifissia]] | borough = | country = Greece | coordinates = {{coord|38.073225|23.808160|type:railwaystation_region:GR-I|display=inline,title}} | grid_name = | grid_position = | elevation = | owned = | operator = | manager = [[STASY]] | transit_authority = | line = {{rint|athens|m|1}} | distance = | platforms = 2 | tracks = 2 | train_operators = | connections = | structure = At-grade | depth = | levels = | parking = | bicycle = | accessible = Yes | architect = | architectural_style = | status = | code = | iata = | zone = | classification = | website = | electrified = | former = | original = | pregroup = | postgroup = | prenational = | years = 10 August 1957 | events = Opened | years1 = 14 July 2004 | events1 = Rebuilt<ref name="isap-2012">{{cite web|title=Stations|url=http://www.isap.gr/page.asp?id=44|website=Athens Piraeus Electric Railways|access-date=18 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117133834/http://www.isap.gr/page.asp?id=44|archive-date=17 January 2012|location=Athens|language=Greek|date=17 January 2012}}</ref> | passengers = | pass_system = | pass_year = | pass_percent = | pass_rank = | services = {{Adjacent stations | system=Athens Metro | line=M1 | left=KAT }} | other_services_header = Former services | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services = {{Adjacent stations | system=GR Historic | line=Lavrion Square-Strofyli | left=Marousi | right=Strofyli }} | footnotes = | mapframe = yes | mapframe-custom = {{Maplink|zoom=13|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=300|frame-height=180|from=Athens Metro.map|type2=point|marker2=rail-metro|marker-color2={{rcr|Athens Metro|M1}}}} }} '''Kifissia''' ({{langx|el|Κηφισιά}}, {{transliteration|el|iso|Kifisia}}) is a metro station in [[Kifissia]], a suburb in northern [[Athens]], Greece. It is the northern terminus of [[Athens Metro]] [[Line 1 (Athens Metro)|Line 1]], located 25.655 km from the starting point in [[Piraeus station|Piraeus]]. The station was opened on 10 August 1957, and was renovated for the [[2004 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="isap-2012"/>

==History==

Kifissia metro station was opened by the [[Hellenic Electric Railways]] on 10 August 1957, as part of the most recent extension of the line from {{metro|Irakleio}}: the station was then renovated for the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], with the renovation works being completed on 14 July 2004.<ref name="isap-2012"/>

The metro station was built on the same location as the former [[Lavrion Square–Strofyli railway]] station, which was 15.5 kilometres along the former railway from Lavrion Square: that station was open from 4 February 1885{{which calendar|date=March 2024}} to 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 {{stl|Athens Metro|Eirini}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grreporter.info/en/node/481|title=Vandals attacked the electric train in Athens|date=3 March 2009|publisher=GRReporter.info|accessdate=28 July 2013}}</ref>

===2020 accident=== On 7 July 2020, an Kifisias-bound terminating train<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.athenstransport.com/2020/07/atyxima-kifisia/|title = Σύγκρουση συρμού του ηλεκτρικού στην Κηφισιά με τραυματίες|date = 7 July 2020}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.athenstransport.com/2020/07/atyxima-kifisia/|title = Σύγκρουση συρμού του ηλεκτρικού στην Κηφισιά με τραυματίες|date = 7 July 2020}}</ref>

==Station layout== {|style="border-collapse:collapse;border-top:1px solid grey" |style="width:50px" rowspan=6|'''{{abbr|G|Ground level}}''' |style="width:100px"|Through line |style="width:350px"|{{0|←}} ''to sidings'' |-style="border:1px solid grey;border-width:1px 2px 0 0" |West track |← {{rint|athens|m|1}} towards {{stn|Piraeus}} ({{metro|KAT}}) |- |colspan=2 style="border:solid;border-width:2px;text-align:center"|[[Island platform]] |-style="border-right:2px solid grey" |East track |← {{rint|athens|m|1}} towards Piraeus (KAT) |- |colspan=2 style="border:solid;border-width:2px 2px 0;text-align:center"|[[Side platform]] |-style="border:solid grey;border-width:1px 0" |Concourse |{{hlist|Customer service|Tickets|Entry/Exit}} |}

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Greece opened in 1957]] [[Category:Athens Metro stations]] [[Category:Railway stations in North Athens]] [[Category:Kifissia]]