Nea Ionia metro station

Athens Metro station
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Pefkakia
towards Piraeus
Line 1 Irakleio
towards Kifissia
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Ano Patissia   Lavrion Square-Strofyli railway   Heraklio
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Nea Ionia (Greek: Νέα Ιωνία) is a metro station in the municipality of Nea Ionia in the regional unit of North Athens, Attica, Greece. It is located 17.923 km (11.137 mi) from the datum point in Piraeus. It was previous a train station operated by Attica Railways that served Lavriou Square and Strofyli, it was 7.340 km (4.561 mi) from Lavriou Square.

The first station on this site was open from 1922 to 1938. This station was named Podarades (Ποδαράδες) for an older name of the settlement which later became the city of Nea Ionia, named for refugees from an area formerly called Ionia in Asia Minor. The present Metro station was opened by the Hellenic Electric Railways on 14 March 1956, and was the northernmost terminus of Line 1 until 4 March 1957. The station, which features two side platforms was renovated in 2003–4.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Stations". Athens Piraeus Electric Railways (in Greek). Athens. 17 January 2012. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
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