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==Ticketing policy==
===Rolling stock===

Purchased tickets are valid for 90 minutes after validation and can be used for several journeys on the network (lines 1, 2 and 3), as well as in most other means of public transport in Athens including buses, trolleybuses, trams, and the urban part of the suburban railway (between Piraeus, Magoula and Koropi stations, excluding the airport). Passengers must validate their tickets only once, using the machines at the entrance to the station, at the start of their first journey.<ref name="ticket90m">{{cite web|url=http://www.amel.gr/index.php?id=241&L=1#ticen90m |title=AMEL - Athens METRO operation:Flat fare tickets |publisher=Amel.gr |date=2009-02-14 |accessdate=2009-05-04}}</ref>

There are daily and weekly tickets, as well as monthly cards which also apply for all means of public transport in Athens - Passengers also only need to validate these tickets once, at the start of their first journey. Fares are checked frequently: passengers who fail to show a validated ticket or a monthly card are required to pay 60 times the price of a standard ticket.

===Local fares===
See Wikitravel for this info.

===Airport fares===
Travel to and from the [[Athens International Airport]] requires a special 8 euros ticket. Return tickets are also available - in February 2011, the return [[fare]] for use within 48 hours was 14 euros. There are also two- and three-person one-way tickets available.

==Line 1 (Green line)==
{{main|ISAP|Line 1 (Athens Metro)}}
Although often depicted on maps and route diagrams as part of Athens Metro, Line 1 (Green Line), until mid-2011 it was actually owned and operated by a separate company - [[ISAP|Athens-Piraeus Electric Railways]]. A merger of the two systems, while dictated by Law 2668,<ref>Law 2669/1988, Government Gazette Issue A 283/1998-12-18, Part 7, paragraphs 3 and 4.</ref> was postponed indefinitely and the required Presidential Decree was never issued. In March–June 2011 the Greek Government merged ISAP with Attiko Metro Etaireia Leitourgias S.A. and with Athens Tram in a single new company, STA.SY S.A.

==Line 2 (Red line)==
{{main|Line 2 (Athens Metro)}}
{{Athens Metro L2}}

===Stations on Line 2===

*[[Agios Antonios station|Agios Antonios]] in [[Peristeri]]
*[[Sepolia station|Sepolia]]
*[[Attiki station|Attiki]]
*[[Athens Larissa Station|Larissa Station]] – Athens central railway station ([[Hellenic Railways Organization|OSE]], [[Proastiakos]])
*[[Metaxourgio station|Metaxourgio]] – west of [[Omonia Square]]
*[[Omonoia station|Omonoia]] – underneath Omonoia Square, connection to Line 1
*[[Panepistimio station|Panepistimio]] – near the [[University of Athens]]
*[[Syntagma station|Syntagma]] – [[Syntagma Square]]; connection to Line 3
*[[Akropoli station|Akropoli]] – stop for the [[Acropolis, Athens|Acropolis]]
*[[Sygrou-Fix station|Syngrou-Fix]] – near [[Andrea Syngrou Avenue]]
*[[Neos Kosmos station|Neos Kosmos]]
*[[Agios Ioannis station|Agios Ioannis]] – next to [[Vouliagmenis Avenue]]
*[[Dafni station|Dafni]] – in the heart of [[Dafni, Attica|Dafni]]
*[[Agios Dimitrios station|Agios Dimitrios/Alexandros Panagoulis]] - near [[Agios Dimitrios]], [[Ilioupoli]], Vouliagmenis Avenue and Athens Metro Mall.

===Future extensions===

Extensions of Line 2 to the northwest (Peristeri) and southeast (along Vouliagmenis Avenue) are under construction. When all of them are operational (2013), the line shall run from Anthoupoli to Elliniko. According to Attiko Metro S.A., upon completion, the distance from Elliniko Station in south suburbs to the city centre (Syntagma Station) will be covered in only 14 minutes, while by car in rush hour it takes more than 45 minutes.<ref>http://www.ametro.gr/page/default.asp?id=3856&la=2 Elliniko Project Progress</ref> There were substantial delays to completion of the works because of legal and political issues rising from political allegations over bribing involving [[Siemens]], the company that would provide the signalling equipment required for the extensions; construction in all other aspects has been completed. Thanks to an out-of-court deal reached between the Greek Government and Siemens in March 2012,<ref name="Deal">{{cite web |url=http://ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_15/03/2012_433156|title= Siemens deal paves way for metro extensions |publisher=www.ekathimerini.com |date=2012-03-15|accessdate=2012-04-28 }}</ref> a contract was signed between Attiko Metro S.A. and the German company. The works will be competed in 2013 and the west and south suburbs of Athens will be enriched with 7 new stations serving more than 160000 passengers on a daily basis,<ref name="signing">{{cite web |url=http://www.ametro.gr/page/default.asp?la=2&id=38&pl=1041&pk=194&ap=1036|title= ATHENS METRO - SIGNING OF THE CONTRACT ENTITLED "Signaling System for the Athens Metro Extensions" |publisher=Attiko Metro S.A. |date=2012-03-15|accessdate=2012-04-28 }}</ref> the following.

* Anthoupolis (west suburbs, Peristeri municipality, 2013)
* Peristeri (2013)
* Ilioupoli (south suburbs, 2013)
* Alimos (south suburbs, 2013)
* Argyroupoli (south suburbs, 2013)
* Elliniko, near the old [[Ellinikon International Airport|Hellinikon International Airport]] (south suburbs,2013)
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==Line 3 (Blue line)==
{{main|Line 3 (Athens Metro)}}
{{Athens Metro L3}}

===Stations on Line 3===

*[[Egaleo station|Egaleo]]
*[[Eleonas station|Eleonas]]
*[[Kerameikos station|Kerameikos]]
*[[Monastiraki station|Monastiraki]] – passenger connection to Line 1.
*[[Syntagma station|Syntagma]] – next to [[Syntagma Square]], passenger connection to Line 2.
*[[Evangelismos station|Evangelismos]], close to [[Hilton Athens]] and the [[National Gallery (Athens)]]
*[[Megaro Moussikis station|Megaro Moussikis]], next to the [[Athens Concert Hall]] (music hall)
*[[Ambelokipi station|Ambelokipi]] – near [[Ambelokipi]]
*[[Panormou station|Panormou]]
*[[Katehaki station|Katehaki]]
*[[Ethniki Amyna station|Ethniki Amyna]]
* [[Holargos station|Holargos]]
*[[Nomismatokopio station|Nomismatokopio]]
*[[Aghia Paraskevi]]
*[[Halandri station|Halandri]]
*[[Doukissis Plakentias station|Doukissis Plakentias]], passenger connection with the [[Proastiakos|suburban railway]]; most trains terminate here, with two trains per hour continuing to [[Athens International Airport]] using [[Hellenic Railways Organisation|OSE]] line.
*[[Pallini station|Pallini]], station shared with the [[Proastiakos|suburban railway]].
*[[Paiania–Kantza station|Paiania–Kantza]], station shared with the [[Proastiakos|suburban railway]].
*[[Koropi station|Koropi]], station shared with the [[Proastiakos|suburban railway]].
*[[Athens International Airport]], station shared with the [[Proastiakos|suburban railway]].

===Extension to Piraeus===

On March 1, 2012, a contract was signed between Attiko Metro S.A. and a joint venture for the construction of the extension of Line 3 from Aghia Marina to [[Piraeus]], 7.6&nbsp;km long with six modern stations. Upon completion in 2017, the extension will serve approximately 132,000 passengers on a daily basis and will connect the port of Piraeus, the largest passenger port of Europe <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maritime-database.com/port.php?pid=2239 |title=Piraeus by Maritime Database |publisher=www.maritime-database.com |accessdate=2008-12-27| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20090126095656/http://www.maritime-database.com/port.php?pid=2239| archivedate= 26 January 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> with the [[Athens International Airport]] in just 45 minutes in total.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ametro.gr/page/default.asp?la=2&id=383 |title=Extension to Piraeus project |publisher=www.ametro.gr |work= Attiko Metro S.A. |date= 2012-04-06|accessdate=2012-04-29}}</ref>

* Agia Varvara (2017)
* Korydallos (2017)
* Nikaia (2017)
* Maniatika (2017)
* Piraeus (Port, 2017)
* Dimotiko Theatro ( or "Municipal Theatre", 2017)

==Rolling stock==


* First series (delivery): 28 six-car electric multiple units made by [[Alstom]]&ndash;[[Siemens]]&ndash;[[Adtranz|ADtranz]] (2000). Maximum speed 80&nbsp;km/h.<ref>{{cite book | title=Από τα Παμφορεία στο Μετρό | author=G. Nathenas, A. Kourbelis, T. Vlastos, S. Kourouzidis, V. Katsareas, P. Karamanis, A. Klonos, N. Kokkinos | language=greek | isbn=978-960-8460-91-1 | year=2007 | volume=2 | publisher=Μίλητος (Militos) | location=Athens|pages=703–708 }}</ref>
* First series (delivery): 28 six-car electric multiple units made by [[Alstom]]&ndash;[[Siemens]]&ndash;[[Adtranz|ADtranz]] (2000). Maximum speed 80&nbsp;km/h.<ref>{{cite book | title=Από τα Παμφορεία στο Μετρό | author=G. Nathenas, A. Kourbelis, T. Vlastos, S. Kourouzidis, V. Katsareas, P. Karamanis, A. Klonos, N. Kokkinos | language=greek | isbn=978-960-8460-91-1 | year=2007 | volume=2 | publisher=Μίλητος (Militos) | location=Athens|pages=703–708 }}</ref>
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Railcar codes: DM: driving motor car, DT: driving trailer, M: motor car, T: trailer, MD: motor car with auxiliary driving facility.
Railcar codes: DM: driving motor car, DT: driving trailer, M: motor car, T: trailer, MD: motor car with auxiliary driving facility.

==Ticketing policy==

Purchased tickets are valid for 90 minutes after validation and can be used for several journeys on the network (lines 1, 2 and 3), as well as in most other means of public transport in Athens including buses, trolleybuses, trams, and the urban part of the suburban railway (between Piraeus, Magoula and Koropi stations, excluding the airport). Passengers must validate their tickets only once, using the machines at the entrance to the station, at the start of their first journey.<ref name="ticket90m">{{cite web|url=http://www.amel.gr/index.php?id=241&L=1#ticen90m |title=AMEL - Athens METRO operation:Flat fare tickets |publisher=Amel.gr |date=2009-02-14 |accessdate=2009-05-04}}</ref>

There are daily and weekly tickets, as well as monthly cards which also apply for all means of public transport in Athens - Passengers also only need to validate these tickets once, at the start of their first journey. Fares are checked frequently: passengers who fail to show a validated ticket or a monthly card are required to pay 60 times the price of a standard ticket.

===Local fares===
See Wikitravel for this info.

===Airport fares===
Travel to and from the [[Athens International Airport]] requires a special 8 euros ticket. Return tickets are also available - in February 2011, the return [[fare]] for use within 48 hours was 14 euros. There are also two- and three-person one-way tickets available.


== Archaeological excavations and exhibits ==
== Archaeological excavations and exhibits ==

Revision as of 13:42, 3 October 2012

Athens Metro
Μετρό Αθήνας
Attiko Metro roundel
Overview
OwnerAttiko Metro S.A.
LocaleGreater Athens
Transit typeRapid transit
Number of lines3
Number of stations54 served
50 owned
Daily ridership1,150,000[1]
Websitewww.stasy.gr
Operation
Began operation27 February 1869 (Line 1)
28 January 2000 (Lines 2/3)
Operator(s)Statheres Sygkoinonies S.A.
Number of vehicles294 Railcars
Technical
System length35 km (21.75 mi) (blue)[1]
11.6 km (7.21 mi) (red)[1]
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) (standard gauge)
System map

The Athens Metro (Template:Lang-el, Metró Athínas) is a rapid transit system in Greece, serving the Athens conurbation and parts of East Attica. It incorporates the second-oldest metro line in the world, the Athens-Piraeus Electric Railways (ISAP S.A.), which opened in 1869 and is now part of Line 1. Since 1991, Attiko Metro S.A. constructed and extended Lines 2 and 3,[2] and the Attiko Metro Operations Company (AMEL S.A.) operated these lines from 2000 until 2011.[3] The metro network formally merged in 2011 when the Greek government created the Urban Rail Transport Organisation (STASY S.A.), a subsidiary of the Athens Urban Transport Organisation (OASA S.A.).

History

Athens-Piraeus Railway

For a long time the only rapid transit system in Athens and Piraeus was the old Athens-Piraeus Railway, which was electrified in 1904 and extended to Kifissia in 1957. That system remained in use and was operated until 2011 by ISAP, a separate company under separate ownership. It was occasionally referred to by third parties as Metro Line 1 (Green line). Its main distinctive feature from lines 2 and 3 is that it runs almost exclusively overground.

Projects of the 1990s

Construction of Lines 2 and 3 began in November 1992 to decrease traffic congestion and clean up the environment by reducing Athens' smog level.[2] Both lines were constructed underground. Lines 2 and 3, constructed by Attiko Metro S.A. and operated until 2011 by Attiko Metro Operations Company S.A. known as red and blue lines respectively, were inaugurated in January 2000. Line 3 reached the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport in summer 2004 and Egaleo in May 2007. New stations are regularly being added to the network, the latest being Agia Paraskevi station (2010-12-30).

Consolidation

Until 17th June 2011,[4] the operational management of the Athens Metro in its current form was similar to the operation of the London Underground network, before the creation of the London Passenger Transport Board and the absorption of the Metropolitan Railway on 1st July 1933. The Greek government attempted to reform ISAP S.A. under Law 2668/1988 so that it could become responsible for the operation of the then proposed Lines 2 and 3, but the process was not completed in time for the parliamentary election in 1989.[5]

The consolidation of operations on the Athens Metro finally arrived when the Greek government enacted Law 3920/2011,[6] replacing AMEL S.A., ISAP S.A. and Tram S.A. with Urban Rail Transport (STASY) S.A. (Template:Lang-el), a subsidiary of OASA S.A.[7]

Description

As of December 2010, the system served 33 stations, not counting the four OSE stations on the Airport line. Both Metro lines have passenger connections with ISAP (Line 1), Proastiakos, the Athens Suburban Railway and the Athens Tram system. There is a physical connection with ISAP railway at Attiki station.

The system consists of standard gauge lines in intermediate depth tunnels, with both up and down lines in a common tunnel. The system is electrified with the third-rail system, using a nominal voltage of 750 V DC.

The length of the blue line (line 3) as of April 2008 was 16.4 km[8] not including the suburban railway part to the airport, or, as of February 2008, 37.6 km including the 21.2 km of the line that it shares with the suburban railway system of Athens. The length of the red line (line 2) as of July 2008 was 10.9 km.[8] This brings the overall length of the green, red and blue lines to approximately 74 km.

An automatic train supervision system (ATS) and a passenger information system (PIS) made by Alstom cover the whole network. Traditional color light signalling is limited to points and junctions.

The Athens Metro is being heavily used, earning a daily ridership of approximately 700,000 passengers.[9]

Stations and lines

Athens Metro lines
Line Map colour[10] First section
opened
Elec. Latest section
opened
Latest station opened Route Length (km, mi) Sta.
Template:OASA icons style="background:#Template:OASA colour; color:white;"|Green 27 February 1869 1904 10 August 1957 6 August 2004 (Nerantziotissa)[11] PiraeusKifisia 25.6 km (15.9 mi)[12] 24[11]
Template:OASA icons style="background:#Template:OASA colour; color:white;" | Red 28 January 2000 2000 9 August 2004 9 August 2004 (Agios Antonios) Aghios AntoniosAgios Dimitrios 10.9 km (6.8 mi)[13] 14[13]
Template:OASA icons style="background:#Template:OASA colour; color:white;"|Light Blue+ 28 January 2000 2000 26 May 2007 30 December 2010 (Agios Paraskevi) EgaleoDoukissis Plakentias/Airport 37.6 km (23.4 mi)[13] 20[13]
Template:OASA icons style="background:#Template:OASA colour; color:white;"|Orange Proposed Proposed Proposed Proposed Petroupoli – Ethniki Odos/Nea Elvetia 33.0 km (20.5 mi)[14] 29[14]
Template:OASA icons style="background:#Template:OASA colour; color:white;"|Dark Blue Proposed Proposed Proposed Proposed Ano Liossia – Nea Elvetia Unknown Unknown
Template:OASA icons style="background:#Template:OASA colour;"|Pink Proposed Proposed Proposed Proposed Amalia Fleming – Peraiki/Perama Unknown Unknown
Template:OASA icons style="background:#Template:OASA colour;"|Yellow Proposed Proposed Proposed Proposed Palataki – Alimos Unknown Unknown
Template:OASA icons style="background:#Template:OASA colour; color:white;"|Brown Proposed Proposed Proposed Proposed Girokomio – Vyronas Unknown Unknown
+ Dark blue on signage.

Rolling stock

  • First series (delivery): 28 six-car electric multiple units made by AlstomSiemensADtranz (2000). Maximum speed 80 km/h.[15]
  • Second series (delivery): 21 six-car EMU made by Hanwa-Rotem-Mitsubishi (2004). Seven of these trains can also operate on OSE lines with 25 kV AC -50 Hz overhead electrification system and are used for airport services. All second series trains are air-conditioned. Maximum speed 80 km/h.
  • Third series: Athens Metro ordered 17 additional trains.
  • Four service hybrid locomotives made by Kaelble-Gmeinder-Siemens. They can operate from a third rail 750 V DC system or using their own diesel generators. They are of a B-B configuration with a maximum power of 550 kW under diesel traction and 600 kW under electric traction.[16]
  • One rail-road Unimog
Batch Year Configuration Type Numbering Description
1st 2000 DT-M-MD+MD-M-DT DT A01-A56 56 EMU-3 "half-trains" operating as 28 EMU-6 trains. Made by Alsthom-Siemens-ADtranz. MD railcars have an auxiliary driving facility used only for shunting.
M B01-B56
MD C01-C56
2nd
(DC)
2003–2004 DM-T-M+M-T-DM DM D201-D228 28 EMU-3 "half-trains" operating as 14 EMU-6 trains. Made by Hanwa-Rotem-Mitsubishi.
T T201-T228
M M201-M228
2nd
(DC/AC)
2003–2004 DM-T-M+M-T-DM DM D251-D264 14 EMU-3 "half-trains" operating as 7 EMU-6 trains. Made by Hanwa-Rotem-Mitsubishi, can also operate on 25 kV AC, 50 Hz lines.
T T251-T264
M M251-M264
3rd 2009–2012 A contract for 17 air conditioned EMU-6 trains was signed on 2009-09-16 with Hanwa-Rotem.[17]

Railcar codes: DM: driving motor car, DT: driving trailer, M: motor car, T: trailer, MD: motor car with auxiliary driving facility.

Ticketing policy

Purchased tickets are valid for 90 minutes after validation and can be used for several journeys on the network (lines 1, 2 and 3), as well as in most other means of public transport in Athens including buses, trolleybuses, trams, and the urban part of the suburban railway (between Piraeus, Magoula and Koropi stations, excluding the airport). Passengers must validate their tickets only once, using the machines at the entrance to the station, at the start of their first journey.[18]

There are daily and weekly tickets, as well as monthly cards which also apply for all means of public transport in Athens - Passengers also only need to validate these tickets once, at the start of their first journey. Fares are checked frequently: passengers who fail to show a validated ticket or a monthly card are required to pay 60 times the price of a standard ticket.

Local fares

See Wikitravel for this info.

Airport fares

Travel to and from the Athens International Airport requires a special 8 euros ticket. Return tickets are also available - in February 2011, the return fare for use within 48 hours was 14 euros. There are also two- and three-person one-way tickets available.

Archaeological excavations and exhibits

Syntagma Metro Station Archaeological Collection

The concourse level of Syntagma Metro station.

During the construction of the metro tunnels, numerous artefacts of archaeological interest were discovered. Their discovery was brought about as a result of what is known as salvage archaeology, this is archaeology that comes into play not because of natural decay but due to the artefacts' imminent destruction by the systematic excavation process. Teams of archaeologists worked ahead of, then alongside, engineers for a total of 6 years. They protected and recorded the archaeological evidence that was uncovered which included ancient streets, houses, cemeteries, sanctuaries, public workshops, foundry pits, kilns, aqueducts, wells, cisterns, drains and sewage tunnels. Together this allowed a new insight into the topography of the city in ancient times. Never before has such a rapid development of infrastructure been accompanied hand-in-hand with the attentive study and preservation of archaeological data.

Exhibitions of ancient artefacts and/or their replicas can be found at various metro stations, such as those of Monastiraki and Syntagma.

Proposed Line 4 (Orange line)

Alsos Veikou - Maroussi A new line, planned, but no funding is secured as of May 2009.[19] On November 4, 2010, it was announced that a call for tenders for the construction of the western branch shall be published in late 2011. Currently geotechnical investigations are taking place at various locations on the proposed route.

According to the Metro Development Study, two new lines would be constructed, as branches of the existing lines: a line 2 branch from Panepistimio to Alsos Veikou and a line 3 branch from Panormou to Maroussi. Further studies showed that the construction of an new separate line combining these two branches is preferable.[20] The proposal also recommends lighter rolling stock than the type used in lines 2 and 3, which shall operate fully automatically without a driver. The proposed route for line 4 is:

Agios Dimitrios station
  • Alsos Veikou
  • Galatsi
  • Kypseli
  • Dikastiria
  • Alexandras
  • Exarhia
  • Panepistimio (new station with underpass connection to existing line 2 station)
  • Kolonaki
  • Evangelismos (existing line 3 station)
  • Kaissariani
  • Ano Ilissia
  • Zografou
  • Goudi
  • Katehaki (existing line 3 station)
  • Faros
  • Filothei
  • Sidera
  • O.A.K.A.
  • Paradissos
  • O.T.E
  • Maroussi (existing line 1 station)

Proposed Future Expansion

Athens complete metro lines 1,2,3,4 according to current plans for future expansions.

In April 2009, The Hellenic Ministry of Public Works released a preliminary proposal for a future expansion of the Attiko Metro, as part of the new Regulatory Plan for Athens and Attica.[21] The proposal was intended to serve as a basis for future expansion of the rapid transit system in the Attiki basin, specifically stating that the project would not be completed in less than 20 years. Upon completion, however, it will cover 85% of the wider area of Attica basin, and thus discouraging citizens from using their private vehicles for transfer to the city centre and the centres of large urban municipalities.

The proposed expansion will bring the system to a total of eight lines (including ISAP Line 1) with a total length of 220 km and serving 200 stations. In addition to small extensions to lines 1, 3 and 4, the proposed expansion will consist of lines 5 (Ano Liosia - Vyronas), 6 (Melissia - Perama/Piraeus), 7 (Chaidari - Alimos) which would cross the Attiki basin, passing through downtown Athens and line 8 as an incomplete circle around Athens (Katechaki - Sepolia - Kallithea - Dafni - Pangrati).[22] As of March 2012 [23] those extensions of the system constitute the Athens Metro Regualatory Plan and will be gradually implemented by Attiko Metro in the future.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Athens Urban Transport Network in Facts and Figures (pdf) page 15" (PDF). OASA. www.oasa.gr. Retrieved 2007-02-04.
  2. ^ a b "AttikoMetro Inside - Base Project". Attiko Metro S.A. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  3. ^ Law 2669/1988, Government Gazette Issue A 283/1998-12-18, Part 7, paragraph 2.
  4. ^ "Urban Rail Transport SA (STASY SA): Urban Rail Transport S.A". Urban Rail Transport S.A. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  5. ^ Law 2669/1988, Government Gazette Issue A 283/1998-12-18, Part 7, paragraphs 3 and 4.
  6. ^ Law 3920, Government Gazette issue A-33, 2011-03-03.
  7. ^ Ministerial Decision 28737/2637, Government Gazette issue B-1454, 2011-06-17
  8. ^ a b "AMEL - Athens METRO operation:OPERATION". Amel.gr. 2009-02-14. Archived from the original on 24 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-04. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Attiko Metro S.A. - The Company http://www.ametro.gr/page/default.asp?la=2&id=5
  10. ^ "Athens Metro Regulatory Plan" (PDF). Attiko Metro S.A. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  11. ^ a b "Stations", ISAP - Athens Piraeus Electric Railways, Athens-Piraeus Electric Railways, 2007, retrieved 2 September 2012
  12. ^ "Information on Line 1 - Technical Data", ISAP - Athens Piraeus Electric Railways, Athens-Piraeus Electric Railways, 2007, retrieved 2 September 2012
  13. ^ a b c d "Operation", AMEL - Athens Metro Operation, Attiko Metro Operation Company, 31 December 2010, retrieved 2 September 2012
  14. ^ a b "Line 4", AttikoMetro Inside, Attiko Metro, 31 December 2010, retrieved 19 July 2012
  15. ^ 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. 703–708. ISBN 978-960-8460-91-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ N. Sbarounis (2002). "Hybrid locomotives of Athens Metropolitan Network (Template:Lang-el)". Sidirotrohia (Template:Lang-el) (in Greek) (23): 30–31. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  17. ^ ATHENS METRO - Completion of the tender for the supply of 17 new trainsets for the Athens Metro (16/09/2009)
  18. ^ "AMEL - Athens METRO operation:Flat fare tickets". Amel.gr. 2009-02-14. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  19. ^ June 2008 issue of the free Attiko Metro magazine available in the stations
  20. ^ "AttikoMetro Inside". Ametro.gr. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  21. ^ The future Metro extensions were incorporated into the New Regulatory Plan for Athens and Attica Prefecture
  22. ^ Map of the Athens Metro Regulatory Plan
  23. ^ Future extensions of Attiko Metro