Tavros – Eleftherios Venizelos metro station

Ταύρος
Tavros
	Ταύρος; Tavros
	Station platform
Location	Tavros Athens; Greece
Coordinates	37°57′45″N 23°42′12″E
Operated by	Statheres Sygkoinonies S.A.
Line(s)
Platforms	2 (Island platform)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At Grade
Platform levels	2
History
Opened	6 February 1989
Rebuilt	2004
Services
Location
	Tavros – Eleftherios Venizelos metro station Location within Athens

Tavros metro station (Greek: Σταθμός Ταύρου-Ελευθερίου Βενιζέλου Stathmos Tavrou-Eleftheriou Venizelou) is on Line 1 of the Athens Metro, 6.171 km from the line's southern terminus at Piraeus.[1] It is located in the municipality of Tavros, 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.[2] Construction of the plant began in 1988, and opened on 6 February 1989[3] at a cost of 200 million drachmas. The station was renovated in 2004 in the run-up to the Summer Olympics that year.

Facilities

It has a central island platform serving two tracks and a reversing siding towards Kallithea station.

Services

In the past the station was the southern terminus of a peak hour train service "Tavros-Ano Patissia",[4] later extended as "Tavros-Irini".

References

G. Nathenas; A. Kourbelis; T. Vlastos; S. Kourouzidis; V. Katsareas; P. Karamanis; A. Klonos; N. Kokkinos (2007). Από τα Παμφορεία στο Μετρό (in Greek). 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.

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[1] G. Nathenas; A. Kourbelis; T. Vlastos; S. Kourouzidis; V. Katsareas; P. Karamanis; A. Klonos; N. Kokkinos (2007). Από τα Παμφορεία στο Μετρό (in Greek). 2. Athens: Μίλητος (Militos). pp. 619, 632. ISBN 978-960-8460-91-1.

[2] "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

[3] New station at Taurus". The Step : p. 27. 12 February 1989

[4] 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.