Zefyri railway station
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West Athens
Greece
Ζεφύρι Zefyri | ||||||||||||||||
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| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Zefyri 134 51,Athens West Athens Greece | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°04′11″N 23°43′02″E / 38.069811°N 23.717169°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | GAIAOSE[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Hellenic Train | |||||||||||||||
| Line | Airport–Patras railway[2] | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | at-grade | |||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible |       | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | |||||||||||||||
| Website | http://www.ose.gr/en/ | |||||||||||||||
| Key dates | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 July 2007 | Connection opened[3] | |||||||||||||||
| 30 July 2017 | Connection electrified[4] | |||||||||||||||
| 10 May 2018 | Station opened[5] | |||||||||||||||
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Zefyri railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός Ζεφυρίου, romanized: Sidirodromikos Stathmos Zefyriou) is a station on the Athens Airport-Patras railway line in Zefyri, a suburb in the north-central part of Athens, Greece. Located inside a tunnel on the islet of Attiki Odos, The station opened on 10 May 2018 and is served by the Athens Suburban Railway.[5]
The station was inaugurated on Wednesday 2 August 2017, when the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Christos Spirtzis opened the station, arriving on a special "ministerial" train.[6] however due to technical issues the station remain closed to passengers for a further nine mouths.[7] The stations operation started at 5:49 AM[8] on 10 May 2018. Constructed by ERGOSE within the existing cutting, as the line open several years prior. Built using the cut & cover metherd, it was an independent technical object of the project: Zefyriou "(Α.Σ. 541/13).[9]
The station is owned by GAIAOSE, which since 3 October 2001 owns most railway stations in Greece: the company was also in charge of rolling stock from December 2014 until October 2025, when Greek Railways (the owner of the Airport–Patras railway) took over that responsibility.[1][10]
Facilities
The station has a ticket office. At platform level, seating and information boards are available, with access to the platforms via life or escalator. There is a bus stop outside the station where the local 735 calls.
Services
Station layout
| P Platforms |
Platform 2 | →  to Kiato (Ano Liosia) ← |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Platform 1 | → to Piraeus (Kato Acharnes) → | |
| Ground level | Customer service | Exits/Tickets |