While excavating the underground tunnels and stations, numerous buildings and items that had been buried for centuries were uncovered.

Line 3 (blue): Links Athens International Airport with the city center, stopping at Syntagma Square and Monastiraki.Īthens is currently working on the fourth line of the metro system which will open in 2026 and will extend from Petroupoli to Ethniki Odos.

Line 2 (red): This line connects Athens railway station with Omonia Square, Syntagma Square and the Acropolis.

Line 1 (green): The major stations on line 1 are Piraeus (the city’s main port), Peace and Friendship Stadium, Karaiskakis Stadium, home to Olympiacos soccer team, and Omonia and Monastiraki.

The lines are not only identifiable by numbers, but also by color: The other two lines were introduced in 2000. Opened in 1869, the line connected Athens and Piraeus port and was run by a steam train until 1904, when the state introduced electric trains. It does not store any personal data.Curiously, line 1 was the first to be built. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Performance'.

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Metro rail schedules