Starting today, Sunday, October 25, through Thursday, October 29, five stations on Line 3 of the Athens Metro will be closed due to track replacement work on the Katechaki–Doukissis Plakentias section.
As announced by STASY, the stations Ethniki Amuna, Cholargos, Nomismatokopio, Agia Paraskevi, and Halandri will close daily at 9:40 p.m., approximately two and a half hours earlier than usual. To serve passengers, the temporary bus line X25 will be in operation. Changes will also apply to Metro routes to and from the airport.
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The full announcement from STASY is as follows
TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS ON METRO LINE 3 STARTING SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25
Track replacement work continues on Line 3 of the Athens Metro, with work taking place starting Sunday, October 25, on the section “Katehaki – D. Plakentias” section, where temporary traffic arrangements will be in effect during nighttime hours.
Specifically, from Sunday, October 25, through Thursday, October 29, the stations “Ethniki Amuna,” “Holargos,” “Nomismatokopio,” “Agia Paraskevi,” and “Chalandri” will close at 9:40 p.m., two and a half hours earlier than the scheduled end of service.
During the construction work, train service on Line 3 will operate between the “Municipal Theater – Katechaki” and “D. Plakentias – Airport” stations.
The last trains before the stations close will depart:
from MUNICIPAL THEATER to D. PLAKENTIAS at 9:06 p.m.,
from SYNTAGMA to DOUKISSIS PLAKENTIAS at 9:30
p.m. from ETHNIKI AMYNA to DOUKISSIS PLAKENTIAS at 9:40
from CHOLARGOS to DOUKISSIS PLAKENTIAS at 9:42
p.m. from MINT to DOUKISSIS PLAKENTIAS at 9:44 p.m.
from AGIA PARASKEVI to DOUKISSIS PLAKENTIAS at 9:46
p.m. from HALANDRI to DOUKISSIS PLAKENTIAS at 9:47
p.m. from D. Plakentias to Municipal Theater at 9:30
PM from Halandri to Municipal Theater at 9:31
from AGIA PARASKEVI to MUNICIPAL THEATER at 9:33
p.m. from MINT to MUNICIPAL THEATER at 9:35
from CHOLARGOS to MUNICIPAL THEATER at 9:36
p.m. from ETHNIKI AMYNA to MUNICIPAL THEATER at 9:38 p.m.
SCHEDULE TO/FROM THE AIRPORT:
Last trains:
from Municipal Theater to Airport at 9:06 p.m. and
from Airport to Municipal Theater at 9:10 p.m.
After technical work begins at 9:40 p.m., trains bound for the Airport will depart from Plakentias Station Plakentias Station, and trains departing from the Airport will terminate their route at D. Plakentias Station.
In detail:
Departures from D. Plakentias to the Airport at 10:24 p.m., 11:00 p.m., and 11:36 p.m.; from the Airport to D. Plakentias at 9:46 p.m., 10:22 p.m., 10:58 p.m., and 11:34 p.m.
To serve passengers, OASA is operating (Sunday through Thursday, from 9:40 p.m. until the end of Metro service) the temporary bus Line X25 “Katehaki Metro Station – D. Plakentias Metro Station,” Katechaki Metro Station – D. Plakentias Metro Station,” which will pass through all the closed stations and connect Katechaki Station with D. Plakentias Station. The line will make the following stops:
In the direction of Katechaki Metro Station – D. Plakentias Metro Station:
“KATEHAKI” (existing stop on the side road of Mesogeion Avenue, which is also the starting point of Line 402, named “KATEHAKI STARTING POINT”), “ST. KATEHAKI STARTING POINT), “ST. ETHNIKI AMYNA” (existing stop on Mesogeion Avenue, named ST. ETHN. AMYNA), “ST. CHOLARGOS” (an existing stop on Mesogeion Avenue, named 5th CHOLARGOU), “ST. MINT” (existing stop on Mesogeion Avenue, named ST. MINT), “ST. AGIA PARASKEVI” (existing stop on Agia Paraskevi Street, named “METRO”), “ST. CHALANDRI” (existing stop on the side road of Doukissis Plakentias Street, named ST. CHALANDRI), “ST. DOUK. PLAKENTIAS” (new stop on the access road to the STASY depot, named ST. DOUK. PLAKENTIAS ALIGHTING).
In the direction of St. Metro D. Plakentias – St. Metro Katechaki:
“ST. DOUK. PLAKENTIAS” (new stop on the access road to the STASY depot, named ST. DOUK. PLAKENTIAS BOARDING), “HALANDRI STATION” (existing stop on Doukissis Plakentias Street, named HALANDRI METRO HALANDRI), “ST. AGIA PARASKEVI” (existing stop on Agia Paraskevi Street, named ST. AG. PARASKEVI), “ST. MINT” (existing stop on Mesogeion Avenue, named ST. MINT), “ST. CHOLARGOS” (existing stop on Mesogeion Avenue, named “5th CHOLARGOU”), “ST. ETHNIKI AMYNA” (existing stop on Mesogeion Avenue, named ST. ETHN. AMYNA), “ST. KATEHAKI” (existing stop on Mesogeion Avenue—above the grade-separated intersection of Mesogeion and Katehaki, named “ST. KATEHAKI”).
We understand the inconvenience that these traffic arrangements cause our passengers, but they are deemed necessary for the completion of these important projects, which will help improve daily commutes.
Source: Proto Thema
