(rshsdepot) Athens stations, part 2: Athens-Piraeus Railway, Attica Railways, Marcopoulo and Lavrio stations, &c.

["Paul Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>]

1998; here is little known meter gauge  tracks at top of the Acropolis,
connecting the Parthanon with a storage site. 100 meters long. Only human
motive power used to move stone laden vehicles:
http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/gr/narrow_gauge/misc/akropoli.jpg

One of two stretches of German built industrial tracks at Olympia
excavation, 1998: 600 millimeter gauge:
http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/gr/narrow_gauge/misc/olympia.jpg

Piraeus Metro station in 2000:
http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/ath/piraeus-2000-1.jpg
http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/ath/piraeus-2002-2.jpg
Syntagma Metro station:
http://garbidakis.com/Greece2000/August2000-Syntagma/Syntagma-1.jpg
http://garbidakis.com/Greece2000/August2000-Syntagma/Syntagma-2.jpg
http://garbidakis.com/Greece2000/August2000-Syntagma/Syntagma-5.jpg
http://www.ntua.gr/best/en/surguide/Public3.jpg
More Athens metro stations here:
http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/ath/athens-picture-gallery.htm
Athens subway map: http://www.reed.edu/~reyn/Athens.perDZ.gif
http://www.ametro.gr/main/project/description/zoom/AM_Map.jpg
With rail: http://de.geocities.com/m_pix4/athens/athens-map.gif
Metro map:
http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/athens/images/athens8.jpg
http://www.ntua.gr/best/en/surguide/Public1.gif
http://www.greece101.com/site/img/en/maps/arMainMet.gif
Metro cars: http://www.ntua.gr/best/en/surguide/Public2.jpg
Line 1 is a "transformation" of Athens' original subway, the 1904
Athens-Piraeus Railway which began 1869:
http://www.subways.net/greece/piraeus3.jpg
Views of the original Athens-Piraeus Ry. can be seen including some stations
in a creative way on this page: http://www.isap.gr/
About this first Greek railroad: "In 1867, construction of the railway was
awarded to the English businessman Edward Pickering, and works began on the
8 km line from Piraeus to Athens, which terminated at what is today Thissio
station. The line was, of course, entirely on the surface and was
steam-operated." 19 minutes with no stops.   Electrified 1904. In 1957 the
subway under the city center was connected to this railroad and they went as
far as Kitassia
Thissio station: http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/ath/L1-thissio1.jpg
Faliro and Moschato stations came 1882.
" While better than nothing, the line still terminated short of the heart of
Athens, Omonia Square, and parliamentary powers were obtained to extend the
line to it. This was to be the first underground stretch of railway in
Greece. At first, the line ran eastwards from Thissio, through the remains
of the Ancient Athens Market, to Monastirion station (now known as
Monastiraki), and then swung northwards, in a cut-and-cover tunnel, to the
original Omonia station, which was located beneath Athenas Street. As the
line continued to be steam-operated, both Monastirion and Omonia stations
were uncovered so that the steam could escape. Service on this extension
commenced on 17th May 1895. The experience of travelling underground was
unfamiliar and not very welcome by everyone at first, as people were
expressing concerns about how save this was. There were reports of people
writing their wills or going to church to confess their sins, fearing that
they would never complete their journey alive!"

Patras, Athens station:
http://www2.chem.elte.hu/gigant_club/pic/gr/diesel/A9401/aten_patrai_pu.jpg

The impressive Piraeus station opened in 1928, the terminal station :
http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/ath/piraeus-2002-3.jpg
http://www.athensguide.org/piraeus-metro.JPG
http://home.primus.ca/~nhoeller/med/athens/118_1877_r1.jpg
This is the Metro station, the Piraeus-Peloponnese station is the big one
sent in part 1, near Larissa metro station.

The Piraeus Seafront tramway once ran in this seaside area. The cars:
http://www.sfs.gr/gr/museum/images/Trams1.jpg.

Kallithea station was opened.

For a full history of this line from beginning to now here:
http://de.geocities.com/m_pix4/athens/athens-metro-line1.htm
Greek Electric Railways S.A., Attica Railways, other lines are discussed.
Attica Railways abandoned line. Peania station is a nursery today
Marcopoulo and Lavrio still stand as well. The last two places run Sunday
trains on a restored section.

On this page are pictures of the Attica Railways' Lavrio station, the
drawing of the original station and in the middle of page 4 pictures you
can click on to enlarge that show Lavrio station, the 1887 (2nd depot)
station as it is today. At the bottom is a steam locomotive at Marcopoulo
station but you can hardly see it and in the middle some shots of the
abandoned line (1957 I think) See here:
http://1tee-lavriou.att.sch.gr/neoclStation.htm
The "depot" (shed) at Lavrio is also pictured.
Vrilissia, Peania, Koropi, Kalyvia, Kereatea, Kamariza,...Lavrio was the
terminal station.
The steam trains on this line were known as Therio ("Beast") (Electrified
1938)
Omonia's 1895 station was replaced by the true inderground station 1930.



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