Afidnes railway station

Αφίδνες Afidnes
Location	Afidnes, Athens East Attica Greece
Coordinates	38°11′16″N 23°50′41″E / 38.1877°N 23.8446°E / 38.1877; 23.8446Coordinates: 38°11′16″N 23°50′41″E / 38.1877°N 23.8446°E / 38.1877; 23.8446
Owned by	OSE
Line(s)	Piraeus–Platy railway[1]
Platforms	3
Tracks	3
Train operators	TrainOSE
Construction
Structure type	at-grade
Disabled access
Other information
Website	http://www.ose.gr/en/
History
Opened	8 March 1904
Electrified	Yes
Traffic
Passengers	2001 - 345 2011 - 293
Services
Preceding station   Proastiakos   Following station Agios Stefanos towards Athens Athens - Chalcis Sfendali towards Chalcis
Location
Afidnes Location within Greece

Afidnes (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Αφιδνών, Sidirodromikos Stathmos Afidnon) is a railway station in Afidnes, a suburb north of Athens, Greece. It is situated on the Piraeus–Platy railway, at 40.086 km from Piraeus. Located outside the village of Afidnes, the station is served by trains of Proastiakos from Piraeus to Chalcis.^[2] The station was opened on 8 March 1904. It has three platforms (one not in use) and a sidding. After the station was built, a new settlement arose near it named Stathmos Afidnon ("Afidnes station"). Initially, the station was known as the Kiourka station (Κιούρκα), after the former name of Afidnes. In 2001, 345 passingers where recorded using the station, 2011, it was recorded 293.

Popular culture

A 1974 episode of the Greek soap opera Border Station was filmed at Afidnes railway station.

line layout

Line structure
to Thessaloniki to Athens

References