Agios Antonios metro station

Άγιος Αντώνιος
Aghios Antonios
Άγιος Αντώνιος; Aghios Antonios
	Station platforms
General information
Location	P. Tsaldari Str., Peristeri; Greece
Coordinates	38°00′22″N 23°41′59″E / 38.00611°N 23.69972°E
Managed by	STASY
Line(s)
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
Key dates
9 August 2004	Opened
Services
Location
Location

Agios Antonios (Greek: Άγιος Αντώνιος, lit. 'Saint Anthony'), also known as Aghios Antonios on signage, is a subway (metro) station of the Athens Metro. It started operating in August 2004.^[2]

It took its name from a nearby Christian Orthodox church dedicated to Saint Anthony. This station is in Peristeri, the biggest municipality of west Athens area. It was the first station in the area and has reduced traffic problems in Peristeri.

Layout

The station of Agios Antonios has two exits, one to the right side of Panagi Tsaldari Ave and the other to the left side.

Surrounding landmarks

In front of the station is Panagi Tsaldari Avenue, one of the important avenues of Peristeri, which links west Athens with Kifissou Avenue (to Piraeus harbor, southern and northern suburbs of city and National Road 1 to Lamia, Larisa, Thessaloniki, generally North Greece and Balkans) and city center. Buses, trolleybuses and taxis pass regularly toward Athens center, Agioi Anargyroi, Ilion, Petroupolis, Chaidari, Egaleo etc.

Station layout

G Ground	-	Exits
C Concourse	Concourse	Customer Service, Tickets
P Platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	← towards Anthoupoli (Peristeri)
	Platform 2	→ towards Elliniko (Sepolia) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

References

^ "Athens 2004 Olympic transport". Athens Transport (in Greek). 13 August 2019. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
^ "Γραμμή 2 – ΑΤΤΙΚΟ ΜΕΤΡΟ Α.Ε" (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-08-19.