Dimotiko Theatro ( el, Δημοτικό Θέατρο, ) is a station in
Piraeus
Piraeus ( ; el, Πειραιάς ; grc, Πειραιεύς ) is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica region of Greece. It is located southwest of Athens' city centre, along the east coast of the Saronic ...
,
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
. It is the southwestern terminus of
Athens Metro
The Athens Metro ( el, Μετρό Αθήνας, Metro Athinas, translit-std=iso) is a rapid-transit system in Greece which serves the Athens urban area and parts of East Attica. Line 1 opened as a conventional steam railway in 1869 and electrif ...
Line 3. It opened in October 10, 2022, as part of the Line 3 extension to Piraeus.
History
The station was first planned along with the rest of the Haidari-Piraeus extension in 2000 and was planned to be located between and Evangelistria. In February 2009, construction of Evangelistria station was cancelled, thus making Dimotiko Theatro the planned terminus of the extension. Construction started in 2012 and was due to be completed in 2017 but was pushed back to 2022, mainly due to problems regarding the construction of station. The TBM arrived at Dimotiko Theatro in November 28, 2017.
Entrances
The station has three entrances. One at Venizelou Square, one at Korai Square and one at Pavlou Bakoyianni Square. The entrances at Venizelou and Korai Square are ADA accessible.
Tram stop
The tram stop that connects with Dimotiko Theatro is called Dimarcheio ( el, Δημαρχείο), after the nearby town hall of the Piraeus Municipality. It is located between the two halves of Korai Square.
Dimarcheio opened on 15 December 2021, as part of the extension of the
Athens Tram
The Athens Tram is the modern public tram network system serving Athens, Greece. The system is owned and operated by STASY, which replaced Tram S.A. in June 2011.
STASY operates a fleet of 25 Alstom Citadis and 35 Sirio vehicles, which serve tw ...
to Piraeus.
Dimarcheio is part of the Piraeus loop, and serves westbound Line 7 trams towards .
Gallery
File:Dimotiko Theatro metro station entrance sign.jpg, Sign at the station entrance
File:Dimotiko Theatro metro station entrance venizelou.jpg, Entrance at Venizelou Sq.
File:Dimotiko Theatro metro station entrance korai.jpg, Entrance at Korai Sq.
File:Dimotiko Theatro metro station entrance bakoyianni.jpg, Entrance at Pavlou Bakoyianni Sq.
File:Dimotiko Theatro metro station concourse.jpg, The station's concourse level
File:Dimotiko Theatro metro station platform sign.jpg, Station's sign on the platforms
References
External links
Dimotiko Theatro Station construction videos
Athens Metro stations located underground
Athens Tram stops
{{Greece-railstation-stub