Palia Kokkinia

Palia Kokkinia is a neighborhood in Piraeus, Attica. Palia Kokkinia is situated nearby to the neighborhood Karavas, as well as near Lefka.

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Type: Neighborhood
Description: neighborhood of Piraeus, Greece
Also known as: “Kokkinia”, “Palaia Kokkinia”, and “Palaiá Kokkiniá”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Anargiroi Church, Kokkinia and Railway Museum Athens.

The Railway Museum of Athens, Greece, was founded by the Hellenic Railways Organisation in 1978. It was located at 4 Siokou Street in Athens, but the collection has since been moved to the former MPR Depot site in Lefka, Piraeus in 2019 (not to be confused with the Electric Railways Museum of Piraeus.

Nikaia metro station

Metro station

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Nikaia, shown as Nikea on the official map, is a station on Athens Metro Line 3. A part of the Piraeus extension, the station opened on July 7, 2020, along with Phase I of the extension. It served as the line's western terminus until 2022.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lefka and Nikaia.

Lefka

Neighborhood

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Lefka is a neighborhood.

Nikaia

Suburb

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Nikaia, known before 1940 as Kokkinia, is a town and a suburb of the Piraeus agglomeration, in the southwestern part of the Athens urban area, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nikaia-Agios Ioannis Rentis in the regional unit of Piraeus, and it is the seat and a municipal unit of the municipality.