Piraeus

Piraeus is a metro station in Keratsini-Drapetsona, Piraeus Prefecture, Attica. Piraeus is situated nearby to the railway station ΣΤΑΣΥ, as well as near Electric Railways Museum.

Type: Metro station
Also known as: “Πειραιεύς”
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Electric Railways Museum and Piraeus.

Electric Railways Museum

Museum

The Electric Railways Museum of Piraeus is a railway museum in Piraeus, Athens, Greece. The museum opened in 2005, displaying the personal collection of a former railway employee.

Piraeus

Railway station

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Piraeus is a railway station, which is situated 110 metres north of Piraeus.

Piraeus is the name of two railway stations in Piraeus, Athens, Greece, approximately 9 km south-west of the centre of Athens. The southern building is an interchange station between Line 1 and Line 3 and is the present terminus of Athens Metro Line 1, formerly the Athens-Piraeus Railways Co that opened in 1869.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Papastratos and Piraeus.

Papastratos

Neighborhood

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Papastratos is a neighborhood.

Piraeus

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The Piraeus is the ancient port of Athens, and still functions as the chief exit point from the city by sea, for destinations among the Aegean Islands and elsewhere in the east Mediterranean.