Attica
Athens Prefecture
Aigaleo

Eleonas

Eleonas is a station on Athens Metro Line 3. It opened on 26 May 2007 as part of the extension. During planning in the late-1990s, the station was known as "Agios Savvas", after a nearby church.
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Photo: Helen Simonsson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: metro station in Athens, Greece
  • Also known as: “Elaionas”, “Elaionas metro station”, and “Eleonas metro station”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Platonic Academy and Mosque of Athens.

Archaeological site
Photo: Raphael, Public domain.
The Academy was founded by Plato in ca. 387 BC in Athens. Aristotle studied there for twenty years before founding his own school, the Lyceum. The Academy persisted throughout the Hellenistic period as a skeptical school, until coming to an end after the death of Philo of Larissa in 83 BC. is situated 1½ km east of Eleonas.

Mosque
Photo: NikosLikomitros, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The or Athens Mosque is a mosque in the neighbourhood of . It is the first official mosque in the Greek capital since the Greek War of Independence. is situated 560 metres east of Eleonas.

Bus station
Athens "Kifissos" Bus Station, also known as KTEL Kifissos Bus station, is the busiest intercity bus station in . It is the largest bus terminal in Athens and the second-largest in Greece, the largest being the . is situated 1¼ km northeast of Eleonas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elaionas and Aigaleo.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in Central , . It is an industrial area and one of the most deprived areas of the municipality of Athens.

Suburb
Photo: Badseed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Egaleo is a town and a suburban municipality in the western part of the , belonging to the West Athens regional administrative unit.

Quarter
Photo: Dimorsitanos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighborhood in , . The area is named after a nearby botanical garden situated to the southwest. The eastern part is residential; the western part is forested and industrialized.

Eleonas

Latitude
37.98776° or 37° 59′ 16″ north
Longitude
23.69337° or 23° 41′ 36″ east
Operator
Urban Rail Transport S.A.
Network
Athens Metro
Open location code
8G95XMQV+48
Open­Street­Map ID
node 638386566
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q5359232
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In Other Languages

From Finnish to Polish—“Eleonas” goes by many names.
  • Finnish: “Elaiónaksen metroasema”
  • French: “Eleonas”
  • Greek: “Ελαιώνας”
  • Greek: “Σταθμός Ελαιώνα”
  • Greek: “Σταθμός Ελαιώνας”
  • Polish: “Eleonas”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Eleonas”. Photo: Helen Simonsson, CC BY-SA 2.0.