Nikaia metro station

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.

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Type: Metro station
Description: metro station in Athens, Greece
Also known as: “Νίκαια”
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

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

Railway Museum Athens

Museum

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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. Railway Museum Athens is situated 1½ km south of Nikaia metro station.

St Anargiroi Church, Kokkinia

Church

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St Anargiroi Church, Kokkinia is situated 640 metres south of Nikaia metro station.

Maniatika metro station

Metro station

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Maniatika is a station on Line 3 of the Athens Metro. The station opened on October 10, 2022 as part of a south extension of the line from Nikaia to Dimotiko Theatro. It serves the areas of Maniatika and Agia Sofia, both neighbourhoods of Piraeus. Maniatika metro station is situated 1 km southwest of Nikaia metro station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nikaia and Palia Kokkinia.

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.