Thissio Metro Station
Thissio metro station's lamps, inscriptions and photos "transport" the passenger to old Athens.
Modern and Contemporary era (1821 - )
1869 Constructed. Steam trains were in operation.
2004 Renovated.
Ottoman era (1453- 1821)
Byzantine era (331 AC- 1453)
Roman era (30 BC- 330 AC)
Hellenistic era (322- 31 BC)
Classical era (478-323 BC)
Archaic era (800-479 BC)
Geometric era (-1100- 800 BC)
Prehistory (-1100 BC)
What I can see
It is a ground station of metro line 1 and its name comes from the Thissio district. The entrance building is neoclassical and the station has two side platforms, a footbridge, train parking areas and a depot. The canopies on the platforms bear embossed metal lion heads and the spherical lamps on the metal beams soften the style of the most recent renovation, evoking old Athens. At the platform to Kifissia, the passenger can admire an “open exhibition” with old photographs of the area and engravings that refer to antiquity.
What I can't see
It was the first terminal station of line 1 (Piraeus-Thissio) until 1895. The distance between Thissio station and Monastiraki station is less than 500m, the passenger however, is lucky enough to pass through the Ancient Agora of Athens.
Bibliography
Field observation by scientific editors
