New Railway Station

What I can see

The railway station building is 134m. long and 40m. wide. Although it is a building of post-war modernism, it has a classicist rationalism, as seen from the wings on either side of the entrance and from the doric tone on the facades. These elements were retained because the original design was classicistic, but ultimately the building was not constructed as a classicistic building. The metro station of the same name has an entrance right in front of the railway station’s main entrance. The mild artistic installations in the metro station are linked to the archaeological findings during construction work and particularly to the discovery of tombs from the Roman period.

What I can't see

It is the largest railway station in the country and one of the largest in the Balkans. It occupies a total area of ​​80.370 acres. It is a sample of the modern architecture of the post-war period, and was part of the effort at that time to modernize the city centre with emblematic buildings and public spaces of this architectural style. These buildings have a prominent position in the city and are landmarks in the urban landscape. The New Railway Station was designed in 1936 by Nikos Mitsakis, but the works were stopped due to the war, continued in 1949, and redesigned 10 years later by Demosthenis Molfesis and Thymios Papagiannis. Today, the station is renovated and has a network of 8 electromotive lines.

Info

• Address: 28 Monastiriou St.
• Phone: +30 2310 517517, 517518

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