Three new stations on the extension of Metro Line 3 -blue line- to Piraeus start their operation at 2 o’ clock Monday afternoon, October 10, 2022. The new stations directly link the port of Piraeus with the Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” in a rail route that lasts just 55 minutes.
Passengers in Piraeus reach downtown Athens in just 20 minutes.
The three new stations are “Maniatika”, “Piraeus” and “Dimotiko Theatro” are expected to greatly relieve traffic congestion around Greece’s largest port.
Metro station “Piraeus” station is an important transport hub as it connects metro lines 1 (overground former ISAP line, the urban train to Kifissia) and 3, the port, the suburban Proastiakos Railway and the tram network, allowing passengers to transfer from one to the other.
Schedules
Trains will run from Dimotiko Theatro to Doukissis Plakentias station in northeast Athens every four minutes at peak hours (7:30-11:00 and 13:30 to 17:30) and every nine minutes (down from 10 minutes) late at night (22:00 – 00:20). Trains to the airport will run every 36 minutes.
The first trains will start from Dimotiko Theatro and Doukissis Plakentias at 5:30, as well as at the stations Egaleo and Monastiraki toward Doukissis Plakentias and from Ethniki Amyna toward Dimotiko Theatro. The last trains from Sunday to Thursday will leave Dimotiko Theatro at 23:59 and Doukissis Plakentias at 00:03. On Friday and Saturday, when trains schedules are extended until after midnight, the last trains will depart at 1:06 from Dimotiko Theatro and at 1:10 from Doukissis Plakentias.
Last trains from Syntagma Square depart at 00:23 on all days from Sunday to Thursday and at 1:30 after Friday and Saturday night.
Changes to bus lines
The opening of the new stations will be accompanied by changes in the bus lines to serve the new stations and allow passengers to transfer onto buses, which will be divided into two phases.
In the first phase, there will be changes that will be assessed after the stations have operated for some time, followed by a second stage with additional measures taking into account the observations made during the first phase and an assessment of the transport network in the wider area.
The changes will affect bus lines 831 Egaleo-Piraeus, 810 Schisto-Korydallos, 830 Agia Varvara-Piraeus, 846 Neapoli-Nikea-Piraeus. Line 900, created to link new stations.
The three new metro stations are forecast to increase passenger traffic on the metro by 132,000 a day, while reducing the number of cars on the road by 23,000 a day and lowering carbon emissions by 120 tonnes per day.
In addition to the three new stations, which increase the total number of stations on the line to 27, the project also included 7.6 kilometers of tunnel and associated infrastructure.
Useful information but it does not tell the reader times of first and last trains from both Pireaus and the airport. And does this impact the running of the X96 bus?. Which is currently a 24 hour service and very good for people arriving in the early hours of the morning and aiming to get early ferries or super cats
ask local travel agent or check with the relevant websites.