Lavriou Square-Strofyli railway line

Lavriou Square-Strofyli railway line

The Lavriou Square-Strofyli Railroad Line (Greek: Σιδηροδρομική Γραμμή Πλατείας Λαυρίου - Στροφυλίου "Sidirodromiki Grammi Plat(e)ias Lavriou - Strofyliou") was a railway line that ran from Lavriou Square in Athens up to old mines of the English marble company in Dionyssos known as Strofyli.

About the railway line

The line was first opened on February 4, 1885 It continued up to Strofyli Street and sits by the side of the Charilaou Trikoupi Street, nest to the presend day Kamares trade station in Nea Erythraia and Eleftheriou Venizelou slightly north of the modern day town hall and the Bank of Cyprus branch. Between eou (Nea Erythraia) and Rodon Streets (Ekali junctions the Dionyssos Avenue and lead to the old mines.

The function of the old line was mainly for commerce, the trains which passed from the same platforms for marble transportation. Those went as far as Kifissia which the steam engines in which placed headlines in the Attica Railways which reached to Attikis Square which placed them on trucks. The passenger use was also used and took several routes of Athens - Kifissia to Strofyli and several trails through Dionysso.

The operation of the rail ended in 1938 together with Thirio, the steam engines from Athens to Kifissia, though the line abandoned much later. In 1960, the Hellenic Electric Railroads/Railways, the present ISAP ran on the entire portion of the railway with the exception of the line north of the Kifissia station to Strofyli which disappeared, te remains of rubber which was by the factory of Dionyssos. Rodon Street transport easier.

tations

Here is a list of stations that used to exist on the line ordered from north to south:

*Lavriou Square station
*Pefkakia station
*Nea Ionia station
*Heraklio station
*Maroussi station
*Kifissia station
*Strofyli station


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