Doukissis Plakentias ( Greek : Δουκίσσης Πλακεντίας ), sometimes known simply as Plakentias , is an Athens Metro and Suburban Railway station situated at the end of Doukissis Plakentias Avenue in Chalandri , a municipality in the regional unit of North Athens , Attica , Greece . It is named after the Duchess of Plaisance , a philhellene who owned much of the land in the part of Attica where the station now stands. The metro station lies underground, while the Suburban Railway station lies within the median strip of the A6 motorway (Attiki Odos).
23-524: The station is located within the administrative boundaries of the municipality of Chalandri near the settlement of Patima. The Transport for Athens -operated bus station allows access to the northeast suburbs of Athens, northern Mesogeia and East Attica . It is also the junction of A6 motorway and the A621 motorway , with the latter leading to the Hymettus Ring Road . In addition, it is used by
46-705: A through service to the Airport leaves once every 36 minutes, and shares most of the extended route with the Athens Suburban Railway . It runs for 47.3 kilometres (29.4 mi), making it the system's longest line. Line 3 provides a direct albeit infrequent service between the Port of Piraeus with the Athens International Airport , a journey that takes up to 59 minutes. The line between Dimotiko Theatro and Doukissis Plakentias
69-783: A complaint by the Transport Ministry General Secretary, Thanos Vourdas, claiming that STASY required ministerial approval to scrap the airport trains. On 9 November 2018, STASY decided to reinstate the original service pattern, from 10 November 2018. The spelling of the station names on this table, in English and Greek, are according to the signage. Most Line 3 stations have two tracks and two side platforms : Egaleo , Ethniki Amyna , Koropi , Monastiraki , Paiania–Kantza and Pallini have two tracks and one island platform . Athens Airport has three tracks and two island platforms, but Metro trains can only use
92-956: A maximum of €50, with the exception of discount tickets which are tied to personalised cards. Tickets and cards are validated contaclessly in validation machines inside buses, trolleybuses and trams. Suburban railway trains and the Athens Metro utilize turnstiles . The ATH.ENA ticket and ATH.ENA card can be used in suburban railway trains starting from Magoula or Dhekelia and onwards. Eirini depot (Line 1) Sepolia depot (Lines 2 & 3) Eleonas depot (Lines 2 & 3) Elliniko depot Attiki depot (Closed for trolleybuses. Used by maintenance vehicles only) Gazi depot (Closed between 2011 and 2014. Converted to an event venue) Kokkinos Mylos depot Neo Faliro depot (Closed) Rouf depot (Opened in 2011 to gradually replace Attiki, Neo Faliro and Gazi) Agios Dimitrios depot Ano Liosia depot Anthousa depot Elliniko depot (Closed in 2018 to make space for
115-515: Is accessible from Plakentias-Iraklitou Avenue, providing access toward the center of Chalandri and Athens . A high surface node is located on the northwest side of the station, on the border with Vrilissia and close to municipal transport. At the cathode is a crossing for local buses (412, 423, 447, 403) to meet the OASA stop at Chalandri. The " Doukissis Plakentias to Vrilissia " route (originally printed misspelt as "Doukissis Plakentias to Vrilissia")
138-536: Is at the end of Doukissis Plakentias Avenue and the start of Iraklitou Avenue in Halandri . It serves three municipalities and has central dock and spotting line trains. Since 15 May 2022, the following weekday services call at this station: Doukissis Plakentias station of the Athens Metro is on Line 3 . It opened on 28 July 2004. It is underground and has two side platforms, and a depot . The station has four entrances. The "Doukissis Plakentias to Athens" route
161-444: Is at the rise of Doukissis Plakentias - Iraklitou Avenue to Chalandri-Gerakas in the northeast. From this strip, travellers can board local buses (447, 403, 412, 423) that go to Patima, Penteli or west to Vrilissia. The "Garyttou" entrance is located in the southwestern lower surface, near Agia Paraskevi (Garyttou street district "Kontopefko"). Here, local bus 406 provides access to the square of Mesogeion Avenue . The fourth entrance
184-484: Is available. The parking lot for Metro private passengers is also accessible from this entrance. The station is the terminal point for most trains on Line 3 of the Athens Metro , while some continue their journey to the Athens International Airport , using the Suburban Railway line. The transition between these trains of the two networks is achieved through a dual-tunnel connecting line immediately after
207-434: Is indicated by the "Bus-Parking-Taxi" sign to the southeast that leads to the OASA bus station. with numerous buses to neighbouring suburbs and East Attica . Buses 306 and 307 go to Gerakas and Glyka Nera . Bus 407 goes to Mesogeion Avenue, and other buses serve Pallini , Spata , and Artemida . There are also bus stops on Panagouli Avenue (next to Attiki Odos ), with bus service to Vrilissia and Melissia . Taxi service
230-563: Is the operator of public transport in Athens , Greece. Transport for Athens, through its subsidiary companies, operates metro , tram , trolleybus and bus services in the Athens metropolitan area . As of July 2011, the Athens Mass Transit System consists of: Transport for Athens also coordinates the Athens Suburban Railway , using Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) lines, operated by Hellenic Train S.A. under
253-594: Is underground, and the shared section with the Athens Suburban Railway towards the Airport is a surface-level median of the A6 and A64 motorways. It first opened, between Ethniki Amyna and Syntagma , on 28 January 2000, with Line 2 . In 2012, construction works commenced for the latest underground extension of Line 3 to Dimotiko Theatro via Piraeus which was completed on 10 October 2022. Dual voltage ROTEM-supplied stock with greater luggage space
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#1732782410908276-402: Is used for services to Athens International Airport . Line 3 rail vehicles utilize 750 V DC third rail current collection between Dimotiko Theatro and Doukissis Plakentias, changing to 25 kV AC overhead catenary while operating on the Athens Suburban Railway for access to/from the airport. On 1 March 2012 a contract was signed between Attiko Metro S.A. and a joint venture for the construction of
299-616: The Proastiakos brand. The section between Piraeus, Magoula and Koropi is regarded as the urban part. In March 2011, with the Greek Government Law 3920 Attiko Metro Operational Company (AMEL S.A.) absorbed Athens-Piraeus Electric Railways S.A. and TRAM S.A. and was renamed "STASY S.A." ( Greek : ΣΤΑΣΥ Α.Ε. ). Also ETHEL S.A. absorbed ILPAP S.A. and was renamed as "OSY S.A." ( Greek : ΟΣΥ Α.Ε. ). The mergers were officially announced on June 10, 2011. While mergers at
322-512: The Hellenikon Metropolitan Park ) Petrou Ralli depot Rentis depot Thriaseio depot (Used only for laying up retired buses) Votanikos depot Line 3 (Athens Metro) Line 3 of the Athens Metro is a rapid transit line that runs from Dimotiko Theatro in the west to Doukissis Plakentias or Athens Airport in the east, via Syntagma . Most Line 3 trains start or terminate at Doukissis Plakentias:
345-522: The extension of Line 3 from Haidari to Piraeus , 7.6 km (4.7 mi) long with six stations. The extension to Nikaia in 2020 brought the Korydallos and Nikaia municipalities into the network's catchment area, serve approximately 132,000 passengers on a daily basis and upon completion in 2022, connects to the port of Piraeus, the largest passenger port of Europe with the Athens International Airport in just 1 hour. The completion dates of
368-417: The final three stations are as follows: On 1 November 2018, STASY introduced a new timetable that scrapped direct metro services to the airport from the city center, due to the lack of spare parts for the fleet. At the time, travelers from the city center to the Airport had to change at Doukissis Plakentias . Reception towards the timetable changes was overwhelmingly negative: the negative reception included
391-513: The former Proastiakos S.A. in 2007, became independent of the OSE group in 2008 and until 2017 it is a separate private company. OASA regularly conducts street photography and videography competitions both in black-and-white and in colour for photos taken while inside its means of transport. Up until the 80s, fare collectors were commonplace in all means of mass transport in Athens. Their replacement
414-567: The municipal transport services of Chalandri and Vrilissia . Private car parking, taxi and local bus services are also available. The metro station was opened on 28 July 2004, while the Suburban Railway station was opened two days later, along with the first section of the Athens Airport–Patras railway . In the original plans the construction of Metro Line 3 and during most of the construction, Doukissis Plakentias station
437-635: The residents of Chalandri , Agia Paraskevi , Gerakas , Vrilissia , Penteli and Melissia neighborhoods, allowing access to the center of Athens, East Attica and the Athens International Airport. Doukissis Plakentias Station of the Athens Suburban Railway is on the Kiato/Ano Liosia - Airport route. It was inaugurated on July 30, 2004, just before the start of the Olympic Games in Athens. The railway station
460-678: The station. Between the tunnel exit and switches to and from Suburban Rail lines, trains transition from the 750 V DC third rail electrification system of the Athens Metro to the AC 25 kV 50 Hz overhead electrification used by OSE . Transport for Athens Transport for Athens ( Greek : Συγκοινωνίες Αθηνών , romanized : Sygkoinonies Athinon ), officially the Athens Urban Transport Organisation ( Greek : Οργανισμός Αστικών Συγκοινωνιών Αθηνών , Organismos Astikon Sygkoinonion Athinon , ΟΑΣΑ ),
483-475: The top management level took place quickly, integration of the former companies at operations and support level proceeds slowly. ISAP, ETHEL and ILPAP were wholly owned by OASA. AMEL and Tram S.A. until June 2011 were subsidiaries of Attiko Metro S.A. ( Greek : Αττικό Μετρό Α.Ε. ), a company that also wholly owned by the Greek government. Hellenic Train (formerly Trainose until May 2022) S.A., which absorbed
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#1732782410908506-782: Was a money box placed at the front end of the vehicles, next to the driver, where passengers would deposit their fare in cash, usually coinage. A decade later, they were replaced with validation machines and paper tickets. The end of the single-use paper ticket came in 2017, when it was succeeded by the ATH.ENA electronic stored-value cards and tickets (stylized as ATH.ENA CARD and ATH.ENA TICKET respectively). Tickets are now rechargeable and can be loaded with up to 5-day unlimited ticket, but not with long term fare products, discount tickets (support discontinued in January 2019) or monetary value. Cards (personalised and anonymised) can hold all fare types and
529-560: Was called "Stavros", while the station now known as Chalandri station was called Doukissis Plakentias. The stations were renamed to their current names during the construction of the Ethniki Amyna - Doukissis Plakentias route. Since Chalandri station is nearest the centre of Chalandri and Doukissis Plakentias is located on the border of three municipalities en route to the tower in Penteli , the names were changed. The station serves
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