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Papafi metro station

Coordinates: 40°37′11″N 22°57′45″E / 40.61972°N 22.96250°E / 40.61972; 22.96250
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Παπάφη
Papafi
General information
LocationThessaloniki
Greece
Coordinates40°37′11″N 22°57′45″E / 40.61972°N 22.96250°E / 40.61972; 22.96250
Owned byElliniko Metro
Line(s)Line 1 (Thessaloniki Metro) Line 2 (Thessaloniki Metro)
Platforms1 (island)
Tracks2
Construction
AccessibleYes
Key dates
30 November 2024Planned opening[1]
Services
Preceding station Thessaloniki Metro Following station
Future service
Panepistimio Line 1 Efkleidis
towards Nea Elvetia
Line 2 Efkleidis
towards Mikra
Location
Papafi is located in the Thessaloniki urban area
Papafi
Papafi
Location within the Thessaloniki urban area

Papafi (Greek: Παπάφη)[2] is an under-construction metro station serving Thessaloniki Metro's Line 1 and Line 2. The station is named after the Ioannis Papafis, a Thessaloniki-born merchant, entrepreneur, and national benefactor of Greece. The station is built within the grounds of the Papafio Orphanage, a male-only orphanage financed by Papafis and operated by the Metropolis of Thessaloniki. Construction of this station has been held back by conflicts between the Metropolis and Attiko Metro, the company overseeing its construction. The Metropolis challenged the company's right to the compulsory purchase of 907 square metres (9,760 sq ft) of the orphanage's garden grounds, resulting in a legal battle which reached Greece's Council of State.[3] It is expected to enter service in 2024.[4]

This station also appears in the 1988 Thessaloniki Metro proposal.[5] In earlier iterations of the Thessaloniki Metro Development Plan, Papafi station is shown as a starting point for an extension of Line 1 to Nea Elvetia through Toumba, but this has been abandoned as of 2018.[3][2]

References

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  1. ^ "Θεσσαλονίκη: Μετρό από τα δυτικά μέχρι τη Θέρμη και την Περαία - Οι μελλοντικές επεκτάσεις με 26 νέους σταθμούς" [Thessaloniki: Metro from the west to Thermi and Perea - Future extensions with 26 new stations]. Makedonia (in Greek). Thessaloniki. 29 August 2024. Archived from the original on 29 August 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b Attiko Metro A.E. "Thessaloniki Metro Lines Development Plan" (PDF). www.ametro.gr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b ""Στον αέρα" ο σταθμός του μετρό στο Παπάφειο". www.newsbeat.gr (in Greek). 15 February 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  4. ^ "After 18 Years Construction, Thessaloniki's Metro Will Open in 2024". 5 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Κι όμως! Το ΜΕΤΡΟ Θεσσαλονίκης είναι έτοιμο (στα χαρτιά) από το 1987!" [It's true! The Thessaloniki Metro was ready (on paper) in 1987 already!]. www.karfitsa.gr (in Greek). 29 February 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2018.

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