Papafi metro station
Παπάφη Papafi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Thessaloniki Greece | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°37′11″N 22°57′45″E / 40.61972°N 22.96250°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Elliniko Metro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Thessaloniki Metro Automatic S.A. (THEMA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transit authority | TheTA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 (island) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 30 November 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Papafi (Greek: Παπάφη, ⓘ)[2] is a 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 was held back by legal conflicts between the Metropolis and Elliniko Metro (then 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] On 14 April 2011, it was announced that Attiko Metro and the Metropolis had reached a settlement, with the orphanage receiving a €4 million compensation.[4] It entered service in 2024.[5]
This station also appears in the 1988 Thessaloniki Metro proposal.[6] 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]
See also
- List of Thessaloniki Metro stations
Media related to Papafi metro station at Wikimedia Commons
References
- ↑ "Θεσσαλονίκη: Αυτό είναι το Κέντρο Ελέγχου Λειτουργίας του Μετρό" [Thessaloniki: This is the Operational Control Centre of the Metro] (in Greek). Archived from the original on 18 May 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 ""Στον αέρα" ο σταθμός του μετρό στο Παπάφειο". www.newsbeat.gr (in Greek). 15 February 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ↑ "Θα πάει το μετρό στο «Παπάφειο»" [The metro will go to "Papafeio"]. Eleftherotypia. 15 April 2011. Archived from the original on 21 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ "After 18 Years Construction, Thessaloniki's Metro Will Open in 2024". 5 October 2023.
- ↑ "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.