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Passenger station in South Athens, Greece For Tavros metro station, see Tavros – Eleftherios Venizelos metro station.

Ταύρος
Tauros

General information

Location

2-4 Constantinople & Korytsas Street 118 54, Moschato-Tavros
South Athens
Greece

Coordinates

37°58′08″N 23°41′37″E / 37.968841°N 23.693597°E / 37.968841; 23.693597

Owned by

GAIAOSE

Line(s)

Piraeus–Platy railway

Platforms

Tracks

3 (1 through lines)

Train operators

Hellenic Train

Construction

Structure type

at-grade

Depth

8 (3 in use)

Platform levels

Parking

Yes

Bicycle facilities

Accessible

Other information

Website

http://www.ose.gr/en/

Key dates

30 June 1884

Line opened

1 October 2014

Station opened

1 February 2018

Line electrified

Services

Preceding station	Suburban Rail			Following station
Rentistowards Piraeus		Line A1		Rouftowards Athens Airport
Rentistowards Piraeus		Line A4		Rouftowards Kiato

Location

Tavros railway station
line structure

Diagram not to scale

Legend

					to Athens/S.Κ.Α.





					to Piraeus

Tavros railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός Ταύρου, romanized: Sidirodromikos stathmos Tauros), signed as Tauros, is a station on the Piraeus–Platy railway line in Tavros, a suburb in the regional unit of South Athens, Attica. It opened on 1 October 2014 to serve Athens Suburban Railway lines to/from Piraeus to Kiato and Athens Airport.

History

The station opened 1 October 2014 by Minister of Transport, Michalis Chrisochoidis. as part of the upgrades and renovation to the line, which also involved electrification of the line. Initially when the station opened, it operated without the use of lifts (expected to come into operateon in early 2015). The station was not foreseen in the initial transport study proposal "Renovation of the railway line and construction of electric drive - signaling - remote control in the section Piraeus - Athens - Three Bridges", as the contract 994/2005 was called. In 2017 OSE's passenger transport sector was privatised as TrainOSE (Now Hellenic Train) , currently, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane infrastructure, including stations, remained under the control of OSE.

In January 2019, the station was temporarily closed, following instructions from the OSE. The closure of the station is attributed to technical reasons, according to TrainOSE. The station closed at 17.05 on Thursday, 31 January 2019. In July 2022, the station began being served by Hellenic Train, the rebranded TranOSE.

Facilities

The station building is above the platforms, with access to the platform level via stairs or lift. Access to the station is via steps or ramp. The Station buildings are also equipped with toilets and a staffed ticket office. At platform level, there are sheltered seating in a new air-conditioned indoor passenger shelter and Dot-matrix display departure and arrival screens or timetable poster boards on both platforms. There is a small car park on-site, adjacent to the eastbound line. Currently, there is no local bus stop connecting the station.

Services

Since 15 May 2022, the following weekday services call at this station:

Athens Suburban Railway Line A1 between Piraeus and Athens Airport, with up to one train per hour;
Athens Suburban Railway Line A4 between Piraeus and Kiato, with up to one train per hour.

Station layout

L Ground/Concourse	Customer service	Tickets/Exits
Level Ε1	Platform 1	← to Piraeus (Rentis)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	→ to Athens Airport / to Kiato (Rouf) →