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Athens Metro Line 2 (Anthoupoli – Elliniko)

Red line of the Athens Metro, 17.9 km with 20 stations from Anthoupoli in the north-west through Omonia and Syntagma to Elliniko in the south. It opened in six stages between 28 January 2000 and 26 July 2013, each recorded as its own lot.

Total length
18 km
Open today
18 km
Sections
6
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Sections

Sections of Athens Metro Line 2 (Anthoupoli – Elliniko): status, length, dates, cost, funding and contractors
SectionsStatusLengthTimelineCostFundingContractorsContract terms
Sepolia – Syntagma

Opened 28 January 2000 with seven stations (Sepolia, Attiki, Larissa Station, Metaxourgeio, Omonia, Panepistimio, Syntagma). Greek Wikipedia dates the start of the original Athens Metro works, covering Lines 2 and 3, to November 1992, when the tunnel boring machines began excavating. No contract value for Line 2 alone was found, so none is recorded. Length measured from OpenStreetMap geometry.

Opened4 km
  1. Nov 1992Construction start
  2. Jan 28, 2000Opened
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Syntagma – Dafni

Opened 15 November 2000 with five stations (Akropoli, Syngrou–Fix, Neos Kosmos, Agios Ioannis, Dafni). Length measured from OpenStreetMap geometry.

Opened4 km
  1. Nov 15, 2000Opened
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Dafni – Agios Dimitrios

Opened 5 June 2004 with one new station, Agios Dimitrios. Length from the station table of Greek Wikipedia.

Opened1 km
  1. Jun 5, 2004Opened
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Sepolia – Agios Antonios

Opened 9 August 2004 with one new station, Agios Antonios. Length measured from OpenStreetMap geometry.

Opened1 km
  1. Aug 9, 2004Opened
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Agios Antonios – Anthoupoli

Opened 6 April 2013 with two new stations (Peristeri, Anthoupoli). Greek Wikipedia gives 5 April 2013, the date Attiko Metro handed the stations to STASY; its press release of that day says revenue service began "this Saturday", which is 6 April. Length measured from OpenStreetMap geometry.

Opened1 km
  1. Apr 6, 2013Opened
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Agios Dimitrios – Elliniko

Opened 26 July 2013 with four new stations (Ilioupoli, Alimos, Argyroupoli, Elliniko). Length is the sum of the station-to-station distances in the Greek Wikipedia table (1.25, 1.28, 1.7 and 1.15 km).

Opened5 km
  1. Jul 26, 2013Opened
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Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Line 2 (Athens Metro) ("28 January 2000", "15 November 2000", "6 April 2013", "26 July 2013", "20 stations")read Oct 9, 2026
  2. Βικιπαίδεια: Γραμμή 2 (Μετρό Αθήνας) ("Μήκος γραμμής: 17,9 χλμ.", "Τον Νοέμβριο του 1992")read Oct 9, 2026
  3. Wikipedia: Athens Metro (extensions table: "9 August 2004" Agios Antonios)read Oct 9, 2026
  4. Attiko Metro press release 05/04/2013: Commissioning of Peristeri – Anthoupoli Stations ("delivered today", "put into revenue service on this Saturday")read Oct 9, 2026
  5. OpenStreetMap contributors: route geometry, relation Μετρό Μ2 (ODbL)read Oct 9, 2026

Figures last checked against their sources in Oct 9, 2026.