Ethniki Amyna metro station

Athens Metro station

Preceding station	Athens Metro			Following station
Katechaki towards Dimotiko Theatro		Line 3		Cholargos towards Athens Airport

Location

Ethniki Amyna (Greek: Εθνική Άμυνα, lit. 'National Defence') is an Athens Metro Line 3 (Blue Line) station with an island platform, situated close to the Ministry of National Defence and the Ministry of Transportation and Communications. When the Metro first opened, it served as the terminal station for all trains to that direction (Syntagma station being the other end of the line at the time).

Station layout

G	Ground	Exits/Entrances
C	Concourse	Customer Service, Tickets
P Platforms
	Platform 1	← towards Dimotiko Theatro (Katechaki)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	→ towards Athens Airport (Cholargos) →

Cultural works

Ethniki Amyna has four art installations: three sculptures at the platform level and one large installation in the concourse.^[2]

Dimitris Kalamaras: The dead fighter (platform level)
Clearhos Loukopoulos: Stele (platform level)
Costas Koulentianos: Nouvelle Generation IX (platform level)
Costas Tsoklis, Underground Park (concourse)

References

^ Delezos, Kostas (28 January 2000). "From today, Athens moves to the rhythm of the Metro". Ta Nea (in Greek). Athens: Alter Ego Media. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
^ "AttikoMetro Inside". Attiko Metro SA. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.

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