25 Martiou metro station

25 Martiou (Greek: 25ης Μαρτίου, listen^ⓘ, lit. '25th March')^[3] is a metro station serving Thessaloniki Metro's Line 1 and Line 2. The station takes its name from a nearby major road, which commemorates the traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence in 1821. It entered service in 2024.^[4]

25ης Μαρτίου 25 Martiou
General information
Other names	Martiou
Location	Thessaloniki Greece
Coordinates	40°36′02″N 22°57′30″E
Owned by	Elliniko Metro
Line(s)
Platforms	1 (island)
Tracks	2
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Key dates
30 November 2024	Opened[1]
Services
Preceding station Thessaloniki Metro Following station Analipsi towards New Railway Station Line 1 Voulgari towards Nea Elvetia Future service Analipsi towards New Railway Station Line 2 Nomarchia towards Mikra
Track layout Schematic only – not to scale.[2]
Location

Travelling on Line 1 or Line 2 from New Railway Station, 25 Martiou is the last station at which the two lines share tunnels. From here eastwards, Line 1 continues to Nea Elvetia and Line 2 to Mikra.

This station also appears in the 1988 Thessaloniki Metro proposal.^[5] In older iterations of the Thessaloniki Metro Lines Development Plan, the station is listed as Patrikiou, named after Minas Patrikios [el], a lawyer who in 1925 became the first elected Mayor of Thessaloniki.^[6] In the 1988 proposal, Patrikiou and 25 Martiou are separate stations.^[5]

Name

When announcements are made in English on the onboard public address system, the station's name is given as just Martiou.^[7]

See also

• List of Thessaloniki Metro stations