Line 2 (Athens Metro)

Line 2 of the Athens Metro runs entirely underground from in the northwest to in the south, via. It first opened, between and, on 28 January 2000, with Line 3.
On 6 April 2013, Line 2 was extended to Anthoupoli in the north west, and on 26 July 2013 to Elliniko to the south.

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History

Line 2 is one of two modern metro lines, along with Line 3 that were built to reduce traffic congestion in the Athens urban area. Both lines were opened on 28 January 2000, with Line 2 initially running between and : the initial section of Line 2 included an interchange with Hellenic Train services at Larissa Station, two interchanges with Line 1 at and, and one interchange with Line 3 at Syntagma.
The first extension of Line 2, between Syntagma and, opened on 15 November 2000.

Future extensions

According to the Athens Metro Development Plan of September 2022, Elliniko Metro is exploring extensions to both ends of Line 2. Both extensions first appeared in the Souflias plan in April 2009, which envisaged the extension of Line 2 to in the north, and Glyfada in the south. In September 2025, Elliniko Metro again confirmed their plans for these extensions of Line 2, having begun initial procedures for the extension to Agios Nikolaos in the north while the southern extension to Glyfada was still being studied. As part of this extension plan, the Elaionas depot is planned to be upgraded to account for future passenger growth.

Extensions to Ilion and Acharnes

The first phase of the northern extension may consist of a line from to Agios Nikolaos in 2031, with intermediate stations at Palatiani and Ilion : a second phase may consist of a line from Agios Nikolaos to Acharnes, with intermediate stations at Kamatero and .

Station	Municipality	Interchanges and notes
Palatiani	Ilion
Ilion	Ilion	Interchange with Line 4.
Agios Nikolaos	Ilion	"Agios Nikolaos" is a provisional name for a planned station along the eponymous road. Not to be confused Aghios Nikolaos of Line 1

Currently, Hellenic Metro is looking for companies to fund the initial extension to Ilion with major contenders being: TERNA, INTRAKAT, AVAX-GHELLA-ALSTOM, AKTOR-METKA, it is also possible that the EU helps fund this project. With the funding reaching an estimated 550 million euros needed.

Extension to Glyfada

The southern extension may consist of a line from to Glyfada, with intermediate stations at Ano Glyfada and Grigoriou Lampraki.

Station	Municipality	Interchanges and notes
Ano Glyfada	Glyfada
Grigoriou Lampraki	Glyfada	"Grigoriou Lampraki" is a provisional name for a planned station at the junction with the eponymous road and Vouliagmenis Avenue.
Glyfada	Glyfada	Interchange with the Athens Tram at List of [Athens Tram stops#G16\|Platia Vaso Katraki].

Cancelled proposals

There was a plan for Line 2 to have a branch line from to : that proposal was absorbed by the U-shaped Line 4 on 1 December 2005, with Georgios Souflias stating that the branch line proposal would have limited the frequency of trains on either branch. The branch line was similar to a part of Line 4 now under construction, but it did not include.

Stations

The spelling of the station names on this table, in English and Greek, are according to the signage. All Line 2 stations, except for Agios Dimitrios, have two tracks and two side platforms: Agios Dimitrios has an island platform layout.

†	Terminal station
#	Interchange station

Station English	Station Greek	Image	Municipality	Opened	Interchanges and notes	Position
^†	Ανθούπολη		Peristeri	6 April 2013
	Περιστέρι		Peristeri	6 April 2013
	Άγιος Αντώνιος		Peristeri	9 August 2004
	Σεπόλια		Athens	28 January 2000
^#	Αττική		Athens	28 January 2000	Interchange with Line 1.
^#	Σταθμός Λαρίσης		Athens	28 January 2000	Interchange with the Athens Suburban Railway and Hellenic Train at.
	Μεταξουργείο		Athens	28 January 2000
^#	Ομόνοια		Athens	28 January 2000	Interchange with Line 1.
	Πανεπιστήμιο		Athens	28 January 2000	Interchange with future Line 4 at a separate station called.
^#	Σύνταγμα		Athens	28 January 2000	Interchange with Line 3 and the Athens Tram.
	Ακρόπολη		Athens	15 November 2000
Sygrou–Fix ^#	Συγγρού–Φίξ		Athens	15 November 2000	Interchange with the Athens Tram at Fix.
^#	Νέος Κόσμος		Athens	15 November 2000	Interchange with the Athens Tram.
	Άγιος Ιωάννης		Athens	15 November 2000
	Δάφνη			15 November 2000
Alexandros Panagoulis	Άγιος Δημήτριος Αλέξανδρος Παναγούλης			5 June 2004
Grigoris Lambrakis	Ηλιούπολη Γρηγόρης Λαμπράκης			26 July 2013	This station originally opened without the Grigoris Lambrakis qualifier: the station adopted the current name on 22 May 2015.
	Άλιμος		Alimos	26 July 2013
	Αργυρούπολη		Elliniko-Argyroupoli	26 July 2013
^†	Ελληνικό		Elliniko-Argyroupoli	26 July 2013