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Ακρόπολη Acropolis
Station platforms in February 2023
General information
Other names	Akropoli Olympieion
Location	Acropolis Athens Greece
Coordinates	37°58′07″N23°43′47″E / 37.968679°N 23.729600°E /37.968679; 23.729600
Managed by	STASY
Line
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
Key dates
15 November 2000	Opened[1]
Services
Preceding station Athens Metro Following station Syntagma towardsAnthoupoli Line 2 Syngrou–Fix towardsElliniko
Location

Acropolis (Greek:Ακρόπολη)^[2] is a station onAthens MetroLine 2. The station servesPlaka,Koukaki andMakrygianni.

The station is located under Makrygianni street in theMakrygianni neighbourhood of Athens. It is located on the east side of theAcropolis Museum and south ofDionysiou Areopagitou Street.

The station appeared in the original Athens Metro plan which was funded in 1991 and when construction began it was to be namedOlympieion after theTemple of Olympian Zeus. During construction the name was changed to its current name. The station opened on 15 November 2000 along with theSyntagma-Dafni extension, 10 months after the first section of the system opened.^[1] In 2025, the station's name in English was changed from the transliteration 'Akropoli' to Acropolis.

The station can be accessed by three ground-level entrances. Two are located on the eastern wall of theAcropolis Museum, one of which is elevator-only, while the third entrance is located on the other side of Makrygianni Str., at the finishing point of Athanasiou Diakou Str. Both entrances lead to the concourse level, which is decorated with antiquities. A big diagonal escalator leads from the concourse level to an intermediate level from which other escalators lead to the platforms. Both the concourse and intermediate levels' walls are covered with polished marble tiles. The platforms' walls are decorated with a curved-plastic-panel pattern, the same that can be found atLine 2'sOmonoia andPanepistimio andLine 3'sSyntagma andAmbelokipi stations. Parts of the platforms are covered by posters ofMelina Merkouri and reproductions of theElgin Marbles ofParthenon. The station is among the deepest of the system and is one of the very few that have three underground levels.

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  Sign on Makrygianni street
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  The station's concourse level
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  Station's sign on the platforms

Exit	Location	Image	Accessibility	Coordinates
	Makrygianni Str.			37°58′08″N23°43′46″E / 37.968983°N 23.729536°E /37.968983; 23.729536
	Makrygianni Str.			37°58′07″N23°43′46″E / 37.968592°N 23.729386°E /37.968592; 23.729386
	Ath. Diakou Str.			37°58′07″N23°43′47″E / 37.968645°N 23.729821°E /37.968645; 23.729821

G Ground	-	Exits
C Concourse	Concourse	Customer Service, Tickets
P Platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform1	← towardsAnthoupoli(Syntagma)
	Platform2	→ towardsElliniko(Syngrou–Fix) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

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  Reproduction of a part of theParthenon'sfrieze, exhibited on the platforms. The original part of the frieze is exhibited at theBritish Museum as part of theElgin Marbles.
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  Ancient pottery discovered during construction, exhibited on the concourse level.
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  Sculptures exhibited on the concourse level. The sculptures depictHelios' chariot,Dionysus,Demetra,Persephone andHebe orArtemis.
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  Picture from the building process of the station depicting several antiquities found during construction works, exhibited on the level that links the concourse and the platforms.
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  Archaeological section exhibited on the level that links the concourse and the platforms.

Only stops that are within 200m from any of the station's exits are listed. Special bus routes are not included.

On the night of March 4, 2020 a group of about 30 persons entered the station, spray-painted on the station's walls and sculptures and broke ticket-vending machines as a form of protest. The messages written on the walls included "EAT COPS NOT MEAT", "FIRE TO ALL PRISONS" and "HIT SEXISTES[sic]". The group tried to flee the scene by entering a passing train, the driver of which refused to leave before the police arrived. A total of 43 arrests were made for obstruction, criminal mischief and domestic disturbance.^[3]

• Acropolis of Athens
• Acropolis Museum
• Dionysiou Areopagitou Street
• Temple of Olympian Zeus

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