Strofyli Station
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The Strofyli or Strofili station, (Greek: Σταθμός Στροφυλίου Stathmos Strofyliou or Strofiliou) was a station of the Attica Rail
Attica Railways
Attica Railways was a railway company which operated a metre gauge railway system in Attica, Greece.The contract between the Greek government and the Hellenic Company of Lavrion Metallurgies was signed in 1882...

 in Kifissia
Kifissia
Kifissia or Kifisia is one of the most expensive northern suburbs of Athens, mainly accessed via Kifissias Avenue, running all the way from central Athens up to Theseos Avenue in the suburb of Nea Erythraia. It has traditionally been home to the major Greek political families...

, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 and is also the northermost station. The station is situated several kilometres north of Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

 and is marked at the 16.5 km from the starting point in Lavriou Square not far from its current northernmost Attiko Metro's ISAP
ISAP
I.S.A.P. is the acronym for the Athens-Piraeus Electric Railways , the oldest urban rapid transit system of Athens metropolitan area in Greece. It is the second-oldest underground metro system in the world, after the Metropolitan Railway, of 1863, now a part of the London Underground...

 station. The station was opened in 1900. The station closed on August 8, 1938 and sources was the station was closed before the line entirely shut down on August 8, the line ended for some time in Kifissia.

The station began with a 1 m gauge IM which was a route of Attica Rail with the Dionyssos mine. The line served trading equipment for mining products especially marble
Marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.Geologists use the term "marble" to refer to metamorphosed limestone; however stonemasons use the term more broadly to encompass unmetamorphosed limestone.Marble is commonly used for...

, during the night, it made it as far as Athens via the rail, for several time, the line was used as a field trip for Dionyssos.
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