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Aghios Antonios (in greek: Άγιος Αντώνιος,)(English translation: Saint Antonios) is a subway (metro) station of the Athens Metro. It is currently the northwest tip of the red (second) line that runs via the city centre to Agios Dimitrios. It took its name due to a near Christian Orthodox church dedicated to Aghios Antonios (Saint Antonios). This station is in the Peristeri Municipality Area, the biggest municipality of West Athens District. It was the very first station in the area and it has managed to solve the problem of traffic in Peristeri. Exactly out of it, there is the Panagi Tsaldari Ave. , one of the important avenues of Peristeri, which links West Athens with Kiffisou Ave. (to Pireas Harbor, Southern and Northern suburbs of city and E75 road to Lamia, Larisa, Thessaloniki, generally North Greece and Balkans) and city centre. By this avenue lots of buses, electrical buses and taxis passes every few seconds to Athens centre, Agii Anargiroi, Ilion, Petroupolis, Chaidari, Egaleo etc. The station of Aghios Antonios has two exits, one to the right side of Panagi Tsaldari Ave. and the other to the left one. It is one of the most modern and high-tech stations of the Metro Network, since it started his operation in July 2004.
