The Station opened in its original form on 30 June 1884 on what was the
Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese line (or SPAP) build to connect
Piraeus and
Athens. In the early 20th century, a large freight depot was built alongside the station, and was the main freight base of the Greek railways. By the early 20th century, the Lefka railway facilities had become the largest railway complex of machine shops in the whole country. In 1970
OSE became the legal successor to the
SEK, taking over responsibilities for most of Greece's rail infrastructure. On 1 January 1971, the station and most of the Greek rail infrastructure was transferred to the
Hellenic Railways Organisation S.A., a state-owned corporation. The train shed and machine shop were downgrade in the 1990s but still in operation. Freight traffic declined sharply when the state-imposed monopoly of OSE for the transport of agricultural products and fertilisers ended in the early 1990s. Many small stations of the network with little passenger traffic were closed down. In 2001 the infrastructure element of OSE was created, known as GAIAOSE, it would henceforth be responsible for the maintenance of stations, bridges and other elements of the network, as well as the leasing and the sale of railway assists. In 2003, OSE launched "Proastiakos SA", as a subsidiary to serve the operation of the suburban network in the urban complex of Athens during the
2004 Olympic Games. In 2005, TrainOSE was created as a brand within OSE to concentrate on rail services and passenger interface. On 7 August 2005, the station was closed for major upgrades to allow the new suburban railway to use the station. On 3 June 2007, its extensive renovation and integration into the new suburban railway network were completed. In 2005 the train shed and machine shop closed. Timetables were cutback and routes closed, as the government-run entity attempted to reduce overheads. On 3 June 2007, renovation and integration into the new suburban railway network as Line 1 and Line 2 of
Athens Suburban Railway were completed. In 2017
OSE's passenger transport sector was privatised as TrainOSE (Now
Hellenic Train), currently, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane infrastructure, including stations, remained under the control of OSE. Some of the remaining structures of the old works now house the new railway museum of OSE (Ymittos & Adrianou, Kaminia), which was relocated from
Thymarakia. In July 2022, the station began being served by
Hellenic Train, the rebranded TranOSE. The station is owned by
GAIAOSE, which since 3 October 2001 owns most railway stations in Greece: the company was also in charge of rolling stock from December 2014 until October 2025, when
Greek Railways (the owner of the
Piraeus–Platy railway) took over that responsibility. == Facilities ==