Greece’s second metropolis, Thessaloniki, noticed its first metro transit system open for passengers on Saturday, 30 November, after work on it started greater than 20 years in the past.
The 10km-long, east-west underground line has two, single-track tunnels connecting 13 stations.
It’s Greece’s first driverless metro system, and is predicted to hold 313,000 passengers a day on this metropolis of about one million folks.
A five-station extension to Kalamaria, begun in 2013, is predicted to open in 2025.
The road has price about €3bn. It obtained €650m from the European Funding Financial institution and simply over €407m from the European Regional Growth Fund.
Delays have been attributable to and Greece’s monetary disaster from 2009-18, and a lot of vital archeological finds from the traditional Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman intervals.
In some instances, the finds necessitated station redesigns, mentioned Italy’s Webuild, who constructed the system with with Hitachi and the Greek firm, Aktor.
The road can be managed by Thema, a three way partnership of Italy’s ATM (51%), which operates driverless transit programs in Milan and Copenhagen, and French infrastructure group Egis (49%).
Thema received an 11-year contract in June 2023.
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