Metro: Trials start next week in Piraeus – Announcement of the delivery date is expected

At the end of next week the Trial operation for stations subway of Piraeus and very soon the date of their delivery in full operation will be announced, announced Nikos Kouretas, CEO of Attiko Metro. Speaking at the Green Deal conference of the TEE on green infrastructure, he stressed the multiple ways in which the metro contributes to green development and the improvement of everyday life.

Mr. Haircut He also said that the citizens will soon see the two TBMs of line 4 being assembled, the three stations will be delivered to Piraeus, while at the end of 2023 the operational and Thessaloniki metro.

“With the three stations of Piraeus, which we will provide in the next two months, lines 2 and 3 will serve over one million passengers, which means that 200,000 fewer cars per day will circulate in Athens and carbon dioxide will be reduced by 880 tons. Respectively, in Thessaloniki we expect to have 310,000 passengers per day, 55,000 fewer cars and 140 tons less carbon dioxide “.

He pointed out that the metro contributes to reducing accidents and energy consumption per passenger, to upgrading the environment for passengers through renovations and tree planting (something done for the first time for a fixed track project), the service key structures such as hospitals.

Finally, Mr. Kouretas stated that soon the citizens will see that in line 4 the fences of the construction sites will be changed. “You will soon see that there will be works of art in the fences, while the colors that will be used will come from a Greek start up with the property of absorbing pollutants.”

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