With the engines in the “full”, the Metropolitan “Niki” continues his underground route with the final destination of the Athens Metro Line 4, the largest public work currently underway.

Avax today opened its gates at the Veiko construction site and the images recorded were impressive, as the Metropolitan is a state -of -the -art machine, 110 meters long, which will overall dig a 7km tunnel, preparing the ground for ten stations.

“We are in the line of Veikou on Line 4 which is the largest public project currently being done in Greece. It is the construction site from which the Metropolitan “Victory” began, which will travel 7 kilometers until it reaches the well -known Evangelism branch where it will be disassembled, “explains Nikos Mitzalis of the Avax Managing Director.

“At the moment it has traveled about 1.4 kilometers, that is, it is shortly after the intersection of Veikos and Galatsi avenues, having completed 20% of the distance. It has opened the first two stations located on this side, namely Alsos Veikos Station and Galatsi Station, and is going to open eight. In total it will dig 10 stations. On the other hand there is the Metropolitan “Athena”, which started from Katechaki, has made about 3.2 kilometers, ie over 60% of the distance. In total, both metropolitan will dig about 13 kilometers, ”he said.

Nikos Spyridonakos, director of the project, stated: “In your today’s visit you saw the operation of the Metropolitan” Niki “, a state -of -the -art machine, 110 meters long, which is opening the section of the Tunnel for Line 4 from Veikou. The construction is done with prefabricated rings, the progress, the daily is very satisfying and the rhythms are such that the Athenians must be sure that under the capital of the capital becomes a project that will solve many problems that they face today in Athens.

Asked about the timetables, Mr. Spyridonakos noted that “the initial schedules based on the timetables are kept in terms of the pace of all we have from the beginning based on our contractual obligations. From then on, every public project is a dynamic situation that evolves according to the difficulties we face in both construction and the disposal of sites and construction sites. “

Mr Mitzalis added that this is natural “in a project that has 15 stations in downtown Athens and 33-34 construction sites. There are some stations that, as you hear, have not started work. Where we have begun, we normally keep the timetables and as much as we can. “