At 2:00 p.m. the new section of line 3 opens to traffic – Inaugural presence of the prime minister – From today the total time from the country’s main port to the airport will be traveled in just 55 minutes – The new stations are estimated to serve 132,000 citizens daily
Watch live the speech of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the inauguration of the three new stations of Metro Line 3, at the “Municipal Theater” station in Piraeus.
The opening ceremony began with a greeting from the managing director of Attiko Metro, Nikos Kouretaswho pointed out the importance of the project for transportation in the basin, the special aesthetics of the new stations, while thanking the workers who, in record time and in pandemic conditions, worked to deliver the project.
Subsequently, a video was broadcast about the project, while the managing director of AVAX Konstantinos Mindzalis in his greeting he pointed out the joy and pride of the consortium for the completion of the project, which was done in a particularly difficult period, but also the difficulties the project faced – from the fact that the Piraeus station is underwater, from the existence of the antiquities.
At 14:00, the routes will start, serving tens of thousands of workers and citizens of the city, while the beneficial consequences in terms of both traffic on the roads and parking, which is a real headache for the area, are eagerly awaited .
According to the officials, with the operation of the above stations, a daily increase in total passenger traffic on the Metro network is expected by 132,000 citizens per day, reducing both vehicle traffic vehicles by 23,000 per day as well as carbon dioxide emissions by 120 tons per day. It is noted that the total time from the port to the airport will be covered by the Metro in just 55 minutes.
It is recalled that its expansion Line 3 of the Metro “Agia Marina – Piraeus” it includes a 7.6 km long tunnel and 6 stations (Agia Varvara, Korydallos, Nikaia, Maniatika, Piraeus and Municipal Theater), as well as seven intermediate ventilation shafts. In total, Line 3 “Municipal Theater – Dukissis Placentia – Airport” now has 27 stations.
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