Thessaloniki Metro
The Metro Thessaloniki (Greek Μετρό Θεσσαλονίκης ) is a under construction underground in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. Construction began in late 2006 The opening will take place in December 2016.; Test rides are scheduled from November 2015.
History
In the 1980s, the city began its own initiative, the planning of a subway, in 1986, work began, but these were canceled in 1989 due to financing difficulties. 1992 began a new configuration by the Ministry of Construction. The experience already gained in the construction of the metro line 2 and 3 of Athens showed, that would be uneconomical completion of the work of the city preparatory work, and they decided on a new building. The old shell is mocked by critics since then as Kouvelas - hole (after the name of the then mayor ). To date, pumps are in operation, the dry hold this underground building from water penetration, various development plans failed.
The planning began in 2003, the calls were made until August 2005. In April 2006, the construction contracts were awarded in late 2006 and construction began. They settled in the new building for the driverless system AnsaldoBreda, which already in the similarly structured system of the Copenhagen Metro ( opened in 2002 ) has proven useful.
Work
The Thessaloniki Metro will consist in the first stage of a 9.6 km long single line, which runs parallel to the main road Nea Egnatia substantially to the longitudinal axis of the city from West to East in the bow ( from the railway station in the west to Pylea in the southeast ). There are (one for each direction ) is applied while two separate tunnels.
The line of the first stage of development will include 13 stations or stations:
- Thessaloniki station ( Νέος σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός )
- Dimokratias ( Dimokratias Square; Δημοκρατίας )
- Venizelos ( Βενιζέλου )
- Agia Sofia ( Αγία Σοφία )
- Sintrivani ( Sintrivani Square; Σιντριβάνι )
- Panepistimio ( university; Πανεπιστήμιο )
- Papafi ( Παπάφη )
- Evklidi ( Ευκλείδη )
- Fleming ( Φλέμινγκ )
- Analipseos ( Αναλήψεως )
- Patrikiou ( Πατρικίου )
- Voulgari ( Βούλγαρη )
- Nea Elvetia ( Νέα Ελβετία )
- Depot Pylea ( Αμαξοστάσιο Πυλαίας )
The construction costs are currently estimated at 1.1 billion euros.
In further stages can be an extension to the south by Kalamaria. To the north, an extension towards Stavroupoli be made. Both extensions would complement the network of the first stage of a further 10.8 kilometers and 10 stations or add more breakpoints. Other expansion plans show an expansion option to the northwest to Eleftherio - Kordelio ( 4 km, 4 more breakpoints ) and Thessaloniki Airport to the south with 7 km of additional route and three other breakpoints.