This video shows a train carriage in Madrid in 2023, not the new metro in Thessaloniki
A new subway system, long dogged by archaeological and financial issues, was finally inaugurated in the Greek city of Thessaloniki by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the end of November 2024, more than 10 years later than planned.
Greece’s first driverless metro launched in Thessaloniki
Phase one of Greece’s first driverless metro, featuring Hitachi Rail's digital signalling technology, has been inaugurated in Thessaloniki. The metro will reduce road traffic by 56,000 cars daily and cut 77,
Greeks finally get Thessaloniki metro after two-decade wait
Greece's second city Thessaloniki will unveil its new subway system more than a decade late on Saturday after the project was dogged by archaeological challenges and financial difficulties."After many years,
New Greek Metro Is Archaeological Window on the Past
It is also a museum," Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said before visiting the Venizelou station for a private tour on Friday. "It's probably unique in the world. We will go through an underground museum to reach the train.
Greek city of Thessaloniki gets new metro system with driverless trains after years of delays
The metro system in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki opened Saturday featuring driverless trains, and tens of thousands of people braved blustery, rainy weather to wait outside the stations to try them out.
Greek city’s new underground railway system uncovers thousands of ancient secrets
A new metro system in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki opens featuring driverless trains and displays of some of the ...
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Final Countdown to Thessaloniki Metro Opening After Two-Decade Wait
The countdown to the opening of the Thessaloniki metro has begun as Greece's authorities confirmed that it will be delivered ...
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Long-awaited Thessaloniki metro opens
GREECE: The Thessaloniki metro opened on November 30, 18 years after construction began. The first phase runs 9·6 km through ...
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New metro opens in Thessaloniki
It caused untold commotion, decades of disruption and — among historians and archeologists — controversy and despair, but at ...
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Greece Marks Milestone With €3Bn Thessaloniki Metro Inauguration
The long-awaited Thessaloniki metro opened its doors to the public today, marking a historic moment for Greece's ...
Greece's second largest city gets new metro - and it took 38 years to build
The Thessaloniki metro was first conceived more than a century ago, and the first tunnel was dug in 1986. #EuropeNews ...
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Thessaloniki's Metro: Where Past Meets Present Underground
Thessaloniki's metro system, now open, uniquely combines modern transport with ancient history by showcasing archaeological ...
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First metro line opens in Thessaloniki
Greece's second city of Thessaloniki celebrated the long-awaited opening of its first metro line on November 30.
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Thessaloniki finally gets its metro after more than 20 years
Greece’s second city, Thessaloniki, saw its first metro transit system open for passengers on Saturday, 30 November, after ...
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High-tech marvel: Thessaloniki Metro unveils a 2,300-year journey through time
After 22 years of planning, delays, and debates and the major Greek financial crisis the Thessaloniki Metro finally opened on ...