Line 2 (Thessaloniki Metro)

To N. Sid. Stathmos / Mikra
Προς Ν. Σιδ. Σταθμό / Μίκρα
Overview
Type Deep Level
System Thessaloniki Metro
Status Under construction
Termini N. Sid. Stathmos
Mikra
Stations 16 under construction
29 (with extensions)
Colour on map Blue
Operation
Planned opening In stages between 2020 and 2021
Depot(s) Pylaia depot (Line 1)
Rolling stock AnsaldoBreda Driverless Metro
Technical
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 750 V DC
Route map

N. Sid. Stathmos Line 1 (Thessaloniki Metro) Hellenic Railways Organisation Park and ride
Papegeorgiou Hospital
Efkarpia
possible future
Polihni
Omonia
Stravroupoli
Evosmos
possible future
Aghia Varvara
Kordelio
Menemeni
Neapoli
Eptalofos
N. Sid. Stathmos Line 1 (Thessaloniki Metro) Hellenic Railways Organisation Park and ride
Dimokratias
Venizelou
Aghia Sofia
Sintrivani/Ekthesi
Panepistimio Park and ride
Papafi
Efklidi
Fleming
Analipseos
25 Martiou
Line 1 (Thessaloniki Metro)
Nomarhia
Kalamaria
Aretsou
Nea Krini
Mikra
planned extension
planned extension
Anotera Scholi Polemou
IKEA
Geoponiki Scholi
Makedonia Airport Macedonia Airport

Line 2 of the Thessaloniki Metro, also known as the Kalamaria Extension (Greek: Επέκταση Καλαμαριάς), is a deep-level underground rapid transit line in Thessaloniki, Greece, connecting N. Sid. Stathmos in the west with Mikra in the south-east. The section of the line between Sintrivani/Ekthesi and 25 Martiou stations is set to open in 2020, with the rest of the line becoming operational in 2021. Of the line's 16 stations, 11 are also stops for Thessaloniki Metro's Line 1, as they will share tunnels.[1]

Construction costs for the line (between Nomarhia and Mikra) are set at €518 million ($584 million).[2]

Line 2 is to be extended further, with an eastern extension towards Macedonia International Airport (4 stations) and a loop extension in the west (9 stations).[3] A priority for Attiko Metro, the company overseeing construction, is the western extension. This is so as to provide access to the metro to working class suburbs, since the airport will be serviced by a 10-minute shuttle bus to Mikra, the eastern terminus of Line 2.[1] Originally the two extensions were to be separate lines, but they were merged into a single circular line in 2018.[4]

Stations

Topographic map of the line.
Thessaloniki Metro Line 2 Stations[3]
# Name Opening
date
Connections
EnglishGreekLiteral
1N. Sid. StathmosΝ. Σιδ. ΣταθμόςNew Railway Station2021Line 1 (Thessaloniki Metro) Line 1, Proastiakos,
and Hellenic Railways
2DimokratiasΔημοκρατίαςDemocracy Sq.2021Line 1 (Thessaloniki Metro) Line 1
3VenizelouΒενιζέλουVenizelos Str.2021
4Aghia SofiaΑγία ΣοφίαHagia Sophia2021
5Sintrivani/EkthesiΣιντριβάνι/ΈκθεσηFountain/Exposition2020
6PanepistimioΠανεπιστήμιοUniversity2020
7PapafiΠαπάφηPapafis Str.2020
8EfklidiΕυκλείδηEuclid2020
9FlemingΦλέμιγκAlexander Fleming Str.2020
10AnalipseosΑναλήψεωςAscension2020
1125 Martiou25ης Μαρτίου25th of March Str.2020
12NomarhiaΝομαρχίαPrefectural Administration2021none
13KalamariaΚαλαμαριάKalamaria2021
14AretsouAρετσούNea Aretsou2021
15Nea KriniΝέα ΚρήνηNew Fountain2021
16MikraΜίκραMikra2021Shuttle to Airport[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Η Συνέντευξη τoυ Γιάννη Μυλόπουλου για το Μετρό Θεσσαλονίκης" [Giannis Mylopoulos' interview about the Thessaloniki Metro]. www.ypodomes.gr. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  2. Attiko Metro A.E. "Funding". www.ametro.gr. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. 1 2 Attiko Metro A.E. "Thessaloniki Metro Map". www.ametro.gr. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  4. Attiko Metro A.E. "Extensions". www.ametro.gr. Retrieved 10 August 2018. To this end, ATTIKO METRO S.A. is designing and suggesting a solution combining both individual extensions into a circular line of a unified form.

See also

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