The Athens Municipal Council is expected to approve a Memorandum of Cooperation for the implementation of Metro Line 4 at its regular meeting today. Attiko Metro is entering the final stretch for Line 4 as the Municipality of Athens, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, ATTIKO METRO SA and ANAPLASI ATHENS SA will jointly sign […]
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Subway line finish line 4
The Athens Municipal Council is expected to approve a Memorandum of Cooperation for the implementation of the Metro Line 4 construction project at its regular meeting today. Attiko Metro is entering the final stretch for Line 4 as the Municipality of Athens, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, ATTIKO METRO SA and ANAPLASI ATHENS SA […]
China: 12 subway deaths caused by flooding
Deadly floods reached China, 12 passengers of the flooded train died in the Zhengzhou metro, and five more were injured. The water flow, after the destruction of the dam near the city of Zhengzhou by flooding, flooded the subway galleries and filled the train cars with passengers. Chinese TV channel reported: “Due to heavy rains, […]
USA: instead of the pool – on the subway
The New York subway turned into a lake, people literally swim in water reaching to the waist. The flooding is to blame for the tropical storm “Elsa”, which caused destruction in Cuba and rapidly swept across the states of Florida, South Carolina, Georgia. As a result of the heavy rains of the New York subway, […]
New metro line in Athens named “largest project in Greece”
The contract for the construction of a new metro line in Athens, signed on Tuesday by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has been called “Greece’s largest public project.” The budget for the contract between Attiko Metro SA and the J&P Avax SA – Ghella SpA – Alstom Transport SA group of companies for the construction of […]
Metro: 50 minutes from Piraeus to the airport in 2022
The completion of the metro in Piraeus will reduce the number of vehicles in circulation by 20,000 units. From next summer from the port of Piraeus to the airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” the travel time will be 45-50 minutes, after the completion of the three remaining stations that are currently under construction: Maniatika, Piraeus and the […]
Greece: tragic end for a woman who fell on the tracks in the subway
The tragic incident with the death of a woman in the Athens metro occurred at noon today. The woman who fell onto the tracks at the Panormu metro station turned out to be dead. Nine firefighters were involved in the operation to rescue her, arriving in three vehicles. Unfortunately, their efforts were in vain – […]