Photo source: Olympia Odos SA After a series of long delays, construction on one of the country’s most dangerous highways in Greece, the 74.5km Patra – Pyrgos section of the Olympia Odos Motorway will be completed by the end of 2024 or early 2025, said Greek Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis on Thursday, during the launch of works on the […]
Οne of the most important transport projects in Greece, the first section of Athens Metro Line 4, is underway aiming once completed to facilitate thousands of commuters each day. Works on the first section of the project linking Veikou Park (Alsos Veikou) with Goudi are set to begin in 2023. More specifically, the 15-stop, 13km […]
Athens metro construction site. Photo source: EIB The highly anticipated Line 4 of the Athens metro to contribute significantly to the decongestion of the city center will move ahead thanks to 580 million euros in new financing by the European Investment Bank (EIB). The EIB and Attiko Metro SA announced the news this week. The […]
Photo source: ametro.gr Athens Metro Line 4 entered a new phase this week after the Municipality of Athens announced that it would be proceeding with landscaping works after the completion of the project. The municipality and the Greek Environment Ministry signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) on Monday which foresees among others planting 2,000 trees […]
Works on the Olympia Odos Motorway. Photo source: olympiaodos.gr The European Commission approved this week Greece’s plans to grant public funds to Olympia Odos SA for the construction of the 74.5km Patra – Pyrgos section of the Olympia Odos Motorway. After a delays, the project, which was broken down into eight different sections, will be […]
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during the presentation of Athens Metro line 4. Photo source: @PrimeMinisterGR Aiming to cover the commuting needs of some of the most densely populated areas in Athens, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis finalized an agreement for the construction of Metro Line 4 with French multinational rolling stock manufacturer Alstom SA,
Photo © Greek Travel Pages (GTP) The Greek Development & Investments Ministry announced this week that it would be releasing 9 million euros for studies and upgrade works on the Corinth Canal. The canal a waterway, an important navigational route connecting the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the […]
Athens’ tram service will be enhanced with the addition of 25 new urban tram cars by 2021, two of which were recently delivered to the company’s Hellinikon depot in the presence of Infrastructure Minister Kostas Karamanlis, Urban Rail Transport (STASY SA) and Attiko Metro SA executives. The remaining order (23 new cars) will be delivered […]















