{"id":10264,"date":"2026-06-11T22:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=10264"},"modified":"2026-06-11T22:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:57:00","slug":"christos-dimas-on-the-thessaloniki-metro-extension-to-kalamaria-by-the-end-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=10264","title":{"rendered":"Christos Dimas on the Thessaloniki Metro: Extension to Kalamaria by the end of July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The extension of the <b>Thessaloniki Metro<\/b> to Kalamaria is scheduled for completion in July.<\/p>\n<p>Service continues on the <strong>Metro Thessaloniki<\/strong> to Kalamaria, which will be put into operation at the end of July, as emphasized by the Minister of <b>Infrastructure and Transport,\u00a0Christos Dimas<\/b>, following a meeting with the leadership of \u201cHellenic Metro\u201d and executives of the contractor consortium. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c<b>Over the past 3 months, we have really accelerated the pace of work at all 5 stations<\/b>. We are very satisfied with the progress of the work,&#8221; he emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<b>Testing is proceeding at a very good pace; we have had very good results so far, and we expect that by the end of July, the five additional Metro stations will be opened for commercial use<\/b>,\u201d stated the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He added that <b>the temporary suspension of Metro operations was necessary<\/b> to conduct the required tests and obtain the necessary international certifications, as the extension to Kalamaria involves the connection of two systems. \u201c<b>Only minor construction work remains, and most systems have been fully installed, tested, and are operational, but they must be 100% ready<\/b>,\u201d emphasized Mr. Dimas.<\/p>\n<p>The minister also referred to the <b>Flyover<\/b>, according to voria.gr: \u201c<b>We can now see both forms being poured with concrete. It is a pioneering project not only for Thessaloniki or Greece, it is an innovative project by European standards<\/b>, which will truly <b>greatly help ensure smoother traffic flow in the city of Thessaloniki and beyond<\/b>. The timeline remains unchanged; it is about a year from now, give or take a little.<\/p>\n<p>From then on, I think that <b>all Thessalonians and visitors who pass by the ring road every day will see the progress of the work and realize how quickly it is nearing completion<\/b>. Of course, we all look forward to its opening to traffic so that it can further alleviate the existing traffic congestion,\u201d he stated, adding that the goal is <b>to deliver it in the first half of 2027.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The extension of the Thessaloniki Metro to Kalamaria is scheduled to open in July. Work continues on the Metro extension&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}