Deputy infrastructure, transport and networks minister Yiannis Magriotis on Monday visited the under construction Agia Sofia metro station in Thessaloniki.
According to Athens News Agency, Magriotis commented that the city抯 metro project, namely, the entire 33 km – long underground network, is estimated to cost 3.5 billion euros. He clarified that the specific budget includes the construction of the Railway Station-Pylea main line estimated to cost 1.1 billion euros and the 620-million-euro eastward expansion of the project to the municipality of Kalamaria.
He expressed optimism that the 9.6 km – long main line linking the city Railway Station with the eastern municipality of Pylea will be completed in 2015, while the construction of the expansion of the metro line to the municipality of Kalamaria to the east, and probably the western expansion of the project, will be launched in 2016.
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