Thessaloniki Metro: When does it open and for how long will the ticket be free?

Travel with the Thessaloniki Metro will be free on the first days of its opening.

According to the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Christos Staikouras, using the Thessaloniki Metro will not require a ticket during the first four days of operation.

He told FM100 that entry to the Metro will be free on Saturday (11/30), Sunday (1/12), Monday (2/12), and Tuesday (3/12).

After that, the ticket will cost 0.60 euros for one trip, and the 10+1 basic ticket bundle will cost 5.80 euros.

The Thessaloniki Metro opens on Saturday, November 30 and will initially have 13 stations. It will also be animal-friendly, with owners being able to transport their four-legged friends in small cages or a special bag.

Today, the final touches were put on, and everything is ready for the long-awaited operation. In particular, signs with the new logo were placed on all station facades.

Residents of Thessaloniki have anticipated the completion and operation of the metro system for many years, as heavy road traffic is a persistent issue in the daily life of Greece’s second-most biggest city.

The 3.5-billion-euro project was originally expected to open to the public by 2012. Construction began in 2006, but progress was delayed due to a series of important archaeological discoveries in the metro tunnels.

Skertsos: Thessaloniki has cause to celebrate this week, as new Metro starts operation on Saturday

This week is cause for celebration in Thessaloniki, as the city’s new Metro will be turned over for use on Saturday, State Minister Akis Skertsos told City 106.1 FM Thessaloniki radio station.

Skertsos said the government’s choice of combining “both Metro and antiquities” at the ‘Venizelos’ stop was justified, and the city will acquire an internationally unique landmark.

“We should all start by apologising profusely to citizens who have suffered for nearly 20 years to acquire the obvious, a contemporary mass transport means,” the minister said, who originates from Thessaloniki.

“It was a collective, chronic failure of several consecutive governments that did not manage to implement in a timely manner this necessary work, based on the specifications this necessary work had to have,” he added..

Speaking of Saturday’s inauguration, Skertsos, who originates from Thessaloniki, said he “wouldn’t miss (it) for the world.”

Source: pagenews.gr