GREECE: Indra has won a contract to supply an automated fare collection system for the metro line under construction in Thessaloniki.
Indra will supply equipment including ticket vending machines and gates for the 13 stations on the line due to open in 2020.
It is envisaged that there will be no paper tickets, with only contactless smart cards. The supplier says that this would allow passengers to be charged fares ‘adapted to their needs’.
GREECE: The operating and maintenance contract for the Thessaloniki metro has been signed, with opening now planned for the fourth quarter of year 2024. Project promoter Hellenic Metro announced in June that it had selected the THEMA Consortium of Milano transport operator ATM (51%) and French ...
GREECE: Project promoter Hellenic Metro has awarded the THEMA consortium of Milano transport operator ATM (51%) and engineering consultancy Egis (49%) a €250m contract to operate and maintain Thessaloniki metro Line 1 for 11 years. The first metro line in Greece’s second-largest city is currently under ...
GREECE: Metro projects in Thessaloniki and Athens are to receive investment from EU cohesion funds, the European Commission announced on March 24. The grants form part of a €1·3bn funding package that would allow projects started in the 2007-13 EU budget period to be completed in the 2014-20 budget period. ...
