Four bidders expected for Athens metro project, source says

Four bidders are expected to show interest in Greece's tender to build a 1.45 billion euro ($1.72 billion) project to expand the Athens metro, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

Greece's GEK Terna will bid as part of a joint venture with France's Vinci and Siemens, a spokesman for GEK Terna said.

Greece's Aktor with Italy's Ansaldobreda, J&P Avax with Italy's Ghella and France's Alstom and Mytilineos with Spain's FCC were also expected to bid, the source with knowledge of the matter said.

J&P Avax did not respond to a request for comment and Mytilineos declined to comment. Aktor was not immediately available for comment.

State-owned Attiko Metro has pushed back the deadline for initial expressions of interest to build the 13km expansion three times since June after requests by potential bidders. The latest deadline is August 10.

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