Thessaloniki metro run by private entity?

Infrastructure Minister Kostas A. Karamanlis said on Monday that the operation of the metro system being built in Thessaloniki may be conceded to a private entity.

During his visit to the construction site of Venizelou station, the minister set April 2023 as the deadline for the conclusion of work and for the start of the metro service. His presence in the city, one day before Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was to visit, served to ease the tension between Attiko Metro and the construction company that has seen them trading accusations over delays in the project, mainly concerning Venizelou station.

Karamanlis announced that the government has decided to concede the operations of the Thessaloniki metro to an entity that will win a tender "which meets the standards of modern European metro systems." The minister said the tender will be launched immediately as it...

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