Transport in Thessaloniki

Eighteen years after construction began on the Thessaloniki Metro, the subway system of Greece's northern port city is finally set to open to the public on November 30. However, a significant issue remains unresolved: ticketing.

Passenger traffic at the 14 regional airports managed by Fraport Greece reached 25.64 million passengers in the eight months of this year, up 6.4% compared to the same period last year.

The major project of the main line of Thessaloniki Metro is now in the final stages of being delivered to the Greek State, as the management of AKTOR, a subsidiary of Intrakat Group, noted today in the presence of the political leadership of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport and the management of Hellenic Metro.

Following decades of delays, the main line of the Thessaloniki Metro will definitely start operating in November, Ministry of Infrastructure officials said Tuesday.

But the extension to the suburb of Kalamaria will be further delayed and will not open until the end of 2025, they said.

During the event, the tool supporting this strategy, the digital platform erga.gov.gr, was introduced. For the first time, significant projects implemented by both the central government and local authorities are recorded, allowing for continuous and transparent monitoring.

A fire broke out just before 4 p.m. on Thursday aboard an intercity KTEL Thessaloniki bus on the Halkidonas-Koufalion provincial road.

According to the available evidence, the fire appears to have begun in the vehicle's engine. Eight firefighters with four vehicles extinguished the fire.

According to reports, no passengers were injured in the incident

In an announcement, the management of the Organization calls the strike “surprising” and notes that “it was decided a few hours before the inauguration of the OASTH Electric Bus Charging Station, an important and significant project for the Organization and Thessaloniki as a whole.”The union announced the strike because the Ministry of Finance

Flight delays have become routine in recent years, not only in Greece, but also at the European level.

Last year, in the 43 countries belonging to the European Aviation Safety Agency (Eurocontrol), three in 10 flights arrived over 15 minutes late, while on average planes would depart 17.8 minutes later than scheduled.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis pledged on Monday that the main line (Line 1) of the long-delayed Thessaloniki metro project would be completed by the end of the year.

Forty passengers travelling from the northern port city of Thessaloniki to the western town of Ioannina were left stranded in intense snowstorm on Friday evening after their long-distance KTEL bus broke down.