Greece's second largest city gets new metro - and it took 38 years to build

The Thessaloniki metro was first conceived more than a century ago, and the first tunnel was dug in 1986.

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[Chris]

It didn’t take 38 years. The contract was signed in 2006, which means it took “only” 18 years. Although there were long archaeological excavations, it was still way too much.

[goransukovic]

Congrats to glorious ancient city of Thessaloniki.

[spyroscharalambidis]

What a shame! The reporters failed to highlight the awesome "underground museum" located in the Venizelos station. Very incomplete and poor coverage, viewers missed the best part, which, surely, must make it the best metro station worldwide!

[PtolemyVV]

as a Dutch to the incompetent Euronews. Interesting and incomplete coverage. That reminds me. Do you have an issue of finding 300.000 archaeolgical items and a whole ancient city underneath your city when you plan and build a metro? No? *Then be quiet*

[giorgismaximos]

Better late than never
Well done Greece !

[georgekalvos]

We are so excited! The 2nd city of Greece getting a metro line is a reality. And the ticket price is just 0.60 euros

[Stv-]

Stop saying BS. Construction officially started in 1986 but in a short time it was paused due to problematic funding
The project initially restarted in 2006 after a numerous times and was completed some years later following a lot of delays again till today!

[PontifexMaximus]

''Proposed during the 1910s and first seriously planned in the 1980s, construction of the main line began in 2006 and on the Kalamaria extension in 2013. The system under construction has 18 stations and 14.4 km (8.9 mi) of tunnels. After years of delays, due to archaeological discoveries and the Greek financial crisis, the first line opened on 30 November 2024.''

[leylayetmez]

Congrats Saloniki from Baku Metro Azerbaijan 🇦🇿🇬🇷

[Mfoukos]

In Greece we have ancient ruins, in EU you have some ancient grass fields and that’s it ..
Well it took so many years since there’s ancient ruins beneath the city.. so archeological office declined the process so many times ..

[ΑποστολοςΚαραλιολιος-σμ]

Αγάπη Θεσσαλονίκη Μακεδονία Ελλάδα ❤❤❤❤❤

[pavloskaisseris]

you don't tell the full story Euronews, they have found a lot of antiquities and it takes a lot of time to excavate all the ruins, but I agree that 38 years is a long time 😂

[maciek]

Finally, Now I can come back to the city and sightsee it again:)

[romfeastore]

Fun fact….airport is not yet connected and will take it’s time

[c_cma]

Hello from Bucharest, Romania - a huge underrated city in Europe:)

[roza]

Every idiot writes that idiots come to mind. Our metro is a bibello, there is no other measure in the world with ancient.

[peabase]

There's a country that treasures its past.

[rrocketman]

Congratulations on this achievement. Other countries can only dream of having classical and ellenistic period museum metro stations!

[konstantinossam.]

No reference to the antiquities, such a poor report

[temper]

See, Greece is not so different from Germany after all.