This is a list of Thessaloniki Metro stations. 13 stations are currently operating, 5 are under construction, while 27 stations are planned for future extensions of the network.[1]
Stations in service
edit| # | Name[2] | Opening date |
Line(s) | Other Connections | ||
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| 1 | 25 Martiou | 25th of March | 2024 |   |
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| 2 | Agias Sofias | Hagia Sophia | 2024 | |
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| 3 | Analipsi | Ascension | 2024 | |
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| 4 | Dimokratias[a] | Democracy Square | 2024 | |
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| 5 | Efkleidis[b] | Euclid | 2024 | |
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| 6 | Fleming | Fleming Street | 2024 | |
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| 7 | Nea Elvetia | New Switzerland | 2024 | |
Shuttle to Airport | |
| 8 | New Railway Station[c] | New Railway Station | 2024 | |
Proastiakos, and Hellenic Railways | |
| 9 | Panepistimio | University | 2024 | |
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| 10 | Papafi | Papafis Street | 2024 | |
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| 11 | Sintrivani[d] | Fountain[e] | 2024 | |
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| 12 | Venizelou[f] | Venizelos Street | 2024 | |
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| 13 | Voulgari | Voulgaris Street | 2024 | |
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Stations under construction
edit| # | Name[2] | Opening date |
Line(s) | Other Connections | ||
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| English | Greek | Literal | ||||
| 1 | Aretsou | Nea Aretsou | 2025 | |
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| 2 | Kalamaria | Kalamaria | 2025 | |
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| 3 | Mikra | Mikra | 2025 | |
Shuttle to Airport[4] | |
| 4 | Nea Krini | New Spring | 2025 | |
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| 5 | Nomarchia | Prefectural Administration | 2025 | |
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Future stations
editThe immediate expansion plans call for an extension of Line 1 from the New Railway Station towards Thessaloniki's western suburbs:[1]
- Neapoli
- Terpsithea
- Stavroupoli
- Polichni
- Evosmos
- Papageorgiou Hospital
A secondary expansion is planned towards the airport and the new Thessaloniki Innovation and Technology Centre (ThessINTEC). This line is to be in a tunnel for a short distance, then at-grade, and then elevated (grade-separated):[1]
- Anotera Scholi Polemou
- Patriarchiko
- Diavalkaniko
- Georgiki Scholi
- Thessaloniki Airport
- ThessINTEC
A future branching of the airport extension towards Thermi is also accounted for.[1]
A Line 3 is being considered, to run from Toumba towards the western sububrbs, intersecting with lines 1 and 2 at Panepistimio and the New Railway Station, and possibly also at Dimokratias:[1]
- Agia Kyriaki
- Charilaou
- Toumba
- Agiou Dimitriou
- Panepistimio
- HANTH
- Aristotelous
- Dimokratias (?)
- New Railway Station
- Ampelokipoi
- KTEL Makedonia
- Eptanisou
- Kordelio
- Menemeni
- Efkarpia
- Perifereiaki
- Ano Evosmos
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e "Thessaloniki Metro: 44 stations by 2040". Gazzetta (in Greek). Athens: Liquid Media. 20 May 2024. Archived from the original on 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ a b Attiko Metro S.A. "Thessaloniki Metro Lines Development Plan" (PDF). www.ametro.gr. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ a b Kaltsidi, Maria (30 November 2024). "Β. Πορφυλίδης: Τα πρώτα σχέδια του μετρό Θεσσαλονίκης το '87 και οι σκέψεις για τραμ στο κέντρο της πόλης" [V. Porfylidis: The first plans for the Thessaloniki metro in '87 and the thoughts about a tram in the city centre]. www.ert.gr (in Greek). Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 2 December 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Η Συνέντευξη τoυ Γιάννη Μυλόπουλου για το Μετρό Θεσσαλονίκης" [Giannis Mylopoulos' interview about the Thessaloniki Metro]. www.ypodomes.gr. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ In the original 1987 plan, this station was named Βαρδάρι (Vardari), the old name of Dimokratias Square, named after the Vardari Fort and the associated gate on the Walls of Thessaloniki leading to the Vardar river (Axios in Greek). The name was changed because it is not of Greek origin.[3]
- ^ In the original 1987 proposal, this station was named Αρχαιολογικού Μουσείου (Archaiologikou Mouseiou), named after the Yeni Mosque, which became the city's first archaeological museum in 1925.
- ^ During construction, the station name in English was a transliteration rather than a translation of the Greek name: Neos Sidirodromikos Stathmos or Neos Sid. Stathmos.
- ^ Prior to 2022, this station was named Sintrivani/Ekthesi (Fountain/Exposition). It was called Syntrivani in the 1987 proposal.
- ^ This refers to a local landmark, a marble fountain donated to the Thessalonians by the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II in 1889.
- ^ In the original 1987 plan, this station was named Αλκαζάρ (Alkazar), the name used for the Hamza Bey Mosque immediately above the station, when it was used as a cinema.[3]