Staikouras: Refurbishment of trains on Athens Metro line 1 has begun

Infrastructure and Transport Minister Christos Staikouras, accompanied by Urban Rail Transport (STASY) Managing Director Athanassios Kottaras, on Wednesday visited the NK Trailers factory in the city of Volos, where the refurbishment of 14 trains of Athens Metro line 1 is underway.

Staikouras: Refurbishment of trains on Athens Metro line 1 has begun
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Infrastructure and Transport Minister Christos Staikouras, accompanied by Urban Rail Transport (STASY) Managing Director Athanassios Kottaras, on Wednesday visited the NK Trailers factory in the city of Volos, where the refurbishment of 14 trains of Athens Metro line 1 is underway.

"We are continuing to methodically and responsibly improve the daily life of the citizens," underlined Staikouras, noting that journey times will be shorter once the refurbished trains are delivered.

Specifically, Staikouras said: "Today, we visited the facilities of the company where an important project for upgrading 14 trains of Athens Metro line 1 is underway. It is a very important intervention, which has already began. The model carriage is ready in Spain and the rest of the carriages of this train are being constructed or refurbished here."

As the minister noted, "the aim is to have the first train ready and operational by November in order to be able, as we have promised, to have 14 new trains in Athens by the end of 2026, of which eight were out of service. In this way, not only will we improve the quality of the provided services but at the same time we will improve the schedule, namely we will reduce travelling time. We are continuing to methodically and responsibly improve the daily life of the citizens. We are programming and launching specific interventions for the trains of lines 2 and 3 of the Athens Metro and we are looking for financing in order to buy new trains. At the same time, the works on line 4 continue and, as we have promised, the tunnel-boring machines (TBMs) will have completed their work by the end of 2026."

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