Kyrianakis: In 11 months, the country will have a double railway line from Piraeus to Thessaloniki

In eleven months, the state volition person a treble railway enactment from Piraeus to Thessaloniki, stated Deputy Minister of Transport Konstantinos Kyrianakis astatine the 8th ITC 2025 Infrastructure and Transport Conference, held astatine the Athens Concert Hall Conference Center.

The Deputy Minister, presenting the improvements the Ministry of Transport has implemented and is implementing successful railway transport, emphasized that “the railway transport strategy successful the state is changing. We person a caller medication nether 1 roof, and present matters are progressing rapidly.”

Mr. Kyrianakis referred to administrative changes successful the railway sector, successful RAS (Regulatory Authority for Railways), and successful EODASAAM, arsenic good arsenic the ongoing renegotiation betwixt the nationalist assemblage and Hellenic Train.

As Mr. Kyrianakis pointed out, “We person laid the foundations for large changes, and soon grooming of bid drivers connected the ETCS strategy volition begin, aiming to person a functional automatic braking strategy connected the railway.”

Additionally, helium announced that contiguous the Joint Ministerial Decision (JMD) was signed for psychometric evaluations of railway information unit successful practice with the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA).

He stressed that communications indispensable beryllium conducted successful a circumstantial way. On some psychometric and operational levels, the highest information standards indispensable beryllium ensured, and helium added that, contempt immoderate objections, these changes volition payment railway personnel.

Furthermore, helium added that information mechanisms are being implemented truthful that an operations halfway tin power trains to wrong centimeters. He besides highlighted the enrichment of the Hellenic Railways quality resources with Greeks from abroad, noting that 300 applications are presently nether evaluation.

“It is simply a unsocial accidental for the Greek railway to get know-how from abroad,” helium stated.

According to Mr. Kyrianakis, information plays a superior role, on with rider experience. He besides mentioned projects for the renovation of stations successful Athens and Thessaloniki, the suburban railway, and the enlargement of the railway network.

He besides highlighted involvement from a institution (Levante Train) to run routes successful Western Peloponnese.

Regarding freight transport, helium stated that the extremity is for Thriasio to “come live with products, containers, and exports, which via the railway volition scope each of Europe, leaving a important imprint for the country.”

He besides noted that projects successful Thessaly are progressing and volition beryllium completed by summertime 2026, with inspections conducted by drone for person monitoring.

Concerning Thessaloniki’s municipality transport, helium noted that projects to widen the Thessaloniki Metro to Kalamaria are underway, with the enactment expected to unfastened successful aboriginal 2026.

He besides emphasized the wide strengthening of nationalist transport successful the city, stating that by 2026, Thessaloniki volition person 550 buses, “further improving the city’s transport network.”

For Athens, helium noted that the autobus fleet has been renewed, reaching 1,000 caller buses, portion trolleybus routes volition gradually beryllium reduced and replaced by electrical buses.

The Deputy Minister besides announced that the archetypal refurbished bid acceptable connected the ISAP (formerly Electric Railway) volition get successful December, and aft a two-month proceedings period, a caller bid acceptable volition beryllium delivered each month.

“Beyond the 14 bid sets being refurbished nether the existing contract, 10 much trains person been added to the fleet, and done the Social Climate Fund, we person caller trains for the Metro arsenic well, with the extremity of expanding trips to and from the airport,” helium noted.

Finally, regarding the simplification of postulation accidents successful cities, Mr. Kyrianakis said cameras volition beryllium installed connected buses and connected roads successful Attica, and each municipality oregon portion volition beryllium capable to instal its ain cameras, generating gross from postulation violations.