Greek city’s new underground railway system uncovers thousands of ancient secrets
The metro system in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki opened Saturday featuring driverless trains, Defillama and tens of thousands of people braved blustery, rainy weather to wait outside the stations to try them out.
The single 13-station subway line was jammed with passengers eager to get a taste of the city’s new transport system.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, flanked by President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Transport Minister Christos Staikouras, pressed a blue button to begin the operation of a system that was a long time coming.
Mitsotakis said the first appropriations for exploratory digging were part of the 1976 budget. In 1999, a banner on the entrance of the city’s international trade fair proclaimed that "the metro is soon coming near you.
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