The extension of Metro Line 3 to Piraeus “speeds up”

Two months after the extension of Line 3 from Agia Marina to Nikaia, everyone’s eyes are turned on the second half of the project, which is the final extension of the Line to the port and the center of Piraeus.

The three stations under construction of Attiko Metro are: MANIATIKA, PIRAEUS and MUNICIPAL THEATER. With the operation of the new terminal of Line 3, Metro will now have managed to reach the “heart” of the city, serving the economic and commercial zone of Piraeus.

The critical station in the port

According to information from ypodomes.com, the works at this time go underway without any hurdles. The most pleasant, according to the same sources, is that the critical point of the works, which is none other than the construction site for the construction of PIRAEUS station, opposite the port of Piraeus, has now reached a good pace.

The progress is stabilized and in fact the work was not stopped even in August, in order to make up for lost time. The foundation slab has been completed and the works for the construction of the load-bearing structure (i.e. the station) from reinforced concrete are in progress.

MANIATIKA station is moving in a more advanced pace, as the concreting works have reached the waterproofing of the roof slab and the main entrance of the station, i.e. at the height of the street.

Even more advanced is the station DIMOTIKO THEATRO where the architectural finishing works have started, while in the underground part of the station the concreting of the permanent padding, walls and dock slab has been completed.

The tunnel from Nikaia to the Municipal Theater and consequently to the end of the line, has been completed for a long time, but it needed to be drilled for the construction of PIRAEUS station, as it had been passed earlier to gain construction time.

The work that remains to be done is the construction completion of the stations and the surface areas that are currently construction sites, the completion of the superstructure (lines), the E / M systems and the completion works.

2022 is the goal year

The goal of Attiko Metro is -after the success of the delivery of the first half of the expansion in the summer- to deliver in operation the rest of the project by 2022, by completing a ten-year effort since its construction began. It is to be reminder that the project is part of the overall expansion of Line 3 from Agia Marina to the Municipal Theater of Piraeus, costing 730 million euros with the contractor AVAX-GHELLA-ALSTOM. The financing of the project has been covered by the NSRF 2007-2013 and NSRF 2014-2020.

With the operation of the Nikaia-Municipal Theater extension, Line 3 will reach 27 stations and will become the largest in the network. PIRAEUS station will become the largest transport hub of the capital, bringing together two Metro stations (as well as the surface station of Line 1), the Suburban (at a distance of 50 meters) the Tram (at a distance of 100 meters), bus lines, trolleys and just opposite will serve the port.

The terminal DIMOTIKO THEATRO will also be connected with a tram stop and buses and will be an important transport hub for the city of Piraeus