On Friday 23th June, Atm and Egis have won the tender for the management of the first automatic metro in Greece, in the city of Thessaloniki.
The company THEMA, formed by Atm and Egis (51% and 49%, respectively), is the corporate entity entrusted with the contract by Hellenic Metro under supervision of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, for the management and maintenance of the new driverless line in Thessaloniki, which will be inaugurated in 2024.
The Italian-French group has won a contract lasting 11 years for a total economic value of 250 million euros, proving itself a player with great competitive capacity in the international arena, able to compete with other leading European companies.
Atm, a leader in public transport in Italy and with decades of experience in Europe and the Middle East, has acquired a prominent role of excellence on the global stage in the management of automated metros: since 2008 in Copenhagen, through Metro Service A/S, with lines 1, 2 and later 3 and 4 of the Cityring, in 2011 in Riyadh where it started the city's first line and since 2013 in Milan with the driverless M5 metro and later with the M4 connecting Linate airport to the city centre.
Egis is an international player active in the consulting, construction engineering and mobility services sectors. Egis is a world leader in tunnel operation, motorway and airport transport infrastructure operator with more than 30 operations and maintenance contracts in particularly complex environments. No. 1 in engineering in France, our Group is an expert in the field of urban guided transport and rail transport engineering, bringing together all skills: systems, automation, rolling stock, equipment safety, civil engineering, environment.
The new metro is now the most modern public work in the Hellenic Republic and the only driverless line built, serving the second largest Greek city by population, with over one million inhabitants. With an extension of almost 20 kilometres, it will become the main hub for internal city travel, also strategic for the connections with the rest of the country.
The Thessaloniki Metro
The first line (red-coloured) will cross the entire city on the east-west axis with 13 stops from the Nea Elvetia terminus to the Thessaloniki railway station terminus, an important interchange node with the railway network.
A further extension is planned with another 5 stations to connect the 25 Martiou stop with the south-eastern area of the city, ending at the Mirka station (extension of Kalamaria blue line).
Equipped with sophisticated control and maintenance systems, the metro provides a daily service from 5.30 am to 0.30 am (on Fridays and Saturdays the line may be open until 2 am) with 18 trains in the first phase, which will be increased to 33 to ensure service with the Kalamaria extension.
The project is completed by the train depot and the hi-tech control and management operations room located in the Pylaia area.