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The Stations of the Second Generation:PANORMOU-MAROUSSI, PANEPISTIMIO-GALATSI, HAIDARI-PIRAEUS
The two Metro lines serve 650,000 passengers per day. The existing Athens-Piraeus Electric Railway line (Line 1 - ISAP) carries approximately 415 thousand passengers per day. Passengers can perform 'combined trips', thus saving plenty of time on a daily basis.
The frequency of trips is every 3 minutes in rush hours and 5 to 10 minutes in non-rush hours. By car in rush hours it takes 35 minutes to drive from ETHNIKI AMYNA to SYNTAGMA, while by Metro it takes only 10 minutes. A similar trip from Dafni to Omonia has been reduced from 35 to 9 minutes. Moreover, using the new dual voltage trains, the distance SYNTAGMA-DOUKISSIS PLAKENTIAS-AIRPORT ia covered in 37 minutes.
The Project has been constructed based on state-of-the-art technologies, the labor of thousands of workers and techinicians from Greece and abroad. Responsibility for the supervision of the construction of the Base Project and the new extensions lies with ATTIKO METRO S.A.(ΑΜ), while ATTIKO METRO OPERATIONS COMPANY(AMEL), its subsidiary company, is responsible for the operation of the Project.
With regard to the extensions program, major Greek companies (AEGEK, AKTOR, DOMIKA ERGA, THEMELIODOMI, METRO PERISTERI JV) in co-operation with foreign companies (SELI, ALPINE BAU, WEISS FREYTAG, IMPREGILO) have undertaken the execution of Civil Works. E/M Works have been assigned to major foreign companies (SIEMENS,CHAPEAUX, ALSTOM, TRANSURB, KOEHNE) with the participation of Greek companies (AKTOR, KALOGRITSAS), while the supply of trains was awarded to HANWHA-ROTEM Korean Consortium.
The Athens Metro Base Project (ETHNIKI AMYNA-MONASTIRAKI & SEPOLIA-DAFNI) commenced in November 1991. The original plan was to construct a network approximately 18 km with 20 stations in 2 Lines. However, one Station (KERAMIKOS) and approximately 0.7km of adjacent tunnels were deleted from the scope of the Project in 1997, thus, reducing the Project scope to 17.3 km of network with 19 stations. The first 13 km of tunnel including 14 stations (one double at SYNTAGMA), i.e. SYNTAGMA - ETHNIKI AMYNA Line 3 Section and SEPOLIA – SYNTAGMA Line 2 Section were commissioned in January 2000, while 5 additional km with 5 stations at SYNTAGMA-DAFNI tunnel section were commissioned in November 2000. The two aforementioned sections were completed within the framework of CSF A' and B'.
The 1,4 km SYNTAGMA-MONASTIRAKI tunnel section, which was the last remaining section of the Base Project including one station (MONASTIRAKI), was commissioned in April 2003.
The construction of the Base Project was subsidized by 50% by European Union (EU). In addition, the European Investment Bank (EIB) financed 39% of the Project through loans, while the remaining funds were provided by the Greek Government. The Base Project(MONASTIRAKI-ETHNIKI AMYNA & DAFNI - SEPOLIA)was constructed by OLYMPIC METRO Consortium (OMC), a Consortium comprising 22 Greek, German and French companies which co-operate for the construction of the Metro Project through a fixed-price turn-key contract.With regard to the Base Project, the Metro has financed the execution of archaeological excavations extending over 69,000 square meters – the largest ever archaeological excavation project in Athens. The areas, where archaeological finds were revealed, are closely controlled and monitored, for the protection and conservation of the finds.Specialized Archaeologists of the Ministry of Culture perform excavation works in this area, recorded, presented in detail and stored all finds. In order to minimize the possibility of encountering antiquities, the Metro tunnels were constructed at a depth of 20 meters, a level which is much lower than the one where antiquities are usually encountered. Extensive archaeological investigations were carried out, while some of them remain under way as far as the extensions' project is concerned, while significant finds have been revealed at the extension to EGALEO.
Where possible and based on the recommendations of the archaeologists, the archaeological finds are displayed in relation to the Metro project (exhibition at SYNTAGMA and DAFNI Stations, exposure at Syntagma Square).