The Thessaloniki metro was first conceived more than a century ago, and the first tunnel was dug in 1986.
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00:00A new metro whose first construction began about 38 years ago has been inaugurated in Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city.
00:09The 9.6km inaugural line, using driverless trains across 13 stations, was officially opened on Saturday by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
00:20Today, the metro speaks for itself. It is the most modern metro in Europe, as it deserves in Thessaloniki.
00:33To put it differently, we said it and we did it. It is a symbol of the progress of Macedonia and Greece as a whole.
00:50The Thessaloniki Metro was first conceived more than a century ago and the first tunnel was dug in 1986.