Thessaloniki's Metro Reaches Kalamaria: Five New Stations, Now Open
Less than two years after the city finally got its metro, the network has grown east toward the seafront suburbs.
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Thessaloniki's metro extension to Kalamaria opened to the public at 3:00 p.m. on 27 August 2026, inaugurated by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The new branch adds 4.8 kilometres of underground track and five stations — Nomarchia, Kalamaria, Aretsou, Nea Krini and Mikra — linking the city's eastern seafront suburbs to the centre.
The extension comes less than two years after the first line opened at the end of November 2024, ending a project that had become a national joke after decades of delays. On the shared core section between the New Railway Station and 25is Martiou, trains now run about every three minutes; on the Kalamaria branch, about every four and a half. The full run from Mikra to the New Railway Station takes 24–26 minutes, and Kalamaria to the centre under 20.
The metro runs from 05:15 to 00:30 Sunday to Thursday, and until 02:00 on Fridays and Saturdays — late enough to make a night out in the centre and a ride back to the suburbs realistic without a taxi.
For visitors, the line's most remarkable stop is still in the centre: Venizelou station, where excavations uncovered more than 3,500 square metres of remains from the Hellenistic era onward, including a stretch of Byzantine road with its shops. It sits under the same streets TravelHub's own Thessaloniki centre walks pass through — a city where, quite literally, the history is underfoot.