"Full steam ahead" for the “Kolonaki” station of the new Metro Line 4

The construction site of ABAX at the Kolonaki Square station is revealed to the APPE-MPA. Company officials say it is one of 15 stations on Line 4, the largest public project currently underway in the country. Line 4 starts from Katehaki and passes through Zografou, Kaisariani, Kolonaki, Exarchia, Evelpidon Courthouse, and Kypseli, it reaches Galatzi and Also Veikou.

The X-ray of the station “Kolonaki”

Today, the AVAX Group’s excavation has reached 28 meters, while the final excavation depth will reach 35 meters. The area of the pit exceeds 2,000 square meters, while the area of the construction site is four acres. That is, the volume of excavation is equivalent to eight 10-storey apartment buildings!

According to AVAX, up to 500 cubic meters of soil is being removed every day, and by the end of the work, 68,000 cubic meters of soil will have been removed. To date, 53,000 cubic meters have been removed. Kolonaki station will be connected by a tunnel that will pass under Lines 2 and 3, which are already in operation.

Intensification of work from the first moment of delivery

After the so-called precursor works, the contractor consortium’s mechanism went to work last April at Kolonaki Square. Despite the fact that the station was delivered to ABAX, ten months after the scheduled date, the lost time has almost been made up and the speed of progress of the project is impressive. Appeals and other pending issues are the reason why 6 of the 15 construction sites, where an equal number of stations will be built, have not been handed over to the consortium constructing the project.