Greek metro operator shortlists three bidders for expansion project
07/09/2018 07:21
ATHENS, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Greece's state-owned subway
operator, Attiko Metro, has short-listed three interested groups
of contractors in a tender for a 1.5 billion euro ($1.8 billion)
expansion project, it said late Thursday.
The bidders are Greek contractor GEK Terna HRMr.AT with
France's Vinci SGEF.PA and Siemens SIEGn.DE ; J&P Avax
AVAr.AT with Italy's Ghella and France's Alstom Transport
ALSO.PA ; and Greek construction firm Aktor HELr.AT with
Spain's Ansaldo STS.MI and Hitachi Rail Italy;
The contractors have until Dec. 10 to submit their technical
and financial offers, Attiko Metro said in a statement.
Construction of the 13 km (8 miles) expansion - which will
be co-financed by European funds and loans by the European
Investment Bank - is expected to begin in 2019 and will be
completed within eight years.
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(Reporting by Angeliki Koutantou; Editing by Mark Potter)
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