A train of Thessaloniki metro stopped on Thursday morning and passengers had to walk 600 meters into the tunnel until the next exit.
The problem occurred shortly after 9 o’ clock on Holy Thursday and the train stopped between the “Voulgari” and “25th March” stations.
According to local media, the passengers were allowed to get off the train and walked approximately 600 meters to the “25th March” station, from where they got out.
The problem was repaired short after 10 a.m. and thus on a day when people flock downtown for their Easter shopping.
It’s not the first time a metro train in the country’s second biggest city stops and it most probably won’t be the last one.
This is the Thessaloniki metro system with driverless trains. A wonderful way of reducing employment, travel safety and the public’s confidence all at the same time — purely to save money. This driverless stupidity is also written into the Athens metro Line 4 — you know, the one that has removed large areas of public space and trees for new stations, and is unlikely to produce a single train journey before 2034.