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Greece
as of Sep 2026
- Total open
- 2,242 km#1 / 4
- Under construction
- 283 km#2 / 4
- Planned
- 161 km
- Projects
- 12
km per 1,000 km²: 17.0#1 / 4km per million people: 216.3#1 / 4
Measured against 131,957 km² and 10,366,586 inhabitants (Jan 2026).
By category
Highways
2,083 km#1 / 4
building 270 km
planned 68 km
109 sections
Railways
156 km#3 / 4
building 13 km
planned 92 km
9 sections
Bridges
3 km#2 / 2
1 section
Network growth
Busiest decade: the 2000s, with 1,020 km opened.
| km | Highways | Railways | Bridges | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16 km | 16 km | 0 km | 0 km |
| 1980s | 13 km | 13 km | 0 km | 0 km |
| 1990s | 367 km | 367 km | 0 km | 0 km |
| 2000s | 1,020 km | 983 km | 35 km | 3 km |
| 2010s | 634 km | 527 km | 107 km | 0 km |
| 2020s | 192 km | 178 km | 14 km | 0 km |
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Mapped sections
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Delivery record
Cost and schedule outcomes for this country's sections, measured exactly as on the performance page.
- Median slip
- +32 mon=6
- On time
- 0%
- Median overrun
- –n=0
- Sections
- 119
Furthest behind schedule
- A1 Motorway Athens – Thessaloniki – Evzonoi (PATHE) / Evangelismos – Rapsani (Tempi tunnels)+64 mo
- A1 Motorway Athens – Thessaloniki – Evzonoi (PATHE) / Platamonas – Skotina (Platamonas tunnel)+64 mo
- Athens Metro Line 4, Section A (Alsos Veikou – Goudi) / Section A: Alsos Veikou – Goudi+39 mo
- BOAK Northern Crete Motorway (Kissamos – Agios Nikolaos) / Neapoli – Agios Nikolaos+25 mo
- Athens – Thessaloniki railway modernisation (PATHE) / Domokos – Krannon (post-flood rebuild)+2 mo
Delivered on time or early
No section here opened on or before its contract date.
Largest cost overruns
No section here records both an estimate and a final cost.
At or under budget
No section here came in at or under its estimate.
Openings timeline
Past openings
- Aug 27, 2026Thessaloniki Metro (New Railway Station – Nea Elvetia, Kalamaria extension to Mikra) / Kalamaria extension: Patrikiou junction – Mikra5 km
- Jul 24, 2026A3 Central Greece Motorway (E65), Lamia – Egnatia Odos / Kalambaka – Egnatia Odos (Kipoureio)46 km
- Dec 4, 2025A8 Olympia Odos Motorway / Mintilogli – Kaminia10 km
- Aug 1, 2025A8 Olympia Odos Motorway / Kaminia – Pyrgos65 km
- Nov 30, 2024Thessaloniki Metro (New Railway Station – Nea Elvetia, Kalamaria extension to Mikra) / Base line: New Railway Station – Nea Elvetia10 km
- Apr 23, 2024A3 Central Greece Motorway (E65), Lamia – Egnatia Odos / Karpenisi interchange – Xyniada18 km
- Apr 23, 2024A3 Central Greece Motorway (E65), Lamia – Egnatia Odos / Trikala – Kalambaka25 km
- Jul 16, 2021A3 Central Greece Motorway (E65), Lamia – Egnatia Odos / Anthili (A1) – Karpenisi interchange14 km
- Jan 29, 2019Athens – Thessaloniki railway modernisation (PATHE) / Aggeies – Domokos21 km
- Jan 7, 2019Athens – Thessaloniki railway modernisation (PATHE) / Lianokladi – Aggeies (Othrys tunnel)31 km
Scheduled openings
- Oct 30, 2027BOAK Northern Crete Motorway (Kissamos – Agios Nikolaos) / Neapoli – Agios Nikolaos15 km
- Jul 11, 2028BOAK Northern Crete Motorway (Kissamos – Agios Nikolaos) / Hersonissos – Neapoli22 km
- Jun 2029A5 Ionia Odos (Antirrio – Ioannina) / Ioannina – Kalpaki46 km
- 2031BOAK Northern Crete Motorway (Kissamos – Agios Nikolaos) / Chania – Hersonissos (Chania – Heraklion concession)157 km
- Sep 3, 2032Athens Metro Line 4, Section A (Alsos Veikou – Goudi) / Section A: Alsos Veikou – Goudi13 km
Projects in Greece
12 projects
- Highways · Greece
A1 Motorway Athens – Thessaloniki – Evzonoi (PATHE)
OpenedUnder construction551 km - Highways · Greece
A2 Egnatia Odos (Igoumenitsa – Kipoi)
Opened642 km - Highways · Greece
A3 Central Greece Motorway (E65), Lamia – Egnatia Odos
Opened183 km - Highways · Greece
A5 Ionia Odos (Antirrio – Ioannina)
OpenedUnder constructionPlanned270 km - Highways · Greece
A6 Attiki Odos
Opened69 km - Highways · Greece
A7 Moreas Motorway (Corinth – Tripoli – Kalamata) and A71 Lefktro – Sparti
Opened205 km - Highways · Greece
A8 Olympia Odos Motorway
Opened277 km - Railways · Greece
Athens – Thessaloniki railway modernisation (PATHE)
PlannedOpenedUnder construction234 km - Railways · Greece
Athens Metro Line 4, Section A (Alsos Veikou – Goudi)
Under construction13 km - Highways · Greece
BOAK Northern Crete Motorway (Kissamos – Agios Nikolaos)
TenderedUnder construction224 km - Bridges · Greece
Rio – Antirrio Bridge (Charilaos Trikoupis Bridge)
Opened3 km - Railways · Greece
Thessaloniki Metro (New Railway Station – Nea Elvetia, Kalamaria extension to Mikra)
Opened14 km
Sources
- CIA World Factbook 2025 (final edition), Greece, Geography: Area (total 131,957 sq km), via factbook.json
- Eurostat: Population change, demographic balance and crude rates at national level [demo_gind], population on 1 January
Sources for area and population only. Every project cites its own sources on its page.