December 2, 2024
FEATURED, weather
The tunnel of the Railway Network OSE in Tempi, central Greece, was flooded on Sunday when rainwater swept debris inside. Train traffic connecting Athens to Central and Northern Greece was disrupted and some trains had to stop even in the middle of the route or just before the tunnel, as …
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April 15, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
An accident involving a tourist bus and a trolley bus injured six tourists on a sight-seeing tour in Athens. The tourists were injured after a cable fell on the roof of the double-decker. The accident occurred at noon on Monday on Panepistimiou Avenue in the center of Athens. Citing the …
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April 15, 2024
Society, Very Mix
Six passengers on a public bus were lightly injured in a traffic accident in Liosia suburb of western Athens on Monday morning.. According to police, while the bus was driving down Megalou Alexandrou Avenue when it veered off course and collided with a light pole. The driver allegedly lost control …
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January 3, 2024
Society, Very Mix
A bus carrying tourists, including eight Greeks, collided with a truck and went off the road on Tuesday in Bulgaria. A total of 10 people were transferred to the hospital, including eight Greeks and two Romanians. Ten people were slightly injured in the accident, Bulgarian news agency BTA reported. The …
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September 29, 2023
FEATURED, Society
A passenger on a public bus in Thessaloniki was injured when a part of the vehicle roof detached and fell on the head of the young woman. The roof part was not particularly small if one sees the released pictures. According to state broadcaster ERT, an ambulance was called to …
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June 28, 2023
Society, Very Mix
A tourist bus, under unspecified circumstances, veered off its path and collided with parked vehicles in the center of Thessaloniki in northern Greece on Wednesday morning. No injuries were reported. The incident occurred on Egnatia Street, heading westbound, near the ceremony hall of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki at 7.20 …
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June 6, 2023
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Express bus line X80 “Piraeus-Acropolis-Athens” has been resumed summer service on the streets of Athens since June 3, 2023. The routes have resumed due to summer and with the aim of providing the best possible service to citizens and tourists. The X80 bus line will run routes connecting the PPA …
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April 20, 2023
Society, Very Mix
The first Greek urban bus running on hydrogen was tested on regular schedules on Wednesday by OSY SA, which runs the buses and trolleys for the Transport for Athens (OASA Group). “The bus has been operating in the center of Athens for around a month on the cyclical route of …
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March 30, 2023
Society, Very Mix
Part of the roof of a bus on the Athens-Athens Airport route collapsed on passengers. It’s the second time in two weeks that the roof of a public bus collapses on passengers. No official plans to plans for replacement of old buses, despite the fact that the tourist season is …
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February 8, 2023
Society, Very Mix
A traffic accident occurred between a public bus and a private vehicle injured twelve people in downtown Athens on Wednesday morning. The accident occurred around 8:15 a.m. at the junction of Vasilissis Sofias and Soutsou avenues in the center of Athens. According to the police, a bus on the Palaio …
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October 31, 2022
Society, Very Mix
Police have arrested three suspects for the firing at a public bus with an airgun in Aspropyrgos, western Attica, on Sunday. Bus 866 Aspropyrgos-Agia Marina station was on the move on Sunday evening, when it was reportedly struck by bullets from a car with three men on it. One of …
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October 10, 2022
Society, Strikes
Workers on Athens trolley buses have announced a four-hour work stoppage on Wednesday, October 12, 2022. The work stoppage will take place between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. According to an announcement by the ILPAP Employees Union, the work stoppage aims to demand the immediate signature of a collective bargain …
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September 20, 2022
Society, Strikes
Workers’ unions at all public transport means in Athens will launch a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, following a call by the Athens Labor Center. Buses and Trolley Buses, Metro, Tram and urban train ISAP will remain in the depots, forcing Athenians to seek alternative ways to reach …
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April 28, 2022
Society, Very Mix
A touristic bus carrying a scout troop caught fire on Thursday afternoon on the road to Bralos in central Greece. It was around 1 o’ clock noon when the bus cabin was suddenly filled with smoke. The driver pulled up on the side of the road and the scouts were …
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April 16, 2022
Very Mix
A public bus in the city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, burst into flames as it was traveling in the district of Agios Athanassios, in Halkidona Municipality on Saturday. The driver and the passengers managed to disembark in time, no injury has been reported. The Fire Service rushed to the spot …
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October 15, 2021
FEATURED, weather
The public bus trapped under a bridge on the old Poseidonos Avenue in Athens Riviera remains stuck in the flood still 27 hours after the incident on Thursday noon. The water height is hardly down and thus only due to workers pumping water. A prosecutor ordered an investigation on Friday …
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October 9, 2020
FEATURED, Very Mix
An incredible incident occurred on the island of Poros in the early hours of Thursday. A group of northern European tourists, most probably in a state of intoxication, broke into a public bus and drove twice around the island dancing inside the vehicle naked. The bus for the local transport …
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September 22, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The Supreme Court prosecutor in Greece has decided to take action against mask-deniers and issued a circular on Tuesday seeking the immediate arrest of people who refuse to wear a face mask in violation of public health safety rules or encourage other people to do so. Chief prosecutor Vassilis Pliotas …
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December 14, 2019
Uncategorized
The Municipality of Delta by Thessaloniki took an unprecedented decision that reminds the Segregation policy on public buses in the dark mid-1950’s in the city of Montgomery US State of Alabama. In cooperation with Thessaloniki Urban Transport Organization (OASTH), the Municipality will have a bus service only for refugees. The …
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September 19, 2019
Very Mix
A touristic bus landed in the swimming pool of a hotel in Travliata on the island of Kefalonia in the Ionian Sea. Local news website inkefalonia reports that there was only one passenger in the bus during the accident. Nobody was injured. The main scenario is that the handbrake went …
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