December 5, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Metro station <Panepistimio> in downtown Athens will remain closed from 9:00 a.m. and until further notice on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, by order of the police, due to the events on the anniversary of the assassination of teenager Alexandros Grigoropoulos in 2008. Metro trains will pass through the station without …
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November 16, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Strikes
Greek Police has ordered the shut down of three metro station in downtown Athens on Thursday due to the marches on the anniversary of the Polytechnic school Students’ Uprising on 17. November 1973. According to a statement by the Urban Rail Transport (STASY) on Wednesday noon, the following metro stations …
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November 14, 2022
Society, Very Mix
A request to the Council of State (CoS), Greece’s highest administrative court, by residents in the Athens district of Exarchia to “freeze” the metro station construction project currently underway in the area’s central square was on Monday rejected by CoS. The residents’ representatives argued that the metro station will cause …
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November 9, 2022
Society, Strikes
Public transport means are on work stoppages or 24-hour strike, ships and ferries remain docked, trains are parked and even taxi drivers have pull the handbrake to raise their voice against the rising prices and the cost of living. The situation in the Greek capital Athens is for commuters even …
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October 26, 2022
Tourism
Athens metro will cancel some of its schedules between Piraeus and the Athens International Airport on Wednesday and Thursday due to the visit of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, following the order of the Hellenic Police. All stops between Piraeus (‘Dimotiko Theatro’ stop) and the Athens International Airport will be affected …
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October 10, 2022
FEATURED, Tourism
Three new stations on the extension of Metro Line 3 -blue line- to Piraeus start their operation at 2 o’ clock Monday afternoon, October 10, 2022. The new stations directly link the port of Piraeus with the Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” in a rail route that lasts just 55 …
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October 6, 2022
Society, Tourism, Travel
Three new metro stations in Piraeus will be inaugurated on October 10. The new metro stations will link the port of Piraues with the Athens International Airport. The new metro stations called “Maniatika”, “Piraeus” and “Dimotiko Theatro” are expected to increase the total passenger traffic on the metro network to …
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September 28, 2022
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
More antiquities have been unearthed during the construction works of the metro in Thessaloniki, northern Greece. The finding span from the Proto-Byzantine to the Middle-Byzantine era, that is from from the 4th to 11th centuries AD. According to local media, the antiquities were discovered during works at the southern access …
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September 27, 2022
Society, Very Mix
Trains on the Athens metro Line 3 (blue line) going to the Athens International Airport will be delayed by 6 minutes over the next few days starting on Tuesday, due to tests for the new line extension toward Piraeus. Thus, trains running directly from Nikea to the Airport will run …
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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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September 18, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Construction of three new metro stations in Piraeus will be completed by the end of September, it was reported on Saturday. These are the ‘Maniatika’, ‘Piraeus’ and ‘Municipal Theatre’ stations, which are expected to increase the total passenger traffic on the metro network to 132,000 citizens daily. The total duration …
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August 24, 2022
Greece, Politics
Many of those opposing the construction of metro station in Exarchia and the redevelopment of nearby Strefi Hill “are not even Greeks,” Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyiannis has claimed. His allegation triggered an outrage on social media. Speaking to Skai TV, Bakoyiannis said that the majority of permanent residents do want …
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July 25, 2022
Society, Very Mix
Stations on Line 3 of the Athens metro will be closed on selected dates during the summer months in order to test an extension of the line to Piraeus, the metro operator STA.SY announced on Monday. On these dates, the metro stations Nikaia, Korydallos and Agia Varvara will stay closed …
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May 9, 2022
Society, Strikes
Athens metro, urban train ISAP and the tram will not run for three hours on Tuesday morning, May 10, due to a work stoppage launched by the STASY workers’ unions. Unions said the work stoppage would last from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Metro, tram and ISAP trains are expected …
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April 29, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Strikes
Public Transport in Athens will be disrupted on Sunday due to the workers’ strikes on Labor Day, May 1, while affected will be also ferries and ships and trains across the country.. In an updated statement on Friday, transportation unions said that the Athens metro and tram will not run …
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April 5, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Strikes
Public transport, sea and air traffic will be heavily disrupted or just paralyzed on Wednesday, 6. April 2022, as several transport workers unions have declared to participate in the 24-hour general strike. For 24 hours, ferries will remain docked at the ports and airplanes will be grounded at the airports, …
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February 17, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, Tourism, Travel, Very Mix
Athens Metro lines 2 and 3 will extend their operating hours on Fridays and Saturdays and trains will run until 01:30 in the morning, managing company STASY announced on Friday. The extension will be in effect from March 4, 2022. According to STASY the last trains will depart from Syntagma …
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November 18, 2021
FEATURED, Society, Strikes, Very Mix
Urban Rail Transport SA (STASY) employees will hold a work stoppage from 11:00 to 14:00 on Friday, November 19, in order to attend the funeral of their colleague, who was killed in a workplace accident on Tuesday. The Athens metro and tram systems will come to a standstill in order …
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November 16, 2021
Society, Very Mix
Five metro stations in downtown Athens will close to the public on Wednesday, November 17, 2021, due to the traditional protest rally to commemorate the anniversary of the Polytechnic School Students’ Uprising in 1973. According to a statement issued by Greek Police on Tuesday evening, the following metro stations will …
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July 7, 2021
Strikes
Metro workers in Athens launch work stoppages on Wednesday protesting their working conditions. The strike affects Metro lines 2 and 3 and Urban train ISAP (Line 1) and will take place from 9 p.m. until the end of the shift. The unions of ISAP and STASY workers complain about their …
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