Tag Archives: public transport

Workers at Athens metro will continue their protest with a new 24-hour strike on Monday, January 21st, 2013. Urban train ISAP/HSAP and the tram will operate only form 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. On Tuesday, workers at the three public transport means will launch a work stoppage form 12 o’ clock noon until …

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Things are getting wilder here and angry workers break the taboo after the other. That is “launching strikes over the weekend”. After a strike on Saturday, workers at Athens Metro decided to go a 24-hour strike also on Sunday, January 20th 2013. Metro workers are on strike since Thursday demanding to …

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For third consequent day workers at Athens Metro will launch a 24-hour stirke on Saturday, Jan 19th 2013. Metro workers demand to be exempted from the new payroll common for all civil servants. As Transport and Development minister rejects their demands, the workers will stage a “First in Greece”: a …

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Workers at Athens Metro, urban train ISAP (HSAP) and tram will launch a 24-hour strike on Friday, January 18th 2013. For the Metro it will be the second consequent strike day.   Workers demand to be exempted from the new collective payroll for civil servants. However Minister of Development rejected their demands. …

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Workers at Athens metro will launch a 24-hour strike on Thursday, January 17th 2012. No metro line will operate from 05:30 a.m. until half an hour after midnight. Workers protest the new payroll that cancels the national collective bargain. For transport to and from the airport, passengers can use the …

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Workers at Athens Metro, Tram and urban train ISAP (HSAP) will launch a work stoppage on December 19th and a 24-hour strike on December 20th 2012. The work stoppage will take place from 5-9 a.m. on Wednesday, the day private sector union ADEDY has called for a strike. The workers …

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Workers at Metro, Tram and urban train ISAP/HSAP are on 24-hour strike on Thursday, November 8th 2012. Also taxi owners continue their protest action.  

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Workers at Athens public transport will launch work stoppages during the general strike on September 26th 2012, in order to facilitate strikers to join the protest rallies in downtown Athens. Blue Buses, Trolley, Metro and Urban train (HSAP/ISAP) will operate only between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Tram will operate from …

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Traffic jams in all major streets of downtown Athens occurred on Thursday morning as thousands of residents had to use their vehicles to go to work due to the 24-hour strike at Metro, Tram and urban train ISAP. Workers protest wages cuts and demand the ticket fares to go down to one euro (from …

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Workers at Athens Metro, Tram and Urban Train (ISAP/HSAP) will launch a 24-hour strike on September 20th 2012.  However they leave the possibility open for a change in the date, should their colleagues in blue buses and trolleys decide to launch similar actions. With the strike, workers in Athens public transport …

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Greek Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure decided to introduce new measures to combat “ticket evasion”. Passengers returning ten cancelled tickets will be awarded with one ticket of charge. The Ministry targets to decrease the so-called ticket dodgers by 50 percent until the end of the year and so to avoid …

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That’s the country of economic miracles full of paradoxes. While the incomes decrease and wages undergo more and more cuts of 20-30%, prices keep going higher and higher. As if the 40% hikes in heating oil were not enough, prices for public transport and utilities are expected to rise at 25%. Greek …

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Workers at the Metro, the Tram and the Urban Train (HSAP) will launch a warning four-hour work stoppage on Wednesday, March 28th 2012. The work stoppage will take place from 11 am to 3 pm. The workers demand the signing of a Collective Labour Agreement and warn that there would …

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The police will close four metro stations for several hours in downtown Athens on Thursday due to the march protest expected today in context of the commemoration of  the Polytechnic Student’s Uprising in 1973. Metro station <Panepistimiou> will close at 12 pm, <Syntagma> at 1 pm, <Evangelismos> and <Megaron> at 3 pm. …

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Athens Public transport Workers decided to stage a 24-hour strike on Monday, October 10th 2011. There will be no buses, no tram, no urban train HSAP , no metro. It’s still open whether train and Proastiakos workers will join the mobilization. PT workers oppose salary cuts and ‘labour reserve’. Bus …

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Greece is expected to stand still on Wednesday, October 5th 2011, as the private and public sector have called for a general 24-hour strike.  Public Services will be closed, state hospitals will work with emergency personnel only. Also lawyers will join the strike. Furthermore big disturbances are expected in the public transport, although …

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The week starts with nice little things like work-stoppages in public transport. On Monday, October 3rd 2011, do not look to move around with  Buses between  11 am and  5 pm and with Tram from 12 noon to 4 pm. Under these conditions, if I want to use the Metro today I …

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A total black-out in Athens public transport is scheduled for tomorrow, September 28th 2011, as no blues Buses, Trolleys, Metro, Urban Trains HSAP, no Tram, Proastiakos, Trains and even Taxis will be around due to the 24-hour strike. An incredible day awaits passengers without cars and even motorists as the traffic jams are …

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Residents of Athens will experience a tough day as all public transport will be on strike. No Metro, no Urban Train-HSAP, no Tram, no Blue Buses, no Trolley, no Proastiakos, not even TRAINOSE. The 24-hour strike will take place on Thursday, September 22nd 2011. Workers at public transport means threaten to take more actions depending …

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Workers at Athens Urban Train (HSAP) will launch a 24h strike on Friday, June 3, 2011. Not that HSAP functions properly in days without a strike with the non-stop ‘renovation works’… However it’s good to know that the whole line will be on hold, so better choose an alternative public …

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