Tag Archives: urban train

Dozens of passengers of Athens urban train ISAP panicked on Wednesday afternoon when the wagons were filled with smoke. The train stopped, passengers opened the doors with their own hands,got off jumping out of the wagons and started walking on the tracks and next to them to the nearest station. …

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A train on metro line 1 of urban train ISAP Piraeus – Kifissia drove with an open door in the passenger cabin between two stations. The driver warned passengers to stand clear from the door. The incident on May 30, became known through a statement issued by the STASY Workers. …

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Workers at Metro Lines 2 and 3 as well as at urban train ISAP (Metro Line 1) will launch a work stoppage on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, thus causing troubles to commuters. The issue is particularly complicated to ordinary people as the work stoppage will last shorter than originally scheduled, …

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Workers at the Tram and Metro Line 1 in Athens will hold work stoppages on Wednesday, February 15, 20223. Workers at Metro Line 1, the overground electric railway from Piraeus to Kifissia, have announced a warning work stoppage from 10 p.m. until the end of the shift on Wednesday. The …

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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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Workers at Metro, Tram and Urban train ISAP have modified their mobilization actions on strike day Thursday, November 26, 2020. Late on Wednesday, thu unions of workers at STASY (metro, tram, train ISAP) announced the following: Metro: Lines 1, 2, 3 on 24-hour strike Tram: Work stoppage from 6 pm …

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Workers are all public transport means in Athens will join the 24-hour general strike on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, leaving hundreds of thousands of commuters with no option other than use their own car, if they have any, taxi, if they find any, walk to workplace or stay at home. …

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Workers at Athens Urban Train ISAP will launch a 3-hour work stoppage on Thursday, February 21, 2019. With the strike, they want to draw attention to permanent problems like delays in the ticket issue, shortages in spare parts that leads to decrease of schedules. Furthermore, the want the signing of …

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Workers at fixed-track public transport means in Athens will launch a work stoppage on Monday, October 9th 2017, to protest technical problems in the issuing of electronic Smart Cards and Tickets. The workers union STASY originally said that they will of the metro, tram and urban train ISAP from 12 …

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A police crackdown on a gang of pickpockets working in Greek capital has led to 31 arrests so far and the resolving of  764 cases of reported thefts. In an official statement on Monday, Greek Police said that 31 people, mostly of Albanian nationality were arrested, while another 18 suspects …

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Workers at the Athens Metro, the Tram and the Urban train ISAP will launch a 24-hour strike on Tuesday, March 1st 2017 and one on Friday, March 1st and 3rd 2017. Workers oppose the legislation according to which the commercial use of stations and spaces of the Urban Rail Transport …

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Workers at the Athens Metro, the Tram and the Urban train ISAP will launch a 24-hour strike on Thursday, February 23rd 2017. Workers oppose the legislation according to which the commercial use of stations and spaces of the Urban Rail Transport SA (STA.SY) will be given to the Public Bus …

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Workers at Athens Metro and Urban Train ISAP surprisingly announced that they launch a 24-hour strike tomorrow Wednesday, July 6th 2016. Workers of TRAINOSE and Proastiakos will join the 24-hour strike tomorrow. According to a latest development, workers at the Tram will launch a work stoppage from 10 am until …

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An Athens court ruled the work stoppage to be launched by metro and urban train workers was illegal. Therefore, the metro and the urban train ISAP will operate as usual on October 10th 2013. Workers at Athens Metro and Urban Train ISAP will launch a work stoppage from 11 a.m. …

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Greek government sent an ultimatum to striking Metro workers threatening them with lay-offs and ‘enforced mobilization’ or requisition. On Tuesday, government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou gave Metro workers time to resume work by next Thursday and end their strikes that prohibit the operation of Athens metro for the seventh consecutive day. “The leaders of this unacceptable …

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Despite courts declaring the strikes at Athens Metro as ‘illegal’, the union of the Metro workers decided to continue their protest and launch a new 24-hour strike on Wednesday, January 23rd 2013. On the same day workers at urban train ISAP/HSAP and the tram will stage a work stoppage form …

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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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Days of hell on earth and unbelievable trouble are awaiting millions of passengers, especially people who own no private car. But even motorists will see themselves stuck for hours in traffic jams as the public transport system will practically collapse and there will be no other way for people to move around. The …

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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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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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