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OASA
Transport for Athens (), officially the Athens Urban Transport Organisation (, , ), is the operator of public transport in Athens, public transport in Athens, Greece. Transport for Athens, through its subsidiary companies, operates Athens Metro, metro, Athens Tram, tram, List of bus routes in Athens, trolleybus and bus services in the Athens metropolitan area. Companies As of July 2011, the Athens Mass Transit System consists of: * OSY S.A. () ** Βus network (internal combustion engine buses, trolleybuses and battery electric buses). * STASY S.A. () ** The Athens Tram system ** The Athens Metro with 3 lines. Transport for Athens also coordinates the Athens Suburban Railway, using Hellenic Railways Organisation, Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) lines, operated by Hellenic Train S.A. under the ''Proastiakos'' brand. The section between Piraeus, Magoula and Koropi is regarded as the urban part. Recent History In March 2011, with the Greek Government Law 3920 Attiko Metro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
STASY
Urban Rail Transport S.A. (, - pronounced as wikt:στάση, στάση "bus/train stop" ), commonly abbreviated as STASY, is a Greek public transport operator of the Athens Metro and the Athens Tram. It is the metro and tram subsidiary of Transport for Athens (OASA S.A.), and is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the metro and tram network, including rolling stock, 59 tram stops, and 62 of the 66 metro stations. STASY was created in 2011, as a merger of the Athens–Piraeus Electric Railways (ISAP), the Attiko Metro Operation Company (AMEL), and Tram S.A., and its logo is an amalgamation of the oval-shaped format of ISAP's logo, and the blue and green colours from AMEL's logo. History On 28 February 2011, the Greek Government enacted Law 3920/2011, which allowed the Attiko Metro Operation Company (AMEL) to merge with the Athens–Piraeus Electric Railways (ISAP) and Tram S.A. to form Urban Rail Transport S.A., or STASY as it is commonly known. The merged co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Transport In Athens
File:Athens Transport Montage.png, 250px, alt=Athenian public transport montage. Clicking on an image in the picture causes the browser to load the appropriate article., Top to bottom: Athens Metro, metro train (sub-surface and deep level); List of bus routes in Athens, bus; Trolleybuses in Athens, trolleybus; Athens Tram, tram; Athens Suburban Railway, suburban train; and the Lycabettus Funicular, funicular rect 0 0 1000 330 Athens Metro rect 0 340 495 670 List of bus routes in Athens rect 505 340 1000 670 Trolleybuses in Athens rect 0 680 1000 1010 Athens Tram rect 0 1020 495 1350 Athens Suburban Railway rect 505 1020 1000 1350 Lycabettus Funicular Public transport in Athens comprises a bus network, various Rail transport, rail systems, funiculars, and sea, maritime services to serve the more than 4 million inhabitants of the city spread over an area of . Rail transport Metro The Athens Metro is operated by STASY, Stasy S.A (Statheres Sygkoinonies S.A) which is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens
Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland. With its urban area's population numbering over 3.6 million, it is the List of urban areas in the European Union, eighth-largest urban area in the European Union (EU). The Municipality of Athens (also City of Athens), which constitutes a small administrative unit of the entire urban area, had a population of 643,452 (2021) within its official limits, and a land area of . Athens is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years, and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BCE. According to Greek mythology the city was named after Athena, the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens Metro
The Athens Metro () is a rapid transit system serving the Athens urban area in Greece. Line 1 opened as a single-track conventional steam railway in 1869 and was electrified in 1904. Beginning in 1991, Elliniko Metro S.A. constructed and extended Lines 2 and 3. It has significantly changed Athens by providing a much-needed solution to the city's traffic and air pollution problem, as well as revitalising many of the areas it serves. Extensions of existing lines are under development or tender, like the Line 2 extension to Ilion where tender started in 2023, as well as a new Line 4, whose central section began construction in October 2021. The Athens Metro is actively connected with the other means of public transport, such as buses, trolleys, the Athens Tram and the Athens Suburban Railway. The Athens Metro is hailed for its modernity (mainly the newer lines 2, 3), and many of its stations feature works of art, exhibitions and displays of the archaeological remains found d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ILPAP
I.L.P.A.P. () was a public Greek company, part of the Athens Urban Transport Organisation, responsible for the operation of the trolleybuses network. ILPAP was founded on December 14, 1970, and since 1998 the company was owned by the Athens Urban Transport Organisation (Organismos Astikon Syngoinonion Athinon - OASA, Greek: Οργανισμός Αστικών Συγκοινωνιών Αθηνών - Ο.Α.Σ.Α.), a public company. Overview In March 2011, the Greek Government passed Law 3920 to merge ILPAP with the bus company ETHEL S.A. The resulting company is named "OSY S.A." () and is a subsidiary of OASA S.A. The merger was officially announced on June 10, 2011. While merger at the top management level took place immediately, integration of the former companies at operations and support level proceeds slowly. The network consisted of 22 trolleybus routes which cover 390 kilometers in Athens urban area. The fleet consisted of 366 trolleybuses, made by Neoplan and Van Hool, 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Bus Routes In Athens
This is a list of all the bus routes in Athens, Greece. Symbolism 2000-Today Trunk Routes The trunk routes were created in 1995 as part of an attempt to create a bus rapid transit system in Athens. They actually were renamings of existing routes in order to have a common special numbering based letters and a common number when using the same street to exit the city centre. For example, all routes using the number 8 (A8, B8, Γ8) are passing from Patission street with a common start at Polytechneio. There were also express routes, whose name started with the letter E, that were special express rush-hour alterations of the A-lettered route of a certain line (for example route E7 followed the exact same path as route A7, but it was not calling on some stops). The main goal of these lines was to remove a vast number of bus routes from the Athens city center, which was heavily affected by traffic congestion at the time. With the creation of trunk routes most of the bus routes were rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens Tram
The Athens Tram is the modern public tram network system serving Athens, Greece. The system is owned and operated by STASY, which replaced Tram S.A. in June 2011. STASY operates a fleet of 25 Alstom Citadis and 35 Hitachi Sirio, Sirio vehicles, which serve two tram lines and 60 tram stop, stops. The tram network spans a total length of throughout ten Athenian suburbs. This network runs from Syntagma Square, Syntagma (central Athens) to the coastal suburb of Palaio Faliro, where the line splits in two branches: the first ends as soon as it meets the Athens coastline at Pikrodafni Station (where it meets the other line), while the other exclusively runs between the Athens riviera (toward the southern suburb of Voula) and the port of Piraeus. The network covers the majority of the city's Saronic Gulf coastline. Athens' tram system provides average daily service to 65,000 passengers, and employs 345 people. History Old tram networks (1908-1960) Athens Tram began its operations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens–Piraeus Electric Railways
The Athens–Piraeus Electric Railways (, ), commonly abbreviated as ISAP, was a company which operated the Piraeus - Kifissia line from 1 January 1976 to 17 June 2011. Piraeus - Kifissia line was the oldest urban rapid transit system of Athens metropolitan area. The line opened in 1869 as a suburban railway line connecting Athens with its port of Piraeus and it was gradually converted to full rapid transit operations, making it one of the oldest metro lines in the world. The line which ISAP S.A. operated evolved from the older ''Athens & Piraeus Railway'' and ''Lavrion Square-Strofyli railway''. In June 2011 ISAP S.A. was absorbed by a new transport company, STASY. History Athens and Piraeus Railway Company The line from Piraeus to Thision was inaugurated on 27 February 1869 as a steam train connecting Athens and its port, Piraeus, and was operated by Athens & Piraeus Railway Co ( or ) private company. The project was considered important, so Olga Konstantinovna of Russia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens Suburban Railway
The Athens Suburban Railway (), officially the Athens Suburban and Regional Railway, is a commuter rail service that connects the city of Athens and its metropolitan area with other places in Attica, Boeotia, Corinthia and the city of Chalcis in Euboea. The first section of the Suburban Railway, linking the main Athens railway station with the Athens International Airport, opened on 30 July 2004 – two weeks before the start of the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Greek capital. From 2005 to 2018, the network was gradually electrified and expanded to serve to the south, and to the west, and to the north. The Athens Suburban Railway is currently operated by Hellenic Train (formerly TrainOSE). History "Proastiakos SA" was founded in 2003 as a subsidiary of OSE to serve the operation of the suburban network in the urban complex of Athens during the 2004 Olympic Games. The first line, linking central Athens with Athens International Airport, was inaugurated on 30 July 2004, two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliniko Metro
Elliniko Metro (), formerly Attiko Metro () until May 2023, is a Greek State-owned enterprise, State-owned company who is responsible for the development and construction of the Athens Metro and the Thessaloniki Metro, as well as the Athens Tram. Headquartered in the Ellinoroson neighbourhood of the center of Athens, the Government of Greece, Greek government created the company in July 1991: Elliniko Metro's original purpose was to oversee the delivery of the Base Project of the Athens Metro, which opened in three stages, in 2000 and 2003. Elliniko Metro also owned and operated the Athens Metro and Tram until June 2011, when STASY took over that role. History The Government of Greece, Greek government established Elliniko Metro as Attiko Metro () on 18 July 1991, under Law 1955/1991. The original purpose of Attiko Metro was to oversee the delivery of the Base Project of the Athens Metro, whose contract had been awarded to the Olympic Metro consortium of 23 companies in the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
