Public transport operation on Easter holidays

Athens Urban Transport Organization (OASA) announced on Thursday that during the period Easter holidays the frequency of public transport will be changed.

From April 14, the traffic interval for trams, buses, trolleybuses and metro will increase by 30-40%.

On Friday, Saturday, Sunday, buses, trolleybuses, metro and city trains will operate as holidays, almost twice as often.

On Friday evening, during the church service (7 p.m.), traffic will be suspended, which will resume after the end of the service (about 9 p.m.), transport will carry passengers until midnight. On Saturday, the metro will run until 22:30.

City train and metro:

• On line 1 from 05:30 to 23:30 interval 10.5 ′ and at other opening hours 15 ′.
• On lines 2 and 3 on Good Friday from 09:00 to 17:00 the interval is 7′, and the rest of the opening hours is 10′. From Holy Saturday to Easter Monday, the interval is 10′. In addition, on Good Friday, the nightly extension of hours on metro lines 2 and 3 will not apply. The last trains will depart from the Syntagma station at 00:20.
• By tram on Good Friday, from 05:30 to 22:00, 12′ interval and at other opening hours 15′, and from Good Saturday to Easter Monday, 15′ interval throughout the work.

On Holy Saturday night, the last trains will depart:

• On line 1 from Piraeus and Kifisia at 22:20.
• Route 2 from Antoupolis at 22:44 and from Elliniko at 22:41.
• Route 3 from D. Plakentias at 22:39 and from Nice at 22:41.
• From the metro station “Syntagma” in all directions at 23:00.
• From the airport at 22:02 and from Nice to the airport at 21:31.
• Trams line 6 from Pikrodafni at 22:00 and from Syntagma at 22:45.
• Trams line 7 from Asclepieion of Voula at 21:44 and from Agia Triada at 21:58.
• By tram lines 6 and 7 from Syntagma to Asklipie Voulas at 21:44 and vice versa at 21:29, from Agia Triada to Syntagma at 21:58 and vice versa at 21:40.

Buses and trolleybuses

Buses and trolleybuses will have a Saturday program on Good Friday, and on Good Saturday the routes will be completed earlier so that all vehicles are at the depot at 23:00, according to the decision of OASA employees.

Passengers who are going to use public transport during the Easter holidays can visit the websites of organizations www.oasa.gr And www.stasy.gr.

The last routes are expected at 22:00 or earlier.

On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, public transport in Athens will operate in pre-holiday mode (increase in interval up to 40%). The normal schedule of public transport in Greece will be restored only from Thursday.

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