Electric vehicles are gradually penetrating into urban public transport. According to OASAthe company will purchase electric minibuses to serve citizens and guests of the capital. According to the information, 25 new electric mini-buses will run on some routes in the center of Athens in the near future. According to Athenstransport.comthe models that will be selected […]
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Recipients of a free or reduced public transport ticket
The decree, published in the Government Gazette, defines the conditions for free or reduced fare tickets for large families and disabled people. The following persons have the right to receive a free or reduced ticket for trips in public city transport: people with disabilities (Ατόμων με Αναπηρίες (ΑμεΑ), large families and their family members (the […]
The ΟΑΣΑ bus crashed into a palm tree
According to media reports, an accident occurred yesterday evening, December 7, at a fork near the Vulyagmeni beach. The public transport bus driver ΟΑΣΑ lost control and crashed into a palm tree. There was one passenger in the cabin. The car accident took place on Afinas Avenue. In the collision, the driver of the vehicle […]
Transport spies: a new way of working for services
50 secret “agents” in public transport will be checking and recording eight key metrics and chatting with passengers from time to time. Fifty “secret” passengers are already traveling on buses, trolleybuses, metro and trams to assess the quality of services provided on public transport in Athens and Piraeus according to certain criteria. These are employees […]
Air disinfection devices with 93% efficiency will be installed in the metro and buses
High protection against coronavirus, which can reach up to 93%, is provided by special devices for air disinfection, which are widely used abroad, as evidenced by recent studies. And it is possible that soon we will see them in Greece, in the metro and buses. They have already received the “blessing” of the country’s chief […]
Free Job: Spy Passengers in Public Transport
Passengers-“spies” will travel in public transport from September. Their job will be to register complaints and problems that passengers face during their daily commute, and to verify that the coronavirus protection measures are being followed. The first passengers – “spies”, according to the STAR channel, will appear tomorrow in the public transport of Athens, and […]
The driver threw the migrant out of the bus
An incident occurred on the A11 city bus route. The bus driver threw a foreign passenger out of the passenger compartment to make room for a local Greek woman. The incident, captured by sputniknews.gr, occurred on Thursday afternoon when a woman asked a foreigner in the middle of both seats if she could sit next […]
Transport strike on May 6
Public transport on Thursday May 6th will suspend its movement along the streets of the city. The workers accuse the authorities of “plans to return to the Middle Ages.” Public transport workers (Μέσα Μαζικής Μεταφοράς, MMM) have announced a 24-hour strike scheduled for Thursday May 6, the Athens Labor and Employment Center (Εργατοϋπαλληλικό Κέντρο Αθήνας, […]