Walkouts to disrupt transport and services

Commuters are in for three days of upheaval as public transport employees hold work stoppages as part of protest action timed to coincide with a general strike tomorrow and an austerity vote in Parliament on Thursday.

On Tuesday there will be no buses from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. while on Wednesday and Thursday buses will run from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

On Wednesday, trolley buses will run from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. while the Piraeus-Kifissia electric railway (ISAP) and the Athens metro will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; there will be no service from Doukissis Plakentias metro station to Athens International Airport at all as trains will not be running on the OSE national railway network.

Tuesday OSE workers are to walk off the job from 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. in a show of respect for the victims of the derailment of an intercity train in Adendro, northern Greece, on Saturday...