STASY

Athens commuters are set for major travel disruptions Thursday due to a strike by workers on the Athens metro, tram and the Piraeus-Kifissia electric railway (ISAP).

After announcing that they would be walking off the job on Thursday, workers on the Athens metro, ISAP railway and tram have said they will be holding two more 24-hour strikes next week.

Workers on the Athens metro, tram and the Piraeus-Kifissia electric railway (ISAP) will strike on Thursday to protest new legislation that will allow the Athens Public Transport Organization (OASA) to make commercial use of stations and areas belonging to STASY, the operator of the capital's fixed-track public transport system.

Workers at the Athens metro, the Piraeus-Kifissia electric railway (ISAP) and the tram will hold a work stoppage Friday from 12 noon to 3 p.m. to protest new legislation that will allow the Athens Public Transport Organization (OASA) to make commercial use of stations and areas belonging to STASY, the operator of the capital's fixed-track public transport system.

Workers at the Athens metro, the Piraeus-Kifissia electric railway (ISAP) and the tram will hold a work stoppage Friday from 12 noon to 3 p.m. to protest new legislation that will allow the Athens Public Transport Organization (OASA) to make commercial use of stations and areas belonging to STASY, the operator of the capital's fixed-track public transport system.

The vandalism carried out by a group of some 200 people at the electric railway station (ISAP) in Eirini, northern Athens, on Wednesday night has highlighted the seeming inability of authorities to prevent repeated attacks on infrastructure belonging to the Athens public transport network.

As commuters in Athens brace for more strikes by fixed-rail transportation staff, STASY, the company that manages the Greek capital's metro, ISAP electric railway and tram, finds itself losing precious funds because of walkouts.

Employees on the Athens metro, the ISAP electric railway and the tram are due to begin rolling work stoppages from Tuesday until November 25, causing major disruptions to services.

ISAP electric railway train drivers will halt services Tuesday from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. to demand a solution to what their union has described as an accumulation of unresolved problems.

The combined effects of burgeoning fare-dodging, the government's decision to abolish charges for using public transport when the banks were closed for three weeks ahead of the introduction of capital controls last summer, and the debts of ministries and state services to the public transport companies have brought the system that allows millions of residents and visitors to get around the Gree