STASY

Under the fear of terrorist attacks, Greece’s independent privacy regulator, the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA), gave the Athens metro company STASY permission to install security cameras inside 17 new metro trains serving lines 2 (Anthoupolis-Elliniko) and 3 (Agia Marina-Doukissis Plakentias – Airport).

STASY, the company that manages fixed-track forms of public transport in Athens, said on Thursday that it had notified judicial authorities about an incident earlier this week involving a commuter who claimed she was slapped by a ticket inspector at the central Omonia metro station after refusing to pay a fine.

STASY, the company that manages fixed-track forms of public transport in Athens, on Wednesday rebuffed claims by a female commuter who said she was slapped by a ticket inspector at the central Omonia metro station when she refused pay a fine for fare dodging because she was unemployed and was unable to.

There will be no metro, electric railway (ISAP) or tram in Athens between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Thursday due to a work stoppage by employees.

Employees will meet to discuss their demand for a new collective contract. The management at STASY, the company that operates fixed track modes of public transport, has so far failed to meet their demand.

A civil mobilization order issued in January 2013 to force public transport workers to return to their jobs in Athens after weeks of strikes has been rescinded.

Commuters using Athens public transport can now benefit from free wireless Internet access at seven key stations on the metro and urban electric railway (ISAP) as part of a scheme that is to be extended across the network from the middle of next month.