Athens Urban Transport Organization

Civil servants' union ADEDY has said it will be holding a large rally on Thursday afternoon in front of Parliament in downtown Athens to coincide with a vote in the House on a string of measures demanded by the country's creditors to wrap up the final bailout review.

While around half of the capital's aging bus fleet languishes in depots across the city, the Athens Urban Transport Organization (OASA) is planning to use 30 million euros in funds from the Attica Regional Authority for the purchase of another 92 state-of-the-art buses, including 12 electric ones, that will meet EURO VI emission standards.

Electronic barriers are operating at less than half of all Athens metro stations several months after the Athens Urban Transport Organization (OASA) had aimed to have its e-ticket system fully operational throughout the network to combat extensive fare dodging.

Employees of the Athens Urban Transport Organization (OASA) on Friday gave out thousands of electronic tickets for free to commuters at several Athens metro stations in a campaign aimed at raising awareness about the e-cards among the Greek public.

Employees of the Athens Urban Transport Organization (OASA) on Tuesday gave out 8,000 electronic tickets for free to commuters at seven of the capital's busiest metro stations in a campaign aimed at raising awareness about the e-cards among the Greek public.

Many commuters seemed to balk at the sight of closed ticket barriers at Syntagma metro station, the capital's busiest, on Monday, where barriers leading to the platforms were activated from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the first time.

The Ministry of Transport missed another deadline on Thursday in the schedule of its initiative to crack down on fare dodging on the capital's metro and ISAP electric railway, and is now aiming to have all of the system's electronic barriers functioning by the end of March.

Transport authorities in Athens are stepping up their efforts to broaden the use of electronic travelcards by commuters despite the challenges the network is facing three months since the new ticketing system became fully operational.

There will be changes to and suspension of some bus and trolley bus routes in central Athens over the next three days due to the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and demonstrations to mark the ninth anniversary of teenager Alexandros Grigoropoulos being shot dead by a police officer.

Commuters can buy electronic versions of the regular 1.40-euro ticket allowing access to all forms of public transport in Athens for up to 1.5 hour.

Up until Monday the ticket was only available in paper form. Paper tickets will be discontinued on November 15. Eventually commuters will be able to renew electronic 90-minute tickets at machines, as is the case now for monthly passes.