Proastiakos

There will be no metro, ISAP electric railway or tram services in Athens from noon to 4 p.m. on Wednesday due to a work stoppage by employees who are protesting the induction of public transport companies into a fund of state assets slated for privatization and have vowed to continue their action.

There will be no Proastiakos suburban railway or intercity train services from Orthodox Easter Saturday until Monday morning two days later due to a strike by staff who are protesting plans to privatize railway service operator Trainose.

The strike will start at 6 p.m. on Saturday and is due to end 40 hours later, at 10 a.m. on Monday.

The Athens metro system and trams will not be operating from 9 p.m. until the end of the Tuesday night shift due to a workers’ strike. The Piraeus-Kifissia overground electric railway will also be shut as part of the warning strike being held by metro, ISAP railway and tram workers.

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* Hellenic Seaways announced that it is slashing referendum transport by 50% for citizens wishing to vote in the referendum from Friday through to Wednesday, July 8.

Early morning services on the Athens metro, electric railway Kifissia-Piraeus ISAP and tram will be disrupted on Friday, Labor Day, due to a stoppage announced by their unions. Services will resume at 9 a.m.

Trainose, the company operating the national and suburban (Proastiakos) rail network, has also announced that its staff was going on strike in observance of May 1.

Railway, Athens Metro and bus and trolley services will be disrupted on Friday, as workers will join the general strike and hold work stoppages for May 1 (Labour Day), a public holiday.

Trainose, the company responsible for operating Greece's national and suburban (Proastiakos) rail network, on Tuesday announced that workers will be going on strike on Friday in observance of May 1 Labor Day.

They will be joining workers on Greece's ferry boats, who announced their intention to strike earlier this month.

Passengers using intercity trains between January 22 and 28 will receive a 30 percent discount as part of a promotion by the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE) to coincide with the January 25 elections.

Customers buying tickets in advance will also receive the customary 15 percent discount for pre-booking.

Fixed-track public transport services were expected to be disrupted on Thursday, November 27, as unions join a 24-hour general strike called by civil servants’ umbrella union ADEDY and its private sector counterpart, GSEE, on the same day.

Fixed-track public transport services were expected to be disrupted on Thursday, November 27, as unions join a 24-hour general strike called by civil servants’ umbrella union ADEDY and its private sector counterpart, GSEE, on the same day.