Public transport

Starting from December 17 and running through December 25, Sofia Municipality is operating a festive retro Christmas tram. The tram will be running daily from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM, with departures every hour from Vazrazhdane Square. It will make stops at several key locations, including Macedonia Square, Garibaldi Square, Slaveykov Square, Vasil Levski Blvd., UACEG, and Journalist Square.

This winter, Sofia is set to become even more festive with six specially decorated Christmas trams, which will bring holiday cheer to both residents and visitors. Four of the trams are decorated by Sofia Electric Transport, while the other two have been sponsored by various partners. These trams will travel through the capital, spreading the magic of Christmas to passengers.

A car collided with a tram in Sofia on the evening of November 26, causing the tram to derail. The incident occurred at the intersection of Alexander Pushkin and Tsar Boris III boulevards, according to the Emergency Medical Care Center, as reported by the Bulgarian National Radio. The crash took place around 7:30 p.m. in the Pavlovo district, near the tram tracks.

Passenger traffic at Greek airports has jumped 8.9% in the first 10 months of 2024, in comparison with the same period the previous year, according to figures released on Friday by the Civil Aviation Authority.

The data concern the 39 civilian airports, including the 24 operated by the CAA, 14 operated by Fraport Greece, and Athens International Airport.

Passenger traffic in Greek airports are heading for a new record, with the numbers in the first ten months of the year already surpassing the annual total for 2023, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) chief Giorgos Saounatsos has said.

Passenger traffic totaled 72.8 million from January to October, an 8.9% increase on the 66.8 million in the same period last year.

Ahead of the opening of the new metro in Thessaloniki at the end of November, the Greek government announced lower ticket prices for the metro and the bus over the next six months, in an effort to encourage and facilitate the combined use of public transport in the bottlenecked city.

Passenger traffic at 24 Greek airports rose 6.1% in January-September 2024 compared with the same period last year, the Civil Aviation Authority (CΑA) said in a report on Friday.

Passenger traffic totaled 9,984,655 in January-September, from 9,413,077 in January-September last year.

The Bulgarian political party "Spasi Sofia" (Save Sofia) has raised concerns about the hygiene practices in Sofia's public transport system, claiming that trams are being cleaned with alcohol (in this case rakia) and personal vacuum cleaners.

Thessaloniki will implement a unified ticketing system for public transport, allowing tickets issued on buses to provide access to the metro and vice versa.

Deputy Infrastructure and Transport Minister Nikos Tachiaos announced this on social media, stating that ticket prices and discounts will be revealed soon.

Passenger traffic at the 24 airports managed by Greece's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) increased 5.4% according to provisional figures for January-August 2024 released on Monday.