Rail transport

Line 4 of the Athens metro, which will start in Alsos Veikou and run to Goudi in the center of Athens, can go ahead as injunctions against the project were rejected by the Council of State on Tuesday.

Transport staff in the Greek capital have called off further action after a breakthrough in talks with authorities.

Staff objections over a collective labor contract for this year were lifted following talks with the General Accounting Office.

After weeks of stoppages, transport staff are expected to call off any further action after a breakthrough in talks with authorities on Tuesday.
According to Infrastructure and Transport Minister Kostas A. Karamanlis, staff objections over a collective labor contract for this year have been addressed following consultations with the General Accounting Office.

Trains in Greece went out of service for a second day on Thursday, as the Panhellenic Federation of Railway Workers (POS) said talks with Italian-owned railway service operator Trainees and its rolling stock maintenance provider, Rosco, over their collective labor agreement yielded no results.

Greece's demonized bailout programs have left behind some positive effects. One such example is the Independent Authority for Public Revenue. The Greek political system had grown used to manipulating the tax authorities.

A 24-hour strike called by unions for Wednesday in protest at the government's new labor laws will affect public transport in the capital and traffic in central Athens, as it includes a downtown march starting at 10.30 a.m.

The new management of the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE) is working toward reducing the four-hour train journey from Athens to Thessaloniki to three hours by 2021, in cooperation with the Transport Ministry.

Plans to rename a key station on the Athens metro after a modern historical figure were shelved on Monday following reactions from the public.

There will be no services on the Kifissia-Piraeus urban electric railway ISAP (Metro Line 1) or on the capital's buses or trolley buses on Tuesday, as staff are to join a 24-hour strike in protest at the provisions of the government's growth bill.

There will be no services on the Kifissia-Piraeus urban electric railway (ISAP) or the capital's trolley buses on Tuesday, as staff are to join a 24-hour strike in protest at the provisions of the government's growth bill. 
Workers on other forms of public transport, including buses, the tram and the Athens metro, are also expected to stage work stoppages.