Transport in Greece

The new, increased toll rates for both mainline and side toll stations take effect on Wednesday, January 1, for the Patras - Corinth - Elefsina and Antirrio - Ioannina motorways, as well as the Rio - Antirrio Bridge.

Under the increased rates announced by "Olympia Odos," a passenger car trip from Patras to Elefsina will now cost €13.30, up from €12.60.

“By 2025, all of these vehicles will be operating on the streets of Athens”

A motorway bridge into Patra collapsed on Sunday leaving at least one dead, two people pinned under the rubble and seven injured, with at least one being seriously injured.

The bridge had structural problems in the past and was under repair since 2021. The Olympia Odos motorway had closed the road due to demolition works and there was no traffic on the bridge.

Long lines of traffic formed for several hours on Thursday morning, after a car caught fire inside the Efpalinos Tunnel in the direction leading to Corinth, forcing the tunnel's temporary closure. 

A video filmed by a car driver moving in the opposite direction and posted on a local news website showed smoke coming out of the tunnel and fire engines deployed at the scene.

A two-seat fighter F-4 "Phantom" of the Greek Air Force crashed in the Ionian Sea during a training flight, the two pilots are missing, Kathimerini reported.

A statement from the General Staff of the Greek Air Force said the incident occurred at 10:30 a.m. 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of the Andravida air base in the northwestern Peloponnese.

The maximum passenger capacity on all public transport in Greece as well as intercity buses (KTEL) is increased to 65 percent from the current 50 percent, according to a joint ministerial decision issued on Tuesday.

The decision will remain in place until June 14.

After appointing new administrations to the port authorities of Volos, Kavala, Igoumenitsa and Corfu, state sell-off fund TAIPED is expected to decide by end-October on the utilization of another 10 regional ports, including Alexandroupoli.

A 24-hour strike for transport workers began in Greece. The protest was organized by private sector unions. No ships and ferries, subways and trains will work.

Unionists representing farmers in Nikaia, central Greece, who had closed off both lanes at the tunnels of Tempi valley on the Athens-Thessaloniki national motorway decided to withdraw their tractors on Saturday.

The tender for the concession of the operation of the Egnatia Odos highway in northern Greece is set to be delayed by a few more weeks following the rejection by the European Commission's Directorate General for Mobility and Transport of the pricing policy proposed.