Transport in Greece

An agreement for the sale of 67 pct of the Thessaloniki port to South Europe Gateway Thessaloniki (SEGT) Limited, was signed at the offices of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) on Thursday, following the approval of the Greek Court of Audit./greece.greekreporter.com

A survey of Greece's road network has mapped the most dangerous spots. 

The survey, compiled from studies carried out between 2011 and 2015 by Egnatia Odos SA that were based on police data on road accidents and on-site inspections, identifies 7,000 accident hotspots.

The studies were funded by the previous National Strategic Reference Framework (known in Greece as ESPA).

Egnatia Odos, the highway running from Greece's northwest to northeast, cost more than any other national road project to develop yet remains the most affordable of the country's highway stretches for motorists, according to data provided at a recent conference by Giorgos Dedes, general secretary for infrastructure.

The union representing workers at railway operator Trainose has announced a three-day strike starting Tuesday, which means that there will be no intercity train services and Proastiakos suburban railway services in Greece until Friday.

The strike also means there will be no connection between the metro and the suburban railway to Athens International Airport.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday inaugurated the new national highway linking Corinth to the western port of Patra, less than a week after presiding over the launch of a new motorway in Tempe, central Greece.

A tunnel on the new Corinth-Patra road, which is still under construction. Reports Wednesday indicated that the new road will be open to vehicles by the end of March 2017 and is part of a 201.5-kilometer highway that will connect Elefsina, northwest of Athens, with Patra in western Greece. [Olympia Odos/ANA-MPA]

Expanding its 2017 summer season flight itinerary, British Airways (BA) has included two direct flights from Heathrow Airport in London to Zakynthos.

Motorists are advised to avoid the city center Thursday as 4,000 police officers are to be deployed as events get under way to commemorate the anniversary of a student uprising against Greece's junta in 1973.

ISAP electric railway train drivers will halt services Tuesday from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. to demand a solution to what their union has described as an accumulation of unresolved problems.

The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED) launched a process on Wednesday for the lease of Egnatia Odos, a major trade route that runs across northern Greece from east to west, and part of a bailout agreed with the country's international lenders.