Transport for Athens
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Transport for Athens (Greek: Συγκοινωνίες Αθηνών, romanized: Sygkoinonies Athinon), officially the Athens Urban Transport Organisation (Greek: Οργανισμός Αστικών Συγκοινωνιών Αθηνών, Organismos Astikon Sygkoinonion Athinon, ΟΑΣΑ), is the operator of public transport in Athens, Greece. Transport for Athens, through its subsidiary companies, operates metro, tram, trolleybus and bus services in the Athens metropolitan area.
Native name | Συγκοινωνίες Αθηνών |
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Romanized name | Sygkoinonies Athinon |
| Company type | Anonymi Etaireia (SA) |
| Industry | Public transport |
| Founded | 22 December 1993 in Athens, Greece |
| Headquarters | Metsovou 15 , 106 82 Athens Greece |
Area served | Greater Athens |
| Owner | Government of Greece (100%) |
| Subsidiaries |
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| Website | oasa |
Companies edit
As of July 2011, the Athens Mass Transit System consists of:
- OSY S.A. (Greek: Οδικές Συγκοινωνίες Α.Ε. (abbr. ΟΣΥ), lit. 'Road Transit S.A.')
- Βus network (internal combustion engine buses and trolleybuses).
- STASY S.A. (Greek: Σταθερές Συγκοινωνίες Α.Ε. (abbr. ΣΤΑΣΥ), lit. 'Fixed Transit S.A.')
- The Athens Tram system
- The Athens Metro with 3 lines.
Transport for Athens also coordinates the Athens Suburban Railway, using Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) lines, operated by Hellenic Train S.A. under the Proastiakos brand. The section between Piraeus, Magoula and Koropi is regarded as the urban part.
Recent History edit
In March 2011, with the Greek Government Law 3920[1] Attiko Metro Operational Company (AMEL S.A.) absorbed Athens-Piraeus Electric Railways S.A. and TRAM S.A. and was renamed "STASY S.A." (Greek: ΣΤΑΣΥ Α.Ε.). Also ETHEL S.A. absorbed ILPAP S.A. and was renamed as "OSY S.A." (Greek: ΟΣΥ Α.Ε.). The mergers were officially announced on June 10, 2011.[2][3] While mergers at the top management level took place quickly, integration of the former companies at operations and support level proceeds slowly.
ISAP, ETHEL and ILPAP were wholly owned by OASA. AMEL and Tram S.A. until June 2011 were subsidiaries of Attiko Metro S.A. (Greek: Αττικό Μετρό Α.Ε.), a company that also wholly owned by the Greek government.[4][5]
Hellenic Train (formerly Trainose until May 2022) S.A., which absorbed the former Proastiakos S.A. in 2007, became independent of the OSE group in 2008 and until 2017 it is a separate private company.
OASA regularly conducts street photography and videography competitions both in black-and-white and in colour for photos taken while inside its means of transport.[6]
Fare collection system edit
Up until the 80s, fare collectors were commonplace in all means of mass transport in Athens. Their replacement was a money box placed at the front end of the vehicles, next to the driver, where passengers would deposit their fare in cash, usually coinage. A decade later, they were replaced with validation machines and paper tickets. The end of the single-use paper ticket came in 2017,[7] when it was succeeded by the ATH.ENA electronic stored-value cards and tickets (stylized as ATH.ENA CARD and ATH.ENA TICKET respectively). Tickets are now rechargeable and can be loaded with up to 5-day unlimited ticket, but not with long term fare products, discount tickets (support discontinued in January 2019)[8] or monetary value. Cards (personalised and anonymised) can hold all fare types and a maximum of €50, with the exception of discount tickets which are tied to personalised cards.
Tickets and cards are validated contaclessly in validation machines inside buses, trolleybuses and trams. Suburban railway trains and the Athens Metro utilize turnstiles.
The ATH.ENA ticket and ATH.ENA card can be used in suburban railway trains starting from Magoula or Dhekelia and onwards.
Depots edit
Metro edit
Eirini depot (Line 1)
Sepolia depot (Lines 2 & 3)
Eleonas depot (Lines 2 & 3)
Tram edit
Elliniko depot
Trolleybus edit
Attiki depot (Closed for trolleybuses. Used by maintenance vehicles only)
Gazi depot (Closed between 2011 and 2014. Converted to an event venue)
Kokkinos Mylos depot
Neo Faliro depot (Closed)
Rouf depot (Opened in 2011 to gradually replace Attiki, Neo Faliro and Gazi)
Bus edit
Agios Dimitrios depot
Ano Liosia depot
Anthousa depot
Elliniko depot (Closed in 2018 to make space for the Hellenikon Metropolitan Park)
Petrou Ralli depot
Rentis depot
Thriaseio depot (Used only for laying up retired buses)
Votanikos depot
Gallery edit
- Athens Metro train (3rd generation stock)
- Athens Tram Citadis 305 vehicle (2nd generation)
- Athens Suburban Railway train
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- Express bus between the city and the airport
- Athens trolley bus in downtown Athens
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Law 3920, Government Gazette issue A-33, 2011-03-03.
- ^ Ministerial Decision 28737/2637, Government Gazette issue B-1454, 2011-06-17
- ^ Ministerial Decision 28738/2638, Government Gazette issue B-1454, 2011-06-17
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2005-11-04. Retrieved 2006-02-16.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2009-03-01. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
- ^ "OASA Photography & video competition".
- ^ IEFIMERIDA.GR, NEWSROOM (2017-11-07). "Εως τις 15 Νοεμβρίου η χρήση των χάρτινων εισιτηρίων -Πότε θα κλείσουν οι μπάρες". iefimerida.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-09-30.
- ^ "ATH.ENA Card". www.athenacard.gr. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
External links edit
OASA companies established in 2011 edit
- O.A.S.A. - Athens Urban Transport Organisation
- STASY S.A.
- OSY S.A.
Non-OASA companies edit
- TrainOSE suburban services
- O.S.E. - Hellenic Railways Organisation S.A.
- Hellenic Ministry of Transportation and Communications