The Athens Mass Transit System is the largest mass transit system of Greece. The system is run by the OASA S.A. organisation and serves

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh List ...

Urban Area and the Athens Metropolitan Area (most of the Region of Attica without the island section).

Companies

As of July 2011, the Athens Mass Transit System consists of: * OSY S.A. ( el, Οδικές Συγκοινωνίες Α.Ε. (abbr. ΟΣΥ), lit=Road Transit S.A.) ** Βus network (internal combustion engine buses and trolleybuses). *

STASY Urban Rail Transport S.A. ( el, Σταθερές Συγκοινωνίες, Statheres Synkoinonies, translit-std=ISO, ), commonly abbreviated as STASY, is a Greek public transport operator of the Athens Metro and the Athens Tram. It is the met ...

S.A. ( el, Σταθερές Συγκοινωνίες Α.Ε. (abbr. ΣΤΑΣΥ), lit=Fixed Transit S.A.) ** The

Athens Tram The Athens Tram is the modern public tram network system serving Athens, Greece. The system is owned and operated by STASY, which replaced Tram S.A. in June 2011. STASY operates a fleet of 25 Alstom Citadis and 35 Sirio vehicles, which serve ...

system ** The

Athens Metro The Athens Metro ( el, Μετρό Αθήνας, Metro Athinas, translit-std=iso) is a rapid-transit system in Greece which serves the Athens urban area and parts of East Attica. Line 1 opened as a conventional steam railway in 1869 and electri ...

with 3 lines. *

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S.A. ** The

Athens Suburban Railway The Athens Suburban Railway, ( el, Προαστιακός Αθήνας, Proastiakós Athínas) is a commuter rail service that connects the city of Athens with its metropolitan area and other regions beyond Attica, including Corinthia, Boeotia, E ...

, using Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) lines, operated by

S.A. under the ''

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'' brand. The section between Piraeus, Magoula and Koropi is regarded as the urban part. In March 2011, with the Greek Government Law 3920 Attiko Metro Operational Company (AMEL S.A.) absorbed Athens-Piraeus Electric Railways S.A. and TRAM S.A. and was renamed "STASY S.A." ( el, ΣΤΑΣΥ Α.Ε.). Also ETHEL S.A. absorbed ILPAP S.A. and was renamed as "OSY S.A." ( el, ΟΣΥ Α.Ε.). The mergers were officially announced on June 10, 2011. While mergers at the top management level took place quickly, integration of the former companies at operations and support level proceeds slowly. OSY and STASY are wholly owned by OASA. Hellenic Train (for the urban part of the

) is coordinated by Athens Urban Transport Organisation (Organismos Astikon Syngoinonion Athinon - OASA, el, Οργανισμός Αστικών Συγκοινωνιών Αθηνών - Ο.Α.Σ.Α.), a state-owned company. ISAP, ETHEL and ILPAP were wholly owned by OASA. AMEL and Tram S.A. until June 2011 were subsidiaries of Attiko Metro S.A. ( el, Αττικό Μετρό Α.Ε.), a company that is currently wholly owned by the Greek government.

S.A., which absorbed the former Proastiakos S.A. in 2007, became independent of the OSE group in 2008 and is now a separate private company. OASA regularly conducts

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and videography competitions both in black-and-white and in colour for photos taken while inside its means of transport.

Fare collection system

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, when it was succeded 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) 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

utilize

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s. The ATH.ENA ticket and ATH.ENA card can be used in suburban railway trains starting from Magoula or Dhekelia and onwards.

Depots

Metro

Eirini depot (Line 1)
Sepolia depot (Lines 2 & 3)
Eleonas depot (Lines 2 & 3)

Tram

Elliniko depot

Trolleybus

Attiki depot
Kokkinos Mylos depot
Rouf depot

Bus

Agios Dimitrios depot
Ano Liosia depot
Anthousa depot
Elliniko depot (closed in 2014)
Petrou Ralli depot
Rentis depot
Thriaseio depot (used only for laying up retired buses)
Votanikos depot

Gallery

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train (3rd generation stock) File:Tram TA20049 at Syntagma Square.jpg,

Citadis 305 vehicle (2nd generation) File:OSE Baureihe 660.jpg,

train File:Bus on Amalias Street in Athens on December 21, 2020.jpg, Mercedes - Benz O405 bus File:Bus at Athens Airport (line X95).jpg, Express bus between the city and the airport File:Athens Van Hool trolleybus on Patission Street in 2012.jpg, Athens trolley bus in downtown Athens

References

External links

OASA companies established in 2011

O.A.S.A. - Athens Urban Transport Organisation

STASY S.A.

OSY S.A.

Non-OASA companies

TrainOSE suburban services

O.S.E. - Hellenic Railways Organisation S.A.

Hellenic Ministry of Transportation and Communications
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