Transportation in Greece
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From 1 July 2009 a new 3 day
ticket is available that costs 15
euros (Tourist Ticket), to better
serve the visitors who will remain
for a few days in Athens.
The new ticket is valid for 3
days from the first validation, for
all public transport within Athens.
It is also valid for unlimited
travel to and from the airport and
the bus line 400 «SIGHTS OF ATHENS». |
During the past few decades the
transportation network of the country was
modernized and impressively upgraded and, as
a result, Greece today has an integrated
transportation structure allowing for fast
and safe traveling all over the country.
Moreover, new projects are continuously
being programmed, so that the
infrastructures of the transportation grid
of the country become more and more
reliable.
The operation of the Rio-Andirrio Bridge
(connecting the western Peloponnesus with
western Central Greece), the longest
cable-stayed suspension bridge in Europe, is
of great importance for the improvement of
road transportation in Greece. Parts of the
closed motorway of “Egnatia Odos” in
Northern Greece (total length 680 km) are
still under construction, while
interventions for the development of PATHE -
the central road axis connecting the cities
of Patras, Athens, and Thessalonica - are
extremely important.
Moreover, in the field of sea transport,
works are progressing in order to improve
the existing infrastructure in many ports of
the country, and especially those of Piraeus
and Rafina, the two basic ports for the
connection of the Greek mainland with the
islands of the Aegean and with Crete. The
airports of the country were radically
modernized, and so was the railroad network,
where existing lines were upgraded, new ones
created and highly modern and fast-rolling
stock was introduced.
Furthermore, with the opportunity of the
Athens Olympic Games 2004, a series of big
transportation projects was planned and
implemented in the prefecture of Attica. The
construction of the Attiki Odos motorway
radically changed the transportation map of
the area. In the city of Athens, the public
means of transportation were upgraded and
quality of life was improved thanks to the
construction and operation of the
metropolitan railroad (metro), the suburban
railroad and the tram. The existing mass
means of transportation were considerably
upgraded with the renewal of the bus and
trolley-bus fleets and the overhauling of
the Athens–Piraeus electric railroad
stations. The connection of the electric
railroad with the metropolitan and suburban
network, as well as with the national
railroad network created a functional
transportation grid. Finally, the
construction and operation of the new modern
Athens “Eleftherios Venizelos” airport, in
Spata, Attica, was an important milestone in
the improvement of air travel in the country |
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