May Day rallies and transport options

Wednesday, May 1, is International Workers' Day. And that means a series of rallies and limited transport options due to strikes.

In Athens, the pro-communist union PAME is rallying at Syntagma Square at 10:30 am. The public union federation ADEDY and the private sector and public utilities union federation GSEE stage their common rally at Klafthmonos Square, a few blocks off Syntagma, at 11 a.m. ADEDY also marches to Parliament, but not GSEE.

The rallies mean that there will be at least limited transport options. Metro Lines 2 and 3, as well as the tram, will operate from 9 a.m. onwards, on a Sunday schedule, but Metro Line 3 will not run to the airport or the three stations before it (Pallini, Peania/Kantza and Koropi).

No Metro Line 1 (the Piraeus-Kifissia line) Wednesday. Buses and trolleys, as well as the suburban railway, will also be grounded.