STASY

STASY, the company that operates the Athens metro and tram, plans to utilize the energy from the braking of trains on Metro Line 1 and its conversion from kinetic to electric.

Public transport will be disrupted on Wednesday due to the nationwide strike called by the Greek Civil Servants' Union (ADEDY) as part of protest mobilization over last week's deadly train collision at Tempe.

It is a "matter of time" to identify and arrest the two passengers who viciously attacked a metro station manager on Wednesday after he asked them to put on their mask, police sources said on Thursday.

According to the sources, their faces have been recorded clearly in the metro's CCTV cameras and officers are now focusing their investigation in the area of West Attica.

The Syntagma metro station will close down at 9.30 a.m. Sunday "at the suggestion of the police and to ensure the passengers' safety," metro operator Stasy (Urban Rail Transport SA) has announced.

An anti-migration rally will take place at Syntagma Square.

News that Athens transport authorities have transferred more than half of the ticket issuing machines on the capital's tram routes to metro and electric railway stations around the city to meet increased demand on the latter modes of transport has prompted an angry reaction by tram workers.

As of Thursday, old paper public transport tickets can no longer be used.

Commuters are now able to renew electronic 90-minute tickets at machines, as is the case with monthly passes.

Meanwhile electronic barriers will be activated on Monday so that no one without a ticket can get to train platforms.

"I'll never forget the moment I reached the top of Gibrena after a 2-and-a-half hour hike," says 17-year-old Haris, expressing the awe everyone in his group felt when they'd completed one of the most picturesque trails of the Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli Forest National Park in Thrace, northen Greece.

There is to be no service on the Athens metro on Thursday night from 9 p.m. onwards after drivers said they would hold a work stoppage over working conditions.

The walkout was called on Monday by the union representing employees of the fixed-track transport operator STASY.

There will be no metro service in the Greek capital on Thursday, as workers walk off the job for 24 hours.

The strike has been organized by the SELMA union to protest government plans to include STASY, the company that operates the metro, into the state's asset privatization fund.