Electric rail transport

Trains in Greece went out of service for a second day on Thursday, as the Panhellenic Federation of Railway Workers (POS) said talks with Italian-owned railway service operator Trainees and its rolling stock maintenance provider, Rosco, over their collective labor agreement yielded no results.

A 24-hour strike called by unions for Wednesday in protest at the government's new labor laws will affect public transport in the capital and traffic in central Athens, as it includes a downtown march starting at 10.30 a.m.

Plans to rename a key station on the Athens metro after a modern historical figure were shelved on Monday following reactions from the public.

There will be no services on the Kifissia-Piraeus urban electric railway ISAP (Metro Line 1) or on the capital's buses or trolley buses on Tuesday, as staff are to join a 24-hour strike in protest at the provisions of the government's growth bill.

There will be no services on the Kifissia-Piraeus urban electric railway (ISAP) or the capital's trolley buses on Tuesday, as staff are to join a 24-hour strike in protest at the provisions of the government's growth bill. 
Workers on other forms of public transport, including buses, the tram and the Athens metro, are also expected to stage work stoppages.

There will be no services on the Kifissia-Piraeus urban electric railway (ISAP) on Tuesday, nor on the capital's trolley buses, as staff are to join a 24-hour strike in protest at the provisions of the government's growth bill. 

It is expected that staff on other forms of public transport including buses, the tram and the Athens metro will hold work stoppages. 

Ellaktor, the construction group that is building the Thessaloniki metro, has openly contradicted operator Attiko Metro's assertion that the often-delayed project is nearing its final stages and that the main line will open in 2020.

Transport authorities are mulling the reopening of the section of the Athens tram network that runs between the neighborhood of Neos Kosmos and downtown Syntagma Square which was suspended last October amid concerns that the ground beneath the tracks was at risk of subsiding.
According to officials, fears about the potential risks were exaggerated.

The new government has replaced several high-ranking executives at the Athens Urban Rail Transport Company (STASY).
The replacements came after a number of problems became apparent in the operations of the metro, especially as regards the frequency of trains.

Service between Syntagma and the Acropolis station on the Athens metro has resumed as bomb disposal experts gave the all clear after examining a "suspicious" suitcase.

The abandoned suitcase was spotted at the Acropolis metro station earlier in the day, prompting metro authorities to close the station and call in bomb experts to assess the situation.