Kiato

Suburban railway services have been suspended close to the refineries in Corinth due to a fire near the Athens-Corinth National Road, following an order from Civil Protection.

According to Hellenic Train, train 1317 (Kiato - Piraeus) is currently stationed in Corinth and train 1314 (Piraeus - Kiato) is held in Agioi Theodoroi. 

The contract for the Study of Irrigation Works of the Asopos Dam was signed on Sunday at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport.

The project will contribute to the irrigation of arable land from Corinth to Kiato and has a budget of 5.6 million euros. 
 

Higher toll fees at toll stations, in both major and auxiliary roads, increased on Greek roads as of January 1, 2024, following earlier announcements by concessionaires.

In Olympia Odos, the new fees implemented for vehicles affect the following highways: Patras-Athens, Antirrio-Ioannina, Corinth-Tripolis-Kalamata and the Lefktro-Sparta section, as well as the Rio-Antirrio bridge.

A fire broke out Monday, engulfing dry grass in close proximity to the train tracks of the Proastiakos suburban railway in Zevgolatio, near Corinth.

As a precautionary measure, the train service between Piraeus and Kiato has been temporarily suspended, following the instructions of the Fire Department.

The fire service ordered the closure of the Liosia-Kiato section of the Athens suburban railway (Proastiakos) on Friday due to thick smoke caused by a fire which started in dry grassland in the area of Nea Zoi, at Aspropyrgos.

Two men, aged 24 and 25, were to appear before a prosecutor on Tuesday on charges of beating up two boys and taking off with their money and two phones in the town of Kiato near Corinth, southern Greece.

The incident reportedly took place on Monday and the two men were later arrested after police were notified.

The electronic ticketing system that is already in operation on the Athens metro and ISAP electric railway will extend on Monday to cover the Proastiakos suburban railway as well, operator Trainose has announced.

Piraeus, Greece's biggest port and one of the largest in the Mediterranean, is finally getting a direct rail link to Athens International Airport, starting next month.

Starting on February 1, Piraeus will become a terminus for the Proastiakos suburban railway, connecting the port to the airport at Spata, northeast of the capital.

Only two weeks after it slapped Greece with a 10-million-euro fine for failing to close down dozens of illegal landfills in line with EU law, the European Court of Justice on Thursday ruled that a waste treatment facility in Kiato, west of Athens, does not adhere to EU waste legislation.

By Alexandra Kassimi

Commuters will be able to travel from Athens to the western port city of Patra by train in just two hours once the construction of the Suburban Railway (Proastiakos) section from Kiato to Rododafni is completed by METKA SA, the listed company that won the project’s tender. This is expected in 2017.