DistantNews
Support us
Athens Tram enhances services with more frequent routes starting September 7
🇬🇷 Greece /Energy & Infrastructure

Athens Tram enhances services with more frequent routes starting September 7

From Ta Nea · () Greek

Translated from Greek and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Official statement New plan
  • Athens' Tram system will implement a new operational plan on September 7 to increase service frequency and capacity.
  • Routes 6 and 7 will see more trams during peak hours, reducing wait times.
  • The plan includes increasing the number of simultaneously operating trams and enhancing staff resources.

Athens is set to upgrade its urban transportation with a comprehensive new operational plan for the Tram system, effective September 7. This initiative aims to significantly boost service frequency and passenger capacity along the city's coastal routes and central areas, which currently serve around 55,000 passengers daily.

The goal is to increase the transport capacity on the coastal front and in the center of Athens, where the Tram currently serves about 55,000 passengers.

— Official statementExplaining the objective of the new operational plan.

The enhanced plan prioritizes increasing the number of Tram services, particularly during peak hours, to meet passenger demand for more frequent journeys. This will lead to a reduction in the time between trams on the two main lines of the network.

Specifically, Line 6, connecting Syntagma to Pikrodafni, will add two more trams in the morning and one in the afternoon. This change will decrease the waiting time from the current nine minutes to seven minutes and thirty seconds in the morning, and eight minutes and ten seconds in the afternoon. Daily services on this line will increase from 232 to 244.

The new operational plan focuses on the two main arteries of the network, aiming to respond to passengers' request for more frequent services.

— Official statementDescribing the focus of the enhanced Tram plan.

Line 7, operating between Asklipieio Voulas and SEF (Peace and Friendship Stadium), will also receive a similar boost. During peak hours, two additional trams will be deployed, reducing the average waiting time from twelve minutes to nine minutes and fifty seconds. Daily services on this segment will rise from 189 to 205.

With these changes, the time interval will be reduced from 9 minutes today to 7'30" in the morning and 8'10" in the afternoon.

— Official statementDetailing the reduced wait times on Line 6.

To support these changes, the number of trams operating simultaneously during morning peak hours will increase to 27, up from the current 23. The plan also includes two additional reserve trams and one tram for preventive maintenance, ensuring the reliability of the service. Furthermore, the upgrade involves strengthening staff resources, with new drivers being integrated into the Tram's workforce, signaling a new era for sustainable urban mobility in the capital.

The number of trams in simultaneous circulation during the morning peak increases to 27 trams, compared to 23 today.

— Official statementHighlighting the increase in operational trams.
About this summary

Originally published by Ta Nea in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

More Stories

From Our Blog