Athens Mass Transit System

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The Mass Transit System of Athens, Greece is the largest mass transit system in all of Greece. It consists of:

• A bus network operated by ETHEL (Etaireia Thermikon Leoforeion/Thermal Bus Company)
• An electric trolleybus network operated by ILPAP (Ilektrokinita Leoforeia Periohis Athinon–Peiraios/Electric Buses of Athens–Piraeus)
• The Athens Metro system, consisting of three lines. Line one is operated by ISAP and lines two and three by AMEL (Attiko Metro Etaireia Leitourgias, Attiko Metro Operations Company)
• A part (lines between Piraeus and Aghios Stefanos) of the national railways operated by OSE
• A suburban rail system operated by Proastiakos
• The Athens Tram system operated by Tram S.A.

Companies

The ISAP, ILPAP and ETHEL companies belong to the public company OASA (Organismos Astikon Syngoinonion Athinon/Athens Urban Transport Organisation/Οργανισμός Αστικών Συγκοινωνιών Αθηνών in Greek)

The AMEL and Tram companies belong to Attiko Metro (Αττικό Μετρό Α.Ε. in Greek), a company that is currently wholly owned by the Greek government.

Proastiakos S.A. belongs to OSE, which is also a public company.

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External links

• O.A.S.A. - Athens Urban Transport Organisation Homepage
• E.THE.L. - Thermal Bus Company Homepage
• I.S.A.P. - Electric Railways of Athens - Piraeus Homepage
• A.M.E.L - Attiko Metro Operations Company Homepage
• Tram S.A. Homepage
• Proastiakos S.A. Homepage
• O.S.E. - Hellenic Railways Organization Homepage
• Hellenic Ministry of Transportation and Communications Homepage
• Urban Transport Organization's "Best Route Planning" online tool (in Greek)

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