Starting today and every Saturday, Athens metro will operate 24 hours. The 24-hour Saturday service will also extend to select bus lines and the tram during peak months. As Deputy Transport Minister Konstantinos Kyranakis stated in a recent television interview, public transport employees will receive financial compensation for night shifts, while additional hiring will take place.
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“All the measures we are implementing – policing, new highways, cameras, and 24-hour Saturday service – aim to reduce as much as possible the very high number of deaths on Greek roads,” Kyranakis noted. Metro and tram operations The 24-hour fixed-rail service covers metro lines 2 and 3, and tram lines T6 and T7.
24-hour public transport: bus line operations
Saturday 24-hour service lines starting September 13:
049 Piraeus – Omonia
221 University Campus – Academy
224 Kaisariani – El. Venizelos
421 Agioi Anargyroi – Agia Paraskevi
550 Paleo Faliro – Kifisia
608 Galatsi – Academy – Zografou Cemetery
703 Piraeus – Ag. Anargyroi – Ag. Eleftherios (via Thivon)
842 Perama – Korydallos Station
A15 Larisis Station – Forest
B11 Pl. Vathi – Ilion – Petroupoli
B12 Attiki Station – Ano Liosia
Lines with permanent 24-hour operation every day of the week:
040 Piraeus – Syntagma
11 Ano Patisia – Neo Pangrati – Nea Elvetia
X93 Kifissos Interstate Bus Station – Athens Airport
X95 Syntagma – Athens Airport
X96 Piraeus – Athens Airport
X97 Athens Airport – Elliniko Station
Lines with permanent night service every day of the week:
400 Piraeus – Doukissis Plakentias Station
500 Piraeus – Kifisia
790 Glyfada – Peristeri – Anthoupoli
X14 Syntagma – Kifisia
