Public transport in Athens

Public transport in Athens comprises a bus network, various rail systems, funiculars, and maritime services to serve the more than 4 million inhabitants of the city spread over an area of 2928 km2.

[1] The Athens Suburban Railway, referred to as the Proastiakos, connects Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport to the city of Aigio, 170 km (106 mi)[4] west of Athens, and Larissa station, the city's central rail station, with the port of Piraeus and Chalkida.

Stasy operates a fleet of 60 vehicles,[5] 35 'Ansaldobreda Sirio' and 25 'Alstom Citadis 305',[6] which serve 60 stations,[5] employ 345 people with an average daily occupancy of 65,000 passengers.

[5] The tram network spans a total length of 27 km (17 mi) and covers ten Athenian suburbs.

Athens is the hub of the country's national railway system (OSE), connecting the capital with major cities across Greece and abroad (Istanbul, Sofia and Bucharest).

Due to low demand and financial difficulties, all international rail services were suspended indefinitely in 2011.

The Port of Piraeus connects Athens to the numerous Greek islands of the Aegean Sea, with ferries departing, while also serving the cruise ships that arrive.

OSY (Greek: ΟΣΥ) (Odikes SYgkinonies), or Road Transport, is the main operator of the bus network in Athens.

The average amount of time people spend commuting with public transit in Athens, for example to and from work, on a weekday is 71 min.