“Down in Piraeus” Metro: All changes to bus lines from Monday

Countdown to Metro in Piraeus. The three new Metro stations are handed over to the public in a few hours, on Monday at 2 p.m. “Maniatika”, “Piraeus” and “Municipal Theatre”.

After years of waiting, the project is becoming a reality, and it is expected to breathe life into the traffic problem of Piraeus, since it changes the way of urban mobility in the city.

According to the officials, with the operation of the above stations, a daily increase in total passenger traffic on the Metro network is expected by 132,000 citizens per day, reducing both vehicle traffic vehicles by 23,000 per day as well as carbon dioxide emissions by 120 tons per day. It is noted that the total time from the port to the airport will be covered by the Metro in just 55 minutes.

It is recalled that the extension of Metro Line 3 “Agia Marina – Piraeus” includes a 7.6 km long tunnel and 6 stations (Agia Varvara, Korydallos, Nikaia, Maniatika, Piraeus and Municipal Theater), as well as seven intermediate ventilation shafts. In total, Line 3 “Municipal Theater – Dukissis Placentia – Airport” now has 27 stations.

According to Attiko Metro, this is an investment amounting to 730 million euros in areas of the Municipality of Piraeus and the Municipalities of the wider region (Nicaea, Korydallos, Ag. Varvara) which currently have severe traffic problems.

The “Piraeus” station will now be an important transportation center, since two Metro Lines (1 and 3), the Port, the Suburban Railway and the Tram are functionally connected there, thus facilitating transfers between all means of transport.

Timetables

The frequency of the routes in the section Municipal theater – Doukissis Placentias during peak hours (07.30 – 11.00 & 13:30 – 17:30) remains at 4′ and at night (22:00 – 00:20) it is reduced to 9′ out of 10 ΄. In the Airport – Municipal theater section, the frequency is 36′.

The first route from the Municipal Theater and Dukissis Placentia stations will start at 05:30. First services at 05:30 will start from Aigaleo and Monastiraki stations in the direction of Dukissis Plakentias and from the National Defense station in the direction of Municipal Theater. The last route (Monday – Thursday & Sunday) from the Municipal Theater will be at 23:59 and from Doukissis Placentias at 00:03.

Friday and Saturday, when the extension of operating hours applies, the last trains will depart at 01:06 from the Municipal Theater and at 01:10 from Dukissis Placentias.
Last trains from Syntagma station in all directions will depart at 00:23 (Monday – Thursday & Sunday) and at 01:30 (Friday and Saturday).

The restructuring of the bus lines in the OSY network

The plan for the restructuring of the transport network that has been formulated by OASA for the interconnection of the municipalities in the areas where the new metro stations “Maniatika”, “Piraeus”, “Municipal Theatre” are located and for the possibility of new transfers, is based on reinforcements and modifications of bus lines. The reconfiguration of the lines is divided into two phases:

During the first phase, with the start of operation of the three new stations, direct interventions are foreseen, which will be evaluated after the first period of operation of the stations. Then and in a reasonable period of time, the next redesign phase will follow, which will include additional transportation arrangements, which will be required after the complete operation of Line 3, following an assessment and evaluation of the established situation in the transportation network of the wider region.

In detail, the following interventions have been planned:

• Bus line 831 Aegaleo – Piraeus is reinforced with additional routes throughout the day.
• Bus line 810 Schistos – Korydallos is being modified into a feeder line for the “Korydallos” metro station and will be interconnected with Petrou Ralli Avenue.
• Bus line 830 Agia Varvara – Piraeus is being modified into a feeder line for the “Korydallos” metro station.
• Bus line 846 Neapoli – Nice – Piraeus is being modified into a feeder line for the “Nicaia” metro station.
• Bus line 900, which was created in the last 2 years to cover the transition period between the operation of the metro stations “Korydallos” and “Nikaia” and the 3 new stations of “Piraeus”, is being abolished.

The starting points and ending points of the existing bus lines remain as they are.

For more information, passengers can call the information center of OASA 11185. At the same time, all the information on the routes of Line 3 of the Metro, as they are configured from Monday, October 10, 2022, are posted on the website of STA.SY. (www .stasy.gr).

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