Over 300,000 cars passed the tolls – 100% occupancy at KTEL
By cars, buses, ships and planes, Athenians and visitors leave the capital en masse, with traffic at passenger stations and tolls reminiscent of and surpassing the 2019 exodus.
The Traffic Department estimates that the Easter rush will peak in the next few hours and will begin to ease in the early afternoon hours. At this time, the exit of the Easter excursions is progressing smoothly with traffic both on the Athens-Corinth highway and on the Athens-Lamia highway.
Over 300,000 cars passed the toll
According to Traffic data, there is an increase in the number of vehicles that left the basin this year compared to the same period in 2022, which was also the first year that Easter was celebrated without restrictions after the pandemic.
In particular, this year from the morning of Holy Monday until today at 6 am 311,220 vehicles have passed through the toll gates to Corinth and Lamia, while in the corresponding period last year 291,141 vehicles had passed through.
Full of buses and planes
As far as bus travel is concerned, occupancy reaches approximately 100% from the Kifisos and Liosion bus stations, while also for airplanes it exceeds 85-90% depending on the destination.
In particular, as the president of the Panhellenic Federation of Intercity Motorists Sofoklis Fatsios told APE-MPE, the traffic at both intercity bus stations is greater than last year but also increased compared to 2019.
For today’s Good Friday, 300 routes are scheduled from Kifisos KTEL station and 100 from Liosion. For Holy Saturday, the buses that will leave from both stations are fewer, however, if necessary, routes will be added.
Regarding air travel, according to data from “Eleftherios Venizelos”, yesterday Maundy Thursday we had a total of 630 flights (departures – arrivals), while for today Good Friday 594 flights are scheduled (298 departures and 296 arrivals), Holy Saturday 555 flights (279 departures and 276 arrivals), Easter Sunday 481 flights (243 departures and 239 arrivals), Easter Monday 618 flights (304 departures and 314 arrivals) and Easter Tuesday 605 (304 departures and 301 arrivals).
According to AEGEAN, from Wednesday until today, Friday, occupancy rates reach over 90% from Athens and over 95% from Thessaloniki in the domestic network.
Ships: Fullness, 95% observed for the Cyclades islands
The excursion continues today for the Easter holidays from the ports of Attica
From the port of Piraeus, 14 itineraries for the Aegean islands and 31 for the Argosaronic islands are expected to be carried out today, while 12 itineraries are scheduled from the port of Rafina and 9 from Lavrio.
Yesterday M. Thursday 13/04, 19 ships departed from the port of Piraeus with 21,853 passengers, while 34 ships with 9,198 passengers set sail for the Argosaronic islands.
15 ships with 9,076 passengers departed from the port of Rafina, while 10 ships with 2,715 passengers departed from Lavrio.
According to factors in the shipping market, shipping traffic is expected to increase this year by 25% to 30% compared to 2022.
It is recalled that last year without restrictive measures after the pandemic, more than 210,000 travelers left the ports of Attica for the Easter holidays (from 15/4 to 25/4).
Source: Skai
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