Athens Tram
The Tram is probably the most modern means of mass transportation, connecting the center of Athens with the southern suburbs. It begun operating in July 2004 and successfully transported all passengers during the Olympic Games, despite the limited adjustment time.
At first, there were some complaints that the Tram was slow and that its rails were taking so much space that there were several difficulties finding a parking space but everything was settled and now the Tram is a mean preferred by many people since it connects areas that didn’t have adequate transportation before and it passes by locations where there are no metro stations.
Tram Network
The Tram network connects the centre of Athens, through Nea Smyrni with Paleo Faliro and from there it branches out along the coastal avenue to Alimos, Helliniko and Glyfada on one end and to the Faliriko Delta, Neo Faliro and the Peace and Friendship Stadium on the other end.
Ticket Prices
The full price of a ticket for the Tram is €0,60 and €0,30 for students in Greece. Apart from the above-mentioned tickets there is also another one costing € 0,40 for journeys of up to 5 successive stops in one direction, or for users transferring to the Tram system from all other public transport modes (bus, trolley, electric railway and metro) provided they retain the ticket used on the previous mode. That ticket must have been validated 90 minutes beforehand maximum. In addition, a combined ticket of € 1 which is valid for 1.5 hour can be used in combination of any media of transport. The € 0,70 combined ticket is valid for 90 minutes for combined transport by bus, trolley and/or Tram and the € 10 weekly ticket is valid for unlimited transport by all transportation means for 1 week since it is validated.
Operating Hours
The greatest advantage of the Tram is that it operates more hours than any other mean of transportation, let alone the fact that during the weekend it is in operation on a 24-hour basis.
For more information regarding the Tram here are the contact details:
TRAM SA
Tel no. (+30) 210 9978000
Address: Aeroporias Street, 167 77 Elliniko
