Athens Tram

Athens Tram is a type of Athens city public transport. The modern system was opened in 2004. The system operator was ΤΡΑΜ Α.Ε. (Tram SA). In June 2011, the merger of Η.Σ.Α.Π. , Α.Μ.Ε.Λ. and ΤΡΑΜ Α.Ε. with the formation of the company Σταθερές Συγκοινωνίες Α.Ε. (ΣΤΑ.ΣΥ Α.Ε. , Urban Rail Transport SA, STASY SA ), Οργανισμός Αστικών Συγκοινωνιών Αθηνών (Ο.Α.Σ.Α. Α.Ε. , Athens Urban Transport Organization) SA ) ^[1] .

Athens Tram
Description
A country	Greece
Location	Athens
opening date	1882 , 2004
closing date	1977 year
Owner	STASY SA
Operator	STASY SA
Website
Route network
Number of routes	3
Number of stops	48
Net length	27 km
Rolling stock
Number of wagons	35
Depot number	one
Technical details
Track width	1435 mm

At the moment, the tram system consists of 3 lines with a total length of 27 kilometers and including 48 stops:

1) Syntagma Voula

2) Syntagma-Neo Faliro (SEF)

3) Neo Faliro (SEF) -Vula

The history of the Athenian tram begins in 1882, when horse-drawn horses ran around the city. In 1908 they switched to electric traction, which operated until 1960 in the central part of the city, and in 1977 the last Perama-Piraeus line was closed.

The historic tram of Piraeus (1935)

During the period of maximum development, the tram system totaled 21 lines:

• 1: Ακαδημία - Καλλιιθέα - Νέο Φάληρο / Έδεμ

• 2: Ομόνοια - Ζάππειο

• 3: Ομόνοια - Πατήσια

• 4: Ομόνοια - Ρουφ

• 5: Ομόνοια - Σταθμός Λαρίσης

• 6: Ομόνοια - Αχαρνών

• 7: Ομόνοια - Αμπελόκηποι

• 8: Ομόνοια - Σεπόλια

• 9: Ομόνοια - Πετράλωνα

• 10: Ιπποκράτους - Βοτανικός

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• 11: Ιπποκράτους - Κολοκυνθού

• 12: Ακαδημία - Παγκράτι

• 13: Αμπελόκηποι - Λεωφόρος Αλεξάνδρας - Οδός Πατησίων

• 14: Αμπελόκηποι - Λεωφόρος Αλεξάνδρας - Οδός Χαριλάου Τρικούπη

• 15: Μοναστηράκι - Σύνταγμα - Μαράσλειος

• 16: Ακαδημία - Ακρόπολη - Θησείο

• 17: Άγιος Βασίλειος - Νέο Φάληρο

• 18: Νέο Φάληρο - Οδός Μακράς Στοάς

• 19: Πειραιάς - Φρεαττύδα

• 20: Πειραιάς - Καστέλλα - Νέο Φάληρο

• 21: Άγιος Βασίλειος - Παλαμηδίου

• Κ: Πλατεία Λαυρίου - Αττική

At the moment, there are plans to build new tram lines. First of all, the extension of the line to Piraeus, and then to Perama. The possibility of building a tram line from Syntagma to Ano Patisia and to Zographos is also being considered .

According to the plans of the Athens City Transport Authority, by 2018, the city's tram network should expand to 50 kilometers and reach 200 thousand people daily (now 65 thousand), and the number of cars to increase to 100.