Athens Mass Transit System

The mass transit system of Athens is the largest mass transit system of Greece. It consists of:

* A bus network operated by ETHEL (Etaireia Thermikon Leoforeion/Thermal Bus Company)
* An electric trolleybus network operated by ILPAP (Ilektrokinita Leoforeia Periohis Athinon–Peiraios/Electric Buses of Athens–Piraeus)
* The Athens Tram system operated by Tram S.A.
* The Athens Metro system, consisting of three lines. Line one is operated by ISAP and lines two and three by AMEL (Attiko Metro Etaireia Leitourgias, Attiko Metro Operations Company)
* A suburban rail system operated by Proastiakos
* A part (lines between Piraeus and Aghios Stefanos) of the national railways operated by OSE

Companies

ISAP, ILPAP and ETHEL companies belong to Athens Urban Transport Organisation (Organismos Astikon Syngoinonion Athinon - OASA, Greek Οργανισμός Αστικών Συγκοινωνιών Αθηνών - Ο.Α.Σ.Α.), a public company. [http://www.oasa.gr/uk/profil/i_history.asp]

AMEL and Tram companies belong to Attiko Metro (Αττικό Μετρό Α.Ε. in Greek), a company that is currently wholly owned by the Greek government. [http://www.ametro.gr/cgi-bin/showlegis.cgi] [http://linuxweb.internet.gr/tramsa/html/en/parousiasi.php?id=1]

Proastiakos S.A. belongs to OSE, which is also a public company. [http://www.ose.gr/ecportal.asp?id=136&nt=18&lang=2]

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External links

* [http://www.oasa.gr/ O.A.S.A. - Athens Urban Transport Organisation]
* [http://www.ethel.gr/ E.THE.L. - Thermal Buses Company S.A.]
* [http://www.athens-trolley.gr/ I.L.P.A.P. - Electric Buses of Athens - Piraeus Area S.A.]
* [http://www.isap.gr/ I.S.A.P. - Electric Railways of Athens - Piraeus S.A.]
* [http://www.amel.gr/ A.M.E.L - Attiko Metro Operation Company S.A.]
* [http://www.tramsa.gr/ Tram S.A.]
* [http://www.proastiakos.gr/ Proastiakos S.A.]
* [http://www.ose.gr/ O.S.E. - Hellenic Railways Organization S.A.]
* [http://www.yme.gr/ Hellenic Ministry of Transportation and Communications]
* [http://www.thesa.gr/oasa Athens Urban Transport Organization's "best route planning" online tool] (in Greek)


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