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[[File:Public transport map of Athens.png|thumb|Map of complete Metropolitan railway network (Metro, Suburban and Tram).]]
{{for|a general overview of public transport in Athens|Public transport in Athens}}
'''Transport for Athens''' ({{langx|el|Συγκοινωνίες Αθηνών|Sygkoinonies Athinon|translit-std=ISO}}), officially the '''Athens Urban Transport Organisation''' ({{langx|el|Οργανισμός Αστικών Συγκοινωνιών Αθηνών}}, {{transliteration|el|iso|Organismos Astikon Sygkoinonion Athinon}}, {{lang|el|ΟΑΣΑ}}), is the operator of [[public transport in Athens|public transport]] in [[Athens]], Greece. Transport for Athens, through its subsidiary companies, operates [[Athens Metro|metro]], [[Athens Tram|tram]], [[List of bus routes in Athens|trolleybus and bus]] services in the [[Athens metropolitan area]].

==Companies==
As of July 2011, the Athens Mass Transit System consists of:

* OSY S.A. ({{langx|el|Οδικές Συγκοινωνίες Α.Ε. (abbr. ΟΣΥ)|lit=Road Transit S.A.}})
** Βus network (internal combustion engine buses, trolleybuses and battery electric buses).
* [[STASY]] S.A. ({{langx|el|Σταθερές Συγκοινωνίες Α.Ε. (abbr. ΣΤΑΣΥ)|lit=Fixed Transit S.A.}})
** The [[Athens Tram]] system
** The [[Athens Metro]] with 3 lines.

Transport for Athens also coordinates the [[Athens Suburban Railway]], using [[Hellenic Railways Organisation|Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE)]] lines, operated by [[Hellenic Train]] S.A. under the ''[[Proastiakos]]'' brand. The section between Piraeus, Magoula and Koropi is regarded as the urban part.

==Recent History==

In March 2011, with the Greek Government Law 3920<ref>Law 3920, ''Government Gazette issue A-33'', 2011-03-03.</ref> Attiko Metro Operational Company (AMEL S.A.) absorbed [[Athens–Piraeus Electric Railways|Athens-Piraeus Electric Railways S.A.]] and TRAM S.A. and was renamed "STASY S.A." ({{langx|el|ΣΤΑΣΥ Α.Ε.}}). Also ETHEL S.A. absorbed [[ILPAP]] S.A. and was renamed as "OSY S.A." ({{langx|el|ΟΣΥ Α.Ε.}}). The mergers were officially announced on June 10, 2011.<ref>Ministerial Decision 28737/2637, ''Government Gazette issue B-1454, 2011-06-17''</ref><ref>Ministerial Decision 28738/2638, ''Government Gazette issue B-1454, 2011-06-17''</ref> While mergers at the top management level took place quickly, integration of the former companies at operations and support level proceeds slowly.

ISAP, ETHEL and ILPAP were wholly owned by OASA. AMEL and Tram S.A. until June 2011 were subsidiaries of [[Elliniko Metro|Attiko Metro]] S.A. ({{langx|el|Αττικό Μετρό Α.Ε.}}), a company that also wholly owned by the Greek government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ametro.gr/cgi-bin/showlegis.cgi |title=Enabling Legislation, Law 1955/91 |access-date=2006-02-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051104051804/http://www.ametro.gr/cgi-bin/showlegis.cgi |archive-date=2005-11-04 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tramsa.gr/index.cfm?lang_id%3D1 |title=Tram Sa |access-date=2009-12-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301102226/http://www.tramsa.gr/index.cfm?lang_id=1 |archive-date=2009-03-01 }}</ref>

[[Hellenic Train]] (formerly Trainose until May 2022) S.A., which absorbed the former Proastiakos S.A. in 2007, became independent of the OSE group in 2008 and until 2017 it is a separate private company.

OASA regularly conducts [[street photography]] and videography competitions both in black-and-white and in colour for photos taken while inside its means of transport.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.protothema.gr/oasa-photography-video-competition/|title = OASA Photography & video competition}}</ref>

== Fare collection system ==
Up until the 80s, fare collectors were commonplace in all means of mass transport in Athens. Their replacement was a money box placed at the front end of the vehicles, next to the driver, where passengers would deposit their fare in cash, usually coinage. A decade later, they were replaced with validation machines and paper tickets. The end of the single-use paper ticket came in 2017,<ref>{{Cite web |last=IEFIMERIDA.GR |first=NEWSROOM |date=2017-11-07 |title=Εως τις 15 Νοεμβρίου η χρήση των χάρτινων εισιτηρίων -Πότε θα κλείσουν οι μπάρες |url=https://www.iefimerida.gr/news/374204/eos-tis-15-noemvrioy-i-hrisi-ton-hartinon-eisitirion-pote-tha-kleisoyn-oi-mpares |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=iefimerida.gr |language=el}}</ref> when it was succeeded by the ATH.ENA electronic [[Stored-value card|stored-value]] cards and tickets (stylized as ATH.ENA CARD and ATH.ENA TICKET respectively). Tickets are now rechargeable and can be loaded with up to 5-day unlimited ticket, but not with long term fare products, discount tickets (support discontinued in January 2019)<ref>{{Cite web |title=ATH.ENA Card |url=https://www.athenacard.gr/jsp/smartafc/general/customers/multiple.jsp |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=www.athenacard.gr}}</ref> or monetary value. Cards (personalised and anonymised) can hold all fare types and a maximum of €50, with the exception of discount tickets which are tied to personalised cards.

Tickets and cards are validated [[Contactless payment|contaclessly]] in validation machines inside buses, trolleybuses and trams. Suburban railway trains and the [[Athens Metro]] utilize [[turnstile]]s.

The ATH.ENA ticket and ATH.ENA card can also be used in suburban railway trains starting from Magoula or Dhekelia and onwards.

{{Main|Contactless payments}}
In addition to ATH.ENA Ticket and ATH.ENA Card, OASA introduced the [[contactless payment]] system in Athens and surrounding areas, which is codenamed '''tap2ride'''.<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://ypodomes.com/erchetai-to-telos-ton-chartinon-eisitirion-ston-oasa-to-2024-pos-tha-agorazoyme-eisitirio-mono-me-karta-i-to-kinito/|title = Έρχεται το 100% ηλεκτρονικό εισιτήριο στον ΟΑΣΑ το 2024 – Πώς θα αγοράζουμε εισιτήριο μόνο με κάρτα ή το κινητό|date = 12 January 2024 |website = ypodomes.com |language = el |access-date = 11 January 2025}}</ref>It was introduced on a pilot basis in Athens International Airport Express buses (Χ93, Χ95, Χ96, Χ97) on 24 April 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://ypodomes.com/xekinise-apo-simera-to-tap-amp-pay-se-epilegmena-leoforeia-pote-tha-epektathei-se-ola-ta-mesa-mazikis-metaforas-tis-athinas/|title = Ξεκίνησε από σήμερα το tap & pay σε επιλεγμένα λεωφορεία – Πότε θα επεκταθεί σε όλα τα Μέσα Μαζικής Μεταφοράς της Αθήνας|date = 24 April 2024 |website = ypodomes.com |language = el |access-date = 11 January 2025}}</ref> It was fully implemented on 15 January 2025 on all means of transport.<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://ypodomes.com/xekinise-apo-simera-to-tap2ride-sta-mesa-mazikis-metaforas-tis-athinas-pos-kartes-kai-wallets-ginontai-eisitirio/ |title = Ξεκίνησε από σήμερα το tap2ride στα μέσα μαζικής μεταφοράς της Αθήνας – Πώς κάρτες και wallets γίνονται εισιτήριο |date = 15 January 2025 |website = ypodomes.com |language = el |access-date = 16 January 2025}}</ref>

All contactless debit and credit cards issued in Greece and also most international cards supporting contactless payment, are accepted for travel on all means of transport (Buses, Trolleybuses, Metro, Tram and Suburban Railway). This works in the same way for the passenger as an ATH.ENA Ticket and ATH.ENA Card, including the use of [[Fare capping]].<ref>{{Cite web |date = 11 January 2025 |title = Σε “ψηφιακή” εποχή οι αστικές συγκοινωνίες στην Αθήνα από τον ΟΑΣΑ – Πότε ξεκινούν οι ανέπαφες πληρωμές σε όλα τα μέσα|url = https://ypodomes.com/se-quot-psifiaki-quot-epochi-oi-astikes-sygkoinonies-stin-athina-apo-ton-oasa-pote-xekinoyn-oi-anepafes-pliromes-se-ola-ta-mesa/|access-date = 11 January 2025 |website = ypodomes.com|language = el}}</ref> Mobile payments - such as [[Apple Pay]] and [[Google Wallet|Google Pay]] - are also accepted in the same way as contactless payment cards. The fares are the same as those charged on a debit or credit card, including the same daily capping. Paid rides from and to the Athens International Airport are not counted towards the daily fare cap which is 4.10€ or 4 rides per day. Each paid ride towards the daily fare cap includes 90 minutes of free transfers.

==Depots==
===Metro===
Eirini depot (Line 1)<br>
Piraeus depot (Line 1)<br>
Thisseio depot (Line 1)<br>
Sepolia depot (Lines 2 & 3)<br>
Stavros depot (Lines 2 & 3)<br>
Eleonas depot (Lines 2 & 3)

===Tram===
Elliniko depot

===Trolleybus===
Attiki depot (Closed for trolleybuses. Used by maintenance vehicles only)<br>
Gazi depot (Closed between 2011 and 2014. Converted to an event venue)<br>
Kokkinos Mylos depot<br>
Neo Faliro depot (Closed)<br>
Rouf depot (Opened in 2011 to gradually replace Attiki, Neo Faliro and Gazi)

===Bus===
Agios Dimitrios depot<br>
Ano Liosia depot<br>
Anthousa depot<br>
Elliniko depot (Closed in 2018 to make space for the [[Hellenikon Metropolitan Park]])<br>
Petrou Ralli depot<br>
Rentis depot<br>
Thriaseio depot (Used only for laying up retired buses)<br>
Votanikos depot

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:20140622-Anthoupoli-62D304 (7872).jpg|[[Athens Metro]] train (3rd generation stock)
File:Tram TA20049 at Syntagma Square.jpg|[[Athens Tram]] Citadis 305 vehicle (2nd generation)
File:OSE Baureihe 660.jpg|[[Athens Suburban Railway]] train
File:Bus on Amalias Street in Athens on December 21, 2020.jpg|[[Mercedes-Benz O405N|Mercedes - Benz O405N]] bus
File:Bus at Athens Airport (line X95).jpg|Express bus between the city and the airport
File:Athens Van Hool trolleybus on Patission Street in 2012.jpg|Athens trolley bus in downtown Athens
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Public transport in Athens]]
* [[Athens Railway Station]]
* [[List of bus routes in Athens]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==

===OASA companies established in 2011===
* [https://www.oasa.gr/  O.A.S.A. - Athens Urban Transport Organisation]
* [http://www.stasy.gr STASY S.A.]
* [https://www.osy.gr OSY S.A.]

===Non-OASA companies===
* [https://www.trainose.gr/%ce%b5%cf%80%ce%b9%ce%b2%ce%b1%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%ba%cf%8c-%ce%ad%cf%81%ce%b3%ce%bf/%cf%80%cf%81%ce%bf%ce%b1%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%b1%ce%ba%cf%8c%cf%82-%cf%83%ce%b9%ce%b4%ce%b7%cf%81%cf%8c%ce%b4%cf%81%ce%bf%ce%bc%ce%bf%cf%82/%cf%80%cf%81%ce%bf%ce%b1%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%b1%ce%ba%cf%8c%cf%82-%ce%b1%ce%b8%ce%b7%ce%bd%cf%8e%ce%bd/  TrainOSE suburban services]
* [https://www.ose.gr  O.S.E. - Hellenic Railways Organisation S.A.]
* [https://www.yme.gov.gr/?tid=745&aid=0  Hellenic Ministry of Transportation and Communications]

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