Athens Tram
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| Operation | |
|---|---|
| Locale | Athens, Greece |
| Open | 19 July 2004 |
| Routes | 3 |
| Owner(s) | Urban Rail Transport S.A. (STASY) |
| Operator(s) | Urban Rail Transport S.A. (STASY) |
| Infrastructure | |
| Track gauge |
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (standard gauge) |
| Stock | 35 Sirio vehicles |
| Statistics | |
| Route length | 27 km (16.8 mi) |
| Stops | 48 |
The Athens Tram is the modern public tram network system serving Athens, Greece. It is now owned and operated by Urban Rail Transport (STASY) S.A. (Greek: ΣΤΑΣΥ Α.Ε.).
STASY operates a fleet of 35 Sirio vehicles, which serve 3 tram lines and 48 tram stops. The tram network spans a total length of 27 kilometres (16.8 mi), and covers ten Athenian suburbs. This network runs from Syntagma Square to the southwestern suburb of Palaio Faliro, where the line splits in two branches; the first runs along the Athens coastline toward the southern suburb of Voula, while the other heads toward the Piraeus district of Neo Faliro. The network covers the majority of the city's Saronic Gulf coastline. Athens' STASY tram system provides average daily service to 65,000 passengers, and employs 345 people. Photography and video-taking on the tram and its stations is allowed.
Athens Tram began its operations in 1882 with horse tramways. After 1908, the metre gauge tram network became electrified and was extended to 21 lines.
The original Athens tram system ceased operations in 1960 and was replaced by trolleybuses and thermal buses.
However, a standard gauge tram system was constructed along the perimeter of Piraeus Harbour by the Hellenic Electric Railways.
In March 2001, Tram S.A. was established as a public utility company under the supervision of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, as a subsidiary company of Attiko Metro S.A. the state company which developed the Athens Metro network. The company started the construction of the tram lines in the beginning of 2002, while the commercial launch of the system took place in July 2004, a few weeks prior to the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. The construction of the tram network was financed by the Third European Regional Development Fund and Greek state funds.
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