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Transport inGreece has undergone significant changes in the past two decades, vastly modernizing the country's infrastructure and transportation. Although ferry transport between islands remains the prominent method of transport between the nation's islands, improvements to the road infrastructure, rail, urban transport, and airports have all led to a vast improvement in transportation. These upgrades have played a key role in supporting Greece's economy, which in the past decade has come to rely heavily on the construction industry.
The state-owned company that owns and maintains Greece's railway network isOSE, Gaiose also a state-owned company owns and maintains railway stations, whileHellenic Train is the company responsible for operating all passenger trains and the most freight trains.
Cities with arapid transit railway network:
Cities with acommuter rail network (Proastiakos):
Roads:
KTEL is the common name for every company which is responsible for intercity and regional bus transit. Most of the regional units, though, have their own regional network of buses, and have their regional unit names labeled on KTEL vehicles that operate there. (e.g. KTELArgolidas).
There are 4 major bus terminals in Greece, the biggest is in Thessaloniki (Macedonia Inter city bus terminal) which serves all of Greece while Athens has 2 separate bus terminals serving different parts of Greece (Kifissos bus terminal andLiossion bus terminal). A new Athens bus terminal inElaionas will replace the two separate terminals and serve all of Greece with completion by 2026. A new bus terminal in Patras which will replace the old one is currently under construction inAgios Dionyssios just 200m from the current one and it will open in late 2024 after many delays due toCOVID-19 pandemic and the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The 80 km system consists of three coastal canals including theCorinth Canal (6 km) and three unconnected rivers.
The Corinth Canal crosses theIsthmus of Corinth, connecting theGulf of Corinth with theSaronic Gulf; and shortens the sea voyage from theAdriatic toAthens port ofPiraeus by 325 km.
Pireaus PortRafina PortLavrion Port
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