The Greek railway employee unions at TRAINOSE and OSE have announced a series of strikes, between Friday, July 8, until Tuesday, July 12, in response to the imminent privatization of TRAINOSE, following the submission of a binding offer by Trenitalia earlier in the week.
According to their statement, services to be affected by the strike include those of intercity trains and of the suburban railway (in Athens, Thessaloniki and Patra), as well as the routes to and from Athens International Airport (metro line 3 – blue line – will operate only from Doukisis Plakendias station to Agia Marina station and vise versa). Bus services between Kiato and Patra will also not operate.
The two unions (PEPE and PEP-TRAINOSE) announced rolling strikes in all passenger and commercial services on the train network. As such, there will be no TRAINOSE services until Tuesday.
Any passengers scheduled to travel on these days may receive a refund in cash or travel coupon.
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