Fewer routes and kilometers, but more passengers

Buses and trolleys successful the Greek superior operated less routes past year, arsenic some the total fig of trips and vehicle kilometers traveled declined compared to the erstwhile year, adjacent though rider traffic increased.

At the aforesaid time, Athens’ nationalist transport relation (OSY) continued to spot an outflow of staff, with the shrinking fig of drivers being a large obstacle and the main crushed for canceled oregon reduced autobus and trolley services. Passengers are often forced to assemblage into vehicles aft agelong waits astatine stops.

According to the 2024 yearly study of the Athens Urban Transport Organization (OASA), which oversees OSY and the fixed-track relation STASY, total boardings connected buses and trolleys roseate to 232.58 cardinal successful 2023, up from 215.11 cardinal the erstwhile year, marking an summation of 8.12%. The figures suggest that passengers are gradually returning to nationalist transport aft the pandemic slump. However, ridership remains well beneath pre-pandemic levels, when it exceeded 320 cardinal successful 2019.

Including some OSY services and routes operated by determination KTEL buses connected behalf of OASA successful eastbound and western Attica, a total of 4.705 cardinal trips were completed successful 2023, down 3.91% from 4.89 cardinal the year before.

For OSY buses, the percent of scheduled routes really operated connected a typical weekday dropped to 79.5%, from 85.3% successful 2023 and 87.4% successful 2022. Of the 16,500 regular scheduled trips past year, 13,118 were carried out. The fig of vehicles available during highest hours roseate slightly to 1,118, compared with 1,109 successful 2023.

Total vehicle kilometers (OSY and KTEL) decreased marginally by 0.9%, from 83.41 cardinal successful 2023 to 82.65 cardinal successful 2024.

The autobus fleet besides shrank: total vehicles, including active, decommissioned and immobilized ones owed to deficiency of spare parts, fell to 1,373 successful 2024 from 1,625 successful 2022. The diminution reflects the ongoing withdrawal of aging vehicles up of the transportation of caller buses. All Euro 1-standard vehicles person present been permanently retired.