From Monday 23 September, passengers on the 20 urban and peri-urban lines of OASTH and KTEL will only be able to board buses through the front door, as part of a pilot initiative initiated by the Thessaloniki Transport Project Organisation (OSETH) aimed at cracking down on ticket evasion.
The plan is expected to be extended to other bus lines, if necessary, according to a statement from OSETH.
The 20 lines
The bus lines included first in the planning are as follows:
- No. 4 (Kalamaria-Harilaou),
- No. 7 (Agios Ioannis-University),
- No. 11T (Pylaia-Harilaou),
- No. 24 (Liberty Square – A Thousand Trees),
- No. 26 (Kallithea-Plateia Eleftherias),
- No. 28 (TS Eukarpia-Sklavenitis-Papageorgiou-University),
- No. 30 (Triandria-Warehouse),
- No. 35 (Meteora-Venizelou),
- No. 37 (NSS-Venizelou),
- No. 38 (Nea Efkarpia-Aristotle),
- No. 42 (Cordelio-Evosmos Cemeteries),
- No. 43 (Evosmou Local),
- No. 53 (Sindou Local),
- No. 53 (Sindou Local – 3rd Phase VI.PE.TH),
- No. 59 (Pefkon Local),
- No. 60 (Panorama-New Panorama),
- No. 61 (Hortiatis-Crossroads),
- No. 90 (Malgara-Koufalia),
- No. 91 (Location Lagada),
- No. 92 (Koufalia-Athira-Rachona).
“It is well known that the urban bus fleet is constantly being renewed. The Thessaloniki Metro will bring a new catalytic improvement to transport. Passengers and citizens can now give back by supporting the work of urban transport and paying for their ticket, which is one of the cheapest in Europe. OSETH, as the Transport Authority, will record the data and in collaboration with the competent Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport will analyse the data in order to make final decisions on a series of interventions,” said the Organization’s CEO Yannis Toskas.