(Greece )ATHENS

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track on grass	Irinis&Filias Stadium	reserved lane
depot tram stop tramcar washing

Athens
Athens new tramway has been launched in 2004 before the Olympic Games, in order to integrate the metro system with a ground level service. Metro and tram interchange at Syntagma (metro lines 2 and 3), Neos Kosmo and Fix (metro line 2).
At the end of XIX century the Greek capital developed an horse tramway net (1882), which was soon electrified (1887). In the first decades of XX century this nework had a great expansion, but after the second world war it was constantly reduced (years '50s and '60s) before being totally closed (1977).
The new system consists in a section from the city center (Syntagma) to Mousson (passing through Nea Smyrni and Paleo Faliro), where the track branches in north-western (Faliriko Delta, Neo Faliro, Peace & Friendship Stadium) and south-eastern (Alimos, Helliniko, Glyfada and, since November 2007, Voulas) segments.
Tramway is also connected to suburban railways (line 1) at Peace & Friendship Stadium.
Athens Tram (official site)

CHRONOLOGY
19-07-2004	Stadio Irinis&Filias/Syntagma-Glyfadas
November 2007	Glyfadas-Voulas

Country	Greece
Line	--
Inhabitants	City 900.000, District 3.100.000
Date opening	2004
Previsione di completamento della rete:	north-western extension to Piraeus
Length (km)	25.9
Track sections	ground level (95% in reserved lanes)
Stops	47, average distance m 465
Platforms	--
Platform doors	--
general characteristics	height cm 27.5
n. of vehicles	35
n. of cars per vehicle	5
Type	steel wheels bi-directional
Vehicle dimensions (m)	Length 31.9; width 2.4
Vehicle capacity (pax)	205 (56 seated)
Frequency	7.5'/10'
Current/Voltage	750 V DC overhead
Guide/gauge	standard gauge rails (1435 mm)
Speed Km/h	Comm. 21, Max 70
Accel./Decel. (m/sec2)	1.2/1.2
System capacity	2.500 pphpd
Ridership	65000 pax/day
Total cost	14 M Euro/km
Staff	550
System builder	ANSALDO
Model	Sirio
NOTE	maximum gradient: 6.5%; minimum horizontal radius: 23 m