New map for urban transport, “green” buses, 50 new hydrogen vehicles, new drivers and opening of lines to private operators

Athens’ municipality transport services are entering a signifier of full transformation, spearheaded by an extended programme of procurement of new buses, utilization of aggregate fiscal tools, strengthening of quality resources, and restructuring of the operating model, which besides includes expanding backstage information successful the transport project.

The plan, prepared by OASA successful collaboration with McKinsey & Company, sets arsenic cardinal objectives the summation of nationalist transport usage to 40% by 2035 and a 30% simplification successful authorities subsidies, without expanding the fare but done a alteration successful the financing model.

Mass procurement and caller financing tools

On the concern side, a multi-level financing strategy for fleet renewal is being activated. Through the NSRF, a tender worthy €100 cardinal is proceeding, which is expected to beryllium launched by OASA successful May and volition impact 40 caller trolleybuses with modern IMC exertion and 80 electrical buses.

At the aforesaid time, hydrogen exertion is being introduced for the archetypal clip successful municipality transport done the Modernization Fund. The applicable program, arsenic OSY absorption nether Mr. Stefanos Agiasoglou explained yesterday, has a fund of 80 cardinal euros and includes the proviso of 50 hydrogen buses and the operation of a refueling presumption successful Liosia, astatine a outgo of astir 7 cardinal euros. The filling presumption is expected to beryllium implemented by Avin, portion the tender for the vehicles is planned to beryllium launched by OSE successful the summer.

Another backing instrumentality is the Climate Fund, which volition supply for a caller proviso of 100 electrical buses, astatine a full outgo of astir €100 million. The applicable tender is expected successful the autumn and volition astir apt besides beryllium enactment retired to tender by OASY.

At the aforesaid time, a petition has already been submitted to the Ministry of Finance for the acquisition of different 120 electrical buses done a 10-year leasing exemplary for the play 2027-2037, successful the discourse of seeking much flexible financing solutions.

Staff enhancement and caller operator grooming school

The staffing of OSI with drivers is besides a captious front, arsenic the summation successful the fleet and the fig of routes requires a important summation successful staffing. Currently, the fig of progressive drivers is astir 2,750, with a people to scope 3,200 by the extremity of 2026. Recruitment approvals full 680 posts, with astir 150 drivers already joined from caller procedures and a further 165 from earlier procedures.

An progressive operator bonus of €150 has been approved by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, a improvement that has already boosted involvement successful the posts. For the eight-month contracts, 118 last applications person been submitted truthful far, portion astir 200 radical person expressed involvement and interviews are underway.

At the aforesaid time, astir 150 drivers person precocious returned to work, and aft reassessing astir 400 cases of workers who had been removed for wellness reasons, respective twelve person been referred for re-evaluation.

The cognition of an OSY driving school, wherever instructors volition beryllium experienced institution drivers, is expected to play a decisive role. Those who get a nonrecreational licence done the schoolhouse volition beryllium committed to a five-year compulsory stay, enhancing semipermanent unit competence.

New operating exemplary and expanding backstage participation

The program besides includes a heavy restructuring of the operating model, with the instauration of show indicators, outgo and productivity targets, and a caller commercialized policy. A cardinal enactment is to transportation the subsidy to the rider alternatively than straight to the operator, successful the discourse of a much customer-centric system.

At the aforesaid time, the information of backstage operators done the KTELs is being importantly expanded. While OSI presently operates astir 200 routes and different 60 are operated done KTELs, the caller program provides for the anticipation of awarding an further 12 to 13 caller routes to backstage providers, worthy a full of €15 million, to heighten sum and amended the ratio of the system.

At the aforesaid time, the consolidation of the trolleybus web is besides being promoted, with the dismantling of inactive sections aft support by the Audit Court and a redesign of the network, which includes maintaining cardinal axes specified arsenic successful Kastella and removing lines from areas specified arsenic Kypseli and Pagrati.

The operation of investment, caller technologies, staffing enhancements and changes to the operating exemplary aspires to signifier a caller scenery for Athens’ municipality transport, with a skyline of 2035.