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Transportation in Salonica

Salonica is being served by an efficient network of buses (ΟΑΣΘ), most of them running through the city from west to east. Salonica is one of the city where buses run until quite late, even after 1am in some cases, while there are buses that run all 24 hours. The future traveler can organize his trip with the help of the new site that offers the visitors the opportunity to plan their trips interactively and in an intelligent way.

Furthermore, a huge work is being under development in Thessaloniki: The Underground of the city. After a lot of years of struggle, Thessaloniki is going to have its own Metro. The new means for the city is expected to alleviate the traffic that has become a major problem for the city lately, and its first part is expected to be finished by the year 2012. The first line will run the city from the Railway station in the west to the easternmost neighborhoods. However, extensions of the metro are already planned, so that this one milion citizens city has the character of a modern metropolis. It is worth to mention that the underground of the city will be fully automatic, employing the lates technologies in terms of speed, automation and safety.

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photo by: Tony the Misfit