GREEK COLOR: October 2009

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Moving Around in Athens

Poseidon Boulevard in the neighborhood
of Tzitzifies by Faliro Bay

New Freeways are linked with Modes of Urban Transportation

Busing it in the Financial District in downtown Athens

Trams are coming back to our lives...

Metro Station with Park n' Ride Facilities

the view inside a Tram...

Urban Rail in center of Highway is a common solution
in combating the gridlock traffic conditions in this metropolis.

The First Metro line of Athens is over a century old....
It has linked the harbor/port area with Athens center
all the up to the northern suburb of Kifisia.
It officially was opened in 1868.
It has gone through various stages
of improvements including the relining and
structuring of the rail lines so as to bring the
speed of these trains to 80 km/h or 50 MPH
to be at par with the other newer metro lines
as well as the replacement of the trains pictured
above with newer carriages as in the newer metro/subway cars.

Some things never change...Athenians love driving everywhere....

Suburban Rail

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Athens @ Street Level : The Athens Metro

The picture says it all...
ancient,
neo-classic,
contemporary..
in a word...
Athens
and all of Greece.

The Athens Metro/Subway system
is like an open museum.
During the building of the lines and stations,
many ancient artifacts were discovered.
These artifacts are now displayed
and decorate the stations.
As you walk, you may walk over a glass walkway
revealing an ancient roadway or the side of a building,
vases, children's toys and an array of other things.
Athens has been rebuilt over and over and
one travels through the centuries when they are here.