On Wednesday, April 9, 2025, Greece will be "paralyzed" by a 24-hour General Strike. Workers on trains and suburban trains will join the strike, while ships will remain tied up at ports. How will the other means of public transport move tomorrow.
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Calling for mass participation in the strike, the GSEE has scheduled its central rally on Wednesday morning, April 9, at 11:00 am, at Claythmonos Square in Athens, the ADEDY strike rally will take place at Syntagma, outside the Ministry of Finance, at 10:30 am. PAME's strike rally will take place at the Propylaea, at 10:30 a.m. and at the same time in Thessaloniki, at the Venizelos statue, while at the same time it calls for participation in the other strike rallies in all cities.
By order of the ELAS, on Wednesday 9 April, the Metro stations "Syntagma" and "University" will remain closed throughout the strike rallies. Trains will pass through these stations without stopping.
In particular, the GSEE calls on all workers, the unemployed, pensioners, young people and young people of the country to participate massively in the 24-hour General Strike of 9 April, as well as in the protest rallies in the major cities of the country.
The Confederation demands the determination of the minimum wage not by government decisions, but by free collective bargaining. It also demands Collective Labour Agreements and energy policies to fight the price and housing crisis.
The main demands of ADEDY are that measures be taken to fight against precision and the housing crisis, that real wage increases in the public sector be made immediately and that the government legislate to restore the 13th and 14th wages in the public sector.
For its part, the Athens Labour Centre has decided to participate in the 24-hour General Strike of the General Strike of the GSEE on Wednesday 9 April 2025.
Railway and suburban workers go on strike
Railway workers including the Suburban Railway will participate in the strike with a 24-hour strike.
Participation in the strike announced the Panhellenic Federation of Railway and Means of Fixed-Track calling the unions - members to give a strong presence at the meeting of the G.S.E.E. on Wednesday 9 April 2025 at Pl. Klathmonos at 11.00', but also in the meetings that will be held by the local Workers' Centers and Federations.
Taxi
The Taxi Drivers' Union, in a statement, calls taxi drivers to the meeting at 11 am on Wednesday morning at Claytmonos Square, stressing that participation in the strike is optional for everyone.
The ships are tied up in the ports
Ships will remain tied up in the ports on Wednesday 9 April, as the Panhellenic Seamen's Federation decided to participate in the 24-hour nationwide strike of the General Confederation of Trade Unions (GSEE).
According to an announcement by the seafarers' union, the mobilization concerns all categories of ships, starting at 00.01 at dawn and ending at 24.00 at midnight, having as key demands the accuracy, the housing crisis, collective bargaining.
How Public Transport will move
Due to the participation of the public transport workers' unions in the strike actions of 9 April, Metro Lines 1, 2, 3 and Tram Lines 1, 2 and 3 will operate from 10:00 in the morning until 17:00 in the afternoon.
During the above period, Metro services to and from the Airport will run as normal.
In particular:
On Metro Line 1 (Kifissia - Piraeus):
The stations will open to the public at 10 am and the last trains will depart:
from Kifissia and Piraeus at 16:35,
from Monastiraki to Kifissia at 16:51 and to Piraeus at 17:09,
from Omonia to Kifissia at 16:54 and to Piraeus at 17:07,
from Attiki to Kifissia at 16:59 and to Piraeus at 17:02.
On Metro Lines 2 & 3:
stations will open to the public at 10 am and the last trains will depart:
from Anthoupoli to Elliniko at 16:46,
from Elliniko to Anthoupoli at 16:43,
from Municipal Theatre to D. Plakentias at 16:35,
from D. Plakentias to Municipal Theatre at 16:39,
* from Syntagma in all directions at 17:00,
(following the order of the National Police, Syntagma and University Metro stations will remain closed on Wednesday 9/4 and trains will pass through the stations without stopping).
From Airport to Municipal Theatre the first train will leave at 10:22 and the last at 16:19,
from the Municipal Theatre to the Airport the first train will depart at 10:18 and the last at 15:42.
At Tram:
Line 7:
the first train will depart from Asclepion Voula at 10:31 and the last at 15:19,
the first train will depart from Agia Triada at 10:43 and the last at 15:43.
On Line 6:
the first train will depart from Bittersweet at 10:17 and the last at 15:42,
the first train will depart from Fix at 10:57 and the last at 16:21.
Lines 6 & 7 (with a connection at Picrodaphne):
the first train will depart from Fix to Asclepion Voula at 10:57 and the last at 15:36,
the first train will depart from Asclepieio Voula to Fix at 10:31 and the last at 15:07,
the first train will depart from Agia Triada to Fix at 10:43 and the last at 15:07,
the first train will depart from Fix to Agia Triada at 10:57 and the last at 15:09.
How buses and trolleybuses will run
On Buses and Trolleybuses, workers will be on strike from the start of the shift until 09:00 in the morning and from 21:00 in the evening until the end of the shift , except on the bus routes listed in the attached table, on which services will be operated as normal.
It should be noted that the resumption of vehicle operations will begin gradually after the end of the work stoppage and the gradual withdrawal of vehicles for the depots will begin accordingly.
