Transport in Greece have undergone significant changes in the past two decades, vastly modernizing the country's infrastructure. Although ferry transport between islands remains the prominent method of transport between the nation's islands, improvements to the road infrastructure, rail, urban transport, and airports have all led to a vast improvement in transportation. These upgrades have played a key role in supporting Greece's economy, which in the past decade has come to rely heavily on the construction industry.
total: 2,571 km (764 km are (or will be) electrified)
standard gauge: 1,565 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 961 km 1.000-m gauge; 22 km 0.750-m gauge
dual gauge: 23 km combined 1.435 m and 1.000-m gauges (three rail system) (2004)
The state owned company that owns and maintains Greece's railway network is called OSE, while TrainOSE is the company responsible for operating all passenger and freight trains.
Cities with a rapid transit railway network:
Athens - Athens Metro (3 lines)
Thessaloniki - Thessaloniki Metro (1 & 2 lines) (under construction)
Cities with a commuter rail network (Proastiakos):
Athens (3 lines - officially 2 lines, since Athens-Chalkida line is not currently considered as a Proastiakos commuter rail line.)
Thessaloniki (2 lines)
Patras (1 line)
Athens Tram
List of town tramway systems in Greece
As of 2010, Greece has 1600 km of motorways, while by 2017 it is estimated it will have a total of 2800 km.
Roads:
total: 117,000 km
paved: 107,406 km
unpaved: 9,594 km (1996 est.)
over 2500 underground tunnels (est.)
ETHEL organizes mass bus transit in Athens.
ILPAP organizes mass trolleybus transit in Athens.
OASTH organizes mass bus transit in Thessaloniki.
Companies named Astiko KTEL provide mass bus transit in many of the other cities of Greece.
Intercity and regional bus transport
KTEL is the common name for every company which is responsible for intercity and regional bus transit. Most of the regional units, though, have their own regional network of buses, and have their regional unit names labeled on KTEL vehicles that operate there. (e.g. KTEL Argolidas).
The 80 km system consists of three coastal canals including the Corinth Canal (6 km) and three unconnected rivers. The Corinth Canal crosses the Isthmus of Corinth, connecting the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf; and shortens the sea voyage from the Adriatic to Piraeus by 325 km.
Ports and harbours
Alexandria
Elefsina
Ermoupolis
Irakleio, Crete
Kavala
Kerkyra
Chalkis
Igoumenitsa
Lavrio
Patras
Port of Piraeus
Port of Thessaloniki
Volos
Mytilene
Rhodes (city)
total: 3338 ships (with a volume of 1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 109,377,819 GRT/182,540,868 tonnes deadweight (DWT)[1]
ships by type (1999 est.)
bulk carrier: 273
cargo ship: 60
chemical tanker: 22
combination bulk: 5
combination ore/oil: 8
container ship: 43
Liquified Gas Carrier: 5
multi-functional large load carrier: 1
passenger ship: 12
passenger/cargo: 2
petroleum tanker: 245
refrigerated cargo: 3
roll-on/roll-off ship: 19
short-sea passenger: 75
specialized tanker: 4
vehicle carrier: 2
total: 82 (2005)
With paved runways: 67
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 16
1,524 to 2,437 m: 19
914 to 1,523 m: 17
under 914 m: 10 (2005)
With unpaved runways: 15
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 12 (2005)
heliports: 8 (2005)
crude oil: 26 km
petroleum products: 547 km
Egnatia Odos
Attiki Odos
Moreas Motorway
Rio–Antirrio bridge
Piraeus–Platy railway
Athens Airport–Kiato railway
Thessaloniki–Svilengrad railway
Athens Metro
Line 1 (Athens Metro)
Line 2 (Athens Metro)
Line 3 (Athens Metro)
Athens Tram
Athens International Airport
Motorway 1
Ionia Odos
Olympia Odos
Central Greece Motorway
North Road Axis of Crete
Branches of Egnatia Odos
Motorway 21
Motorway 25
Motorway 27
Motorway 29
Motorway 71
electrification and building double track on sections of Piraeus–Platy railway
Line 3 (Athens Metro) extension to Piraeus
Thessaloniki Metro
Athens Tram extension to Piraeus
Larisa-Kozane Motorway
Kiato-Patras standard gauge railway
Line 4 (Athens Metro)
Igoumenitsa-Ioannina-Kalampaka Railway line
Kalampaka-Kastoria Railway line
Florina-Pogradec Railway line
Kalampaka-Kozani-Thessaloniki-Kavala-Toxotes Railway line
Ioannina-Rio Railway line
Thessaloniki-Chalkidiki Railway line
Thessaloniki-Giannitsa-Skydra Railway line
Chania-Rethymnon-Herakleion Railway line
Thessaloniki Tram
Patras Tram
Larisa Tram
Ioannina Tram
Volos Tram
New Heraclion Airport
