Rapid transit in Greece

Rapid transit in Greece refers to the systems of rapid transit at present active in Greece.

A "rapid transit", "underground", "subway", "elevated railway", "metro" or "metropolitan railway" system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic.^[1][2] Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on elevated rails above street level. Outside urban centers, rapid transit lines may run on grade separated ground level tracks.

In Greece there are several systems that are called "Rapid Transit":

• Athens Metro, an underground railway network serving the city of Athens since 2000;
• Athens Tram, a tram network serving the city of Athens, began electrified service in 1908 and revived in 2001;
• ISAP, the Athens-Pireaus railway, the second-oldest rapid transit network in the world, built in 1869;
• Thessaloniki Metro, an under-construction underground railway network for Greece's second-largest city to be completed in 2014;

References

1. ^ "Rapid transit". Merriam-Webster. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rapid%20transit. Retrieved 2008-02-27. ; "Metro". International Association of Public Transport. http://www.uitp.org/Public-Transport/metro/index.cfm. Retrieved 2008-02-27. 
2. ^ "Glossary of Transit Terminology". American Public Transportation Association. http://www.apta.com/research/info/online/glossary.cfm. Retrieved 2008-02-27.