{"id":12276,"date":"2026-06-22T20:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=12276"},"modified":"2026-06-22T20:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:59:00","slug":"george-kotsiras-a-constant-commitment-to-safe-and-reliable-metro-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=12276","title":{"rendered":"George Kotsiras: A Constant Commitment to Safe and Reliable Metro Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Visit <\/b>to the Operations Control Center for Lines 2 &amp; 3 of the <b>Metro<\/b> at Syntagma and at the STASY Control and Safety Center was conducted today by the <b>Deputy Minister of Transportation, George Kotsiras.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Mr. Kotsiras was accompanied by the Secretary General of Transportation, Stelios Sakaretios, OASA CEO Antonis Kerastaris, and STASY CEO Athanasios Kottaras.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit, <b>Mr. Kotsaras was briefed on the Metro\u2019s operational management and safety systems<\/b>, including <b>remote control systems<\/b>, <b>real-time traffic monitoring<\/b> and <b>video surveillance<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>He also met with men and women from the <b>Greek Police\u2019s \u201cAriadne\u201d project<\/b>, who operate daily on the <b>Attica public transit system<\/b> to <b>prevent criminal behavior and enhance passenger safety<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>At Syntagma Station, the Deputy Minister visited the library, which is open to the public, and then <b>boarded Metro Line 2; from Syntagmato Omonia<\/b>. During the visit <b>, Mr. Kotsiras spoke with citizens and employees about their daily experiences on the Metro<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>After the visit, Mr. Kotsiras stated: \u201cToday I had the opportunity to learn about the procedures that <b>ensure the Metro\u2019s seamless operation and to thank the employees for their critical contribution to the smooth operation of the<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Serving hundreds of thousands of passengers every day, <b>the Metro is a cornerstone of Athens\u2019 public transportation system<\/b>. Our goal is to <b>further upgrade the network<\/b>, to <b>increase the frequency of service<\/b>, and to <b>continuously improve the services we provide<\/b>, so that citizens can enjoy <b>more comfortable, safe, and reliable travel<\/b>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A visit to the Metro Lines 2 &amp; 3 Operations Control Center at Syntagma and to the STASY Control and Security Center was made by &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}