TRAINOSE

To launch joint strategic plans for the development and support of productive and recreational activities in Greece.

The employee unions at TRAINOSE and OSE have announced a series of strikes...

The Italian state-owned railway company Ferrovie Dello Stato Italiane SpA will...

The employees at the electric railway, tram and metro have announced a 24-hour strike for Wednesday, in order to protest the...

The nationwide union of train drivers has announced a 24-hour strike in response to the government’s privatization plans for...

The evacuation of the informal refugee camp at the northern Greek town of Idomeni continued on Wednesday, with about...

The employees at the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE) announced that they will go on strike at 6pm on Saturday until 10am...

The train on the 601 service from Thessaloniki to Athens was derailed shortly before 3am on Thursday, as it was approaching...

On Monday dockworkers all over Greece will go on a 24-hour strike, in opposition to the sale of the majority stake of shares of...

The management of Russian Railways (RZD) has decided to not participate in the tenders for the privatization of TRAINOSE...

The European Commission has demanded that the Greek government commits to privatizations and withdrawing train company...

The government is pushing forward the procedures for the privatizations of regional airports, the Piraeus and Thessaloniki port...

The privatization fund TAIPED has announced two international tenders for the recruitment of independent evaluators for...

The TRAINOSE railroad transportation company will sing a strategic partnership agreement with Chinese shipping company...

A new suburban rail service is introduced today, that will connect Athens to Ano Liosia. This new service will allow passengers from Athens to head to the airport or towards Kiato from the rail station at Ano Liosia. At firs there will be four morning services departing from the Larissis station in Athens to the […]

The upcoming troika-mandated privatization of TRAINOSE and ROSCO in conjunction with the demand that OSE retire from all commercial activities will bring huge changes to the Greek railway system. Private investors have also requested that the maintenance of the railway network be handled by someone else other than OSE, since OSE has been unable to […]

The deadline for submitting offers for the privatization of TRAINOSE ended on Monday, with TAIPED officials claiming that the there were three offers from the SNCF (France), RZD (Russia) and Grampet (Romania). According to TAIPED officials the French proposal is considered to be serious, based on good data and appears to have secured support from […]

The upcoming general strike that ADEDY and GSEE announced for Tuesday the 16th of July will affect public transport. Train operator TRAINOSE has announced that a number of services will be cancelled on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. On Tuesday the Metro service between Doukissis Plakentias and the Airport will not operate. Buses will only operate […]

Privatization fund TAIPED has announced the bidding competition for the sale of TRAINOSE. The bidding process has two phases, where interested parties must sign a confidentiality agreement and submit a binding offer. TAIPED’s consultants in the bidding process will be the Investment Bank of Greece, Kantor Management Consultants, Louis Berger, Hogan Lovells International LLP and […]