The Municipality of Ioannina went on to signal an annual contract of 90,000 euros with Astiko KTEL from Ioannina, to subsidize the ticket.
In a press convention given by the mayor, Thomas Begas, the deputy mayor of finance, Georgia Ioti, and the president of the Municipal Bus Service of Ioannina, Stefanos Moustaklis, the constructive cooperation was emphasised that exists between the 2 teams, which, by way of ticket subsidies, has been launched within the interval 2014-2019.
“We’re persevering with our profitable collaboration with Astiko KTEL with two aims. First, let’s make it simpler for our fellow residents, particularly those that dwell farther from the town middle, but in addition to advertise the usage of Public Transport as a key parameter for the targets of sustainable mobility and norm neutrality -climate”, he named, amongst different issues, Mr Begas.
For her half, Mrs. Gioti identified that the collaboration with the City KTEL is dynamic and that there will likely be different initiatives for the advantage of the residents within the subsequent interval.
Lastly, Mr. Moustaklis thanked the town for the cooperation, stressing that the Metropolis Bus Service is all the time open to options and actions that serve the general public, which he known as touring on bus out of alternative and never out of necessity.
The brand new costs
Based mostly on the Metropolis Bus subsidy from the town, ticket costs are set as follows:
- City areas, positioned inside zone B – Marmara, Kato Marmara, Stavraki, Koutselio, Bafra, Kaisarea, Pedini, Neochoropoulos, Krya and Amphithea, the fare per passenger for every single approach is 1.20 euros for an everyday ticket and 0.60 euros for a smaller ticket. Common ticket costs are 1.70 and 0.80.
- City buildings, positioned throughout the third zone – Loggades, Vasiliki, Drosohori, Iliokali, Platania, Harokopi, Mouzakaioi, Bizani, Episkopiko, Ampelia, Kosmira, Asvestochori. Kontsika, Agia Marina, Kranoula, Lycostomo, Perivleptos – the fare per passenger for every one-way route will likely be 1.70 euros for the standard ticket and 0.80 euros for a smaller ticket.
The usual costs concerned are 2.20 and 1.10 euros.
- Katsika city space, positioned inside zone B: As a result of giant variety of passengers touring on this route and just for the hours of elevated passenger visitors, i.e. from 06 :00 to 09:00 within the morning and from 13:30 to fifteen:30 within the afternoon, a reduction is given on the value per passenger for every one-way journey to and from the Katsika city space, which is 1.20 euros for the standard ticket and 0.60 euros for a smaller ticket.
Particular reference to college students
Throughout the interview, the mayor additionally talked about the assembly he had along with the president of Astikos KTEL with the rector of the College of Ioannina, Anna Batistatou.
As he mentioned, this assembly was held with the goal of taking joint initiatives in order that the college and the town of Ioannina could be as engaging as attainable for college students.
“The declining variety of college students in recent times is a selected concern for us. Because of this, we spoke to Mrs. Prytani and the president of Astikos KTEL cooperation strategies in order that we will instantly plan a collection of vital actions to encourage college students to decide on Ioannina for his or her research. Within the subsequent interval, I consider we will announce them”, mentioned Mr. Begas.
Mrs. Ioti mentioned that the primary transfer on behalf of the town was to seek out an settlement for a beneficiant subsidy for the scholars’ ticket, and Mr. Moustaklis described the scholars as a “capital” for Ioannina.
“We talked to the mayor and the rector about some joint actions that we will accomplish that that everybody may also help of their half to strengthen the presence of scholars in Ioannina. I’m certain that we will deliver constructive outcomes collectively”, mentioned Mr. Moustaklis.
