The traffic on the Athens-Corinth highway was normalized, where from the morning until the afternoon, it was particularly high as the last big “wave” of Easter excursionists left Attica for the Region.
In particular, the vehicles were moving at low speeds from the Elefsina toll road to the Isthmus of Corinth. At the same time, long delays were also noted on the Attiki Odos from the junction of Kifissia and Metamorfosi to the Elefsina exit, and also on Athens Avenue from Chaidari to Aspropyrgos.
The picture was much better on the Athens-Lamia highway where vehicles were moving with a steady flow, while at intervals there were small delays at the Afidna toll road.
Thessaloniki
The departure of the Easter excursions from Thessaloniki is progressing smoothly.
The movement of vehicles is carried out without particular problems at the Malgari toll road, where 18,500 thousand cars have passed since the morning of Good Friday in the exit stream and 11,000 in the entry stream.
Vehicle traffic on the Thessaloniki-Moudanion National Highway has increased without problems.
Normalized compared to yesterday is the passenger traffic on KTEL Macedonia, however today the attendance is also increased and emergency routes have been added to Trikala, Komotini, Katerini and Ioannina.
The most popular destinations chosen by those traveling with KTEL buses are Corfu, Athens, Alexandroupoli and Kavala.
Increased but not at yesterday’s levels is the passenger traffic on KTEL Thessaloniki. Yesterday the Athens-Thessaloniki routes were made with the addition of 30 buses, the traffic was increased by 150%, said the president of KTEL Thessaloniki SA. Stefanos Tsolis.
Comparison with previous years
Many were the inhabitants of the basin who, it seems, decided to spend the Easter days in the District, as according to the figures of the Traffic this year’s exodus was one of the largest in recent years and the largest since 2022, which was the first Easter where there were no restrictions due to the coronavirus.
In particular, this year from Holy Monday to 6 am on Good Friday, 329,684 vehicles passed the toll road to Corinth and Lamia. In the corresponding period last year, 309,998 vehicles left Attica, while in 2022, 291,141 vehicles left.
Finally, only today from 6 am to 6 pm, 95,526 vehicles left Attica, namely 55,869 from Athens-Corinth and 39,666 from Athens-Lamia.
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