State Reveals Plan For New Intercity Road Transport System

Greece's Minister of Development and Transport, Costis Hatzidakis, revealed a new and innovative system of intercity road transport, which is expected to be fully operational by 2015. While presenting the plan, and noting that a restructuring of the intercity road transport system was a State commitment, Hatzidakis noted that timetables were progressing according to a plan agreed with the troika.

Under the new draft legislation, the new system is going to operate under three categories of transport lines, paving the way for participation to every kind of buses, such as tourist buses. The Greek Minister stressed that the draft legislation was not final and noted he was open to dialogue with all interested parties.

    "It is a reform based on a specific method, according to community legislation, envisaging a transition period by 2019. However, basic procedures must begin now to have results the soonest possible and to avoid facing any vacuum in the domestic transportation services," he said.