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FCO: Strike in Greece on 15 June
15th June 2011 The UK Foreign Office have released the following update:Many transport services will be affected on Wednesday 15 June due to a general strike. Air traffic controllers will not be on strike.
Some road closures are likely in central Athens due to demonstrations outside parliament.
Transport will be affected as follows:
- All ports will be closed for 24 hours
- Greek Railways will be on strike for 24 hours. International routes may be affected
- Buses will run from 09:00 until 21:00
- Trolley buses will run from 08:00 until 22:00
- The HSAP trains (Kifisia-Pireas) will run from 08:00 until 21:00
- The suburban Proastiakos line will be on strike from 00:01 until midnight on 15 June
- There will be no services to/from the airport on the metro/suburban Proastiakos line. Other Metro services are expected to run as normal.
Original story taken from the UK Foreign Office
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