Wherever he goes, the Athenians leave since yesterday, leaving the city to find themselves in their favorite carnival destinations during the three days of Clean Monday. Today, Saturday (16.03.24) and tomorrow the departure of the excursions is expected to peak.
Full of Clean Monday day-trippers, ships and buses depart from Athens, with the traffic on the national roads particularly high. Patras has its honor for another year, with young people giving a vote of confidence to the city’s carnival.
According to Traffic data, from 6 am on Friday until 6 pm, a total of 59,874 cars passed through both national networks. Full KTEL ferries and buses leave for every destination. The majority of the younger ones choose Patras, while the older ones are already taking care of the Lenten table.
According to the traffic data, yesterday, from 6 am today until 6 pm, almost 60 thousand cars passed through both national networks (32,500 from Athens-Corinth and 27,374 from Athens-Lamia).
Due to the increased traffic of excursionists, both the personnel and the means of the Hellenic Police, mainly the Traffic Police Services, are on increased operational readiness, while increased measures have been taken throughout the country’s road network, with the aim of the safe movement of the citizens and the prevention of traffic accidents.
Also, the traffic ban for all lorries with a maximum permissible weight of more than 3.5 tonnes has been in force since yesterday
Destruction in the ports too
Today, from Piraeus to Cyclades, 6 routes are expected to be operated with over 3 thousand passengers.
3 routes with 2,600 passengers are planned from Rafina and another 3 routes with 1,000 passengers from Lavrio.
-Yesterday (Friday) 12,589 passengers left Piraeus for Cyclades with 12 routes and 6,214 passengers for Argosaronicos with 26 routes.
– From Rafina, 6 routes were operated and 4919 passengers traveled and from Lavrio another 6 routes and 1469 passengers traveled.
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