Athenians are leaving the capital by any means for the Easter holidays, resulting in a particularly heavy traffic on the highways from early morning.
With the ally of good weather, as predicted for Good Friday and Good Saturday, they leave the highways and ports by the thousands, in one of the largest exits of recent years.
Traffic is currently heavy on the Athens-Corinthos highway.
Specifically, on the Athens-Corinthos National Road, on the road to Corinth, the traffic jam starts from the height of Haidario until the Shipyards of Skaramanga, while drivers are moving slowly from the height of Elefsina until the junction of Nea Peramos.
Cars are moving at a slow pace on the Attiki Odos road, at the height of Aspropyrgos.
There are delays from the height of the Elefsina tollgate to Agioi Theodoroi, as well as on Attiki Odos from Aspropyrgos to Magoula due to a traffic accident that occurred earlier after the Aspropyrgos junction on the road to Elefsina. The delays exceed 30 minutes.
Also, vehicles are moving at low speeds on Athinon Avenue from the height of Forest of Haidario to the refineries.
On the contrary, vehicles are moving smoothly on the Athens-Lamia highway, where there are minor delays just before the Afidnon toll.
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The traffic police estimate that the next few hours will peak and will begin to ease in the early afternoon hours.
According to traffic data, this year’s, Easter exodus is expected to be one of the most massive in recent years.
Indicatively, from 6 am on Maundy Thursday until 06:00 this morning, more than 70,588 vehicles passed through the toll of Elefsina, while in the same period 49,308 cars left Athens for the Athens-Lamia National Road.
Bus stations are full
With occupancy rates approaching 100%, the exit from the Kifissos and Liosia bus stations also peaked. The same picture, with very high occupancy rates for flights, is shown at Athens Airport.
The buses of KTEL reach 100% occupancy for routes to areas of the Peloponnese, Etoloakarnania, Epirus, Thessaly and Magnesia, Pierria, Evrytania, Fthiotida, Boeotia and Evia.
