{{Short description|Operator of metro and tram services in Athens}} {{distinguish|text=Stasi, the former East German state security service}} {{use British English|date=November 2022}} {{use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox company | name = Urban Rail Transport S.A. (STASY) | logo = STASY Logo.svg | logo_size = x75px | logo_alt = | native_name = Σταθερές Συγκοινωνίες | native_name_lang = el | romanized_name = Statheres Synkoinonies | type = Anonymi Etaireia (SA) | traded_as = | industry = | genre = | predecessors = {{ubl|Attiko Metro Operation Company|Athens–Piraeus Electric Railways|Tram S.A.}} | founded = {{Start date and age|2011|06|17|df=yes}} in Athens, Greece | hq_location_city = Athinas 67<br/>105 52 Athens | hq_location_country = Greece | num_locations = | num_locations_year = <!-- Year of num_locations data (if known) --> | area_served = Greater Athens | key_people = Charalampos Damaskos (CEO) | products = | production = | production_year = <!-- Year of production data (if known) --> | brands = | services = | revenue = | owner = Transport for Athens (100%) | website = {{URL|stasy.gr}} }}
'''Urban Rail Transport S.A.''' ({{langx|el|Σταθερές Συγκοινωνίες|Statheres Synkoinonies|translit-std=ISO}}, {{lang|el|ΣΤΑΣΥ}} - pronounced as στάση "bus/train stop" {{IPA|el|ˈstasi}}), commonly abbreviated as '''STASY''',<ref name="stasy-about">{{cite web|title=The company|url=https://stasy.gr/en/company/|website=STASY|date=4 March 2022 |access-date=6 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106191318/https://stasy.gr/en/company/|archive-date=6 November 2022|location=Athens}}</ref><ref name="irj-2014">{{cite web|last1=Barrow|first1=Keith|title=New Athens metro trains set to enter service|url=https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/metros/new-athens-metro-trains-set-to-enter-service/|website=International Railway Journal|publisher=Simmons-Boardman Publishing|access-date=7 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107025641/https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/metros/new-athens-metro-trains-set-to-enter-service/|archive-date=7 November 2022|location=Omaha|date=7 November 2022|quote=…metro operator Stasy}}</ref> is a Greek public transport operator of the Athens Metro and the Athens Tram. It is the metro and tram subsidiary of Transport for Athens (OASA S.A.),<ref name="oasa-report-2012">{{cite web|title=Financial performance report of Athens public transports|url=https://www.oasa.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/FP-14092012_b.pdf|website=Transport for Athens|access-date=6 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106213630/https://www.oasa.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/FP-14092012_b.pdf|archive-date=6 November 2022|location=Athens|page=2|date=July 2012}}</ref> and is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the metro and tram network, including rolling stock, 59 tram stops, and 62 of the 66 metro stations.
STASY was created in 2011, as a merger of the Athens–Piraeus Electric Railways (ISAP), the Attiko Metro Operation Company (AMEL), and Tram S.A., and its logo is an amalgamation of the oval-shaped format of ISAP's logo, and the blue and green colours from AMEL's logo.
== History ==
On 28 February 2011, the Greek Government enacted Law 3920/2011, which allowed the Attiko Metro Operation Company (AMEL) to merge with the Athens–Piraeus Electric Railways (ISAP) and Tram S.A. to form Urban Rail Transport S.A., or STASY as it is commonly known.<ref name="law-3920-2011">{{cite journal|title=Law 3920/2011: Consolidation, restructuring and urban development of transport of the Attica Region, and connected purposes|journal=Government Gazette|date=3 March 2011|volume=2011|issue=33|pages=1265–1276|series=Α|publisher=National Printing House|location=Athens|language=Greek}}</ref> The merged company, which came into effect on 17 June 2011 under Ministerial Decree 28737/2637,<ref name="stasy-about"/><ref name="decree-20110617">{{cite journal|title=Decree 28737/2637: Merger of AMEL, ISAP and TRAM S.A. to form a new public company called STASY S.A.|journal=Government Gazette|date=17 June 2011|volume=2011|issue=1454|pages=19812–19815|series=Β|publisher=National Printing House|location=Athens|language=Greek}}</ref> became a subsidiary of Transport for Athens (OASA).<ref name="oasa-report-2012"/> ISAP's headquarters at 67 Athinas Street, near Omonoia Square, became the headquarters of STASY.<ref name="stasy-contact">{{cite web|title=Contact Us|url=https://stasy.gr/en/contact/|website=STASY|date=17 February 2022 |access-date=7 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107030308/https://stasy.gr/en/contact/|archive-date=7 November 2022|location=Athens}}</ref>
Three different companies used to operate and maintain the Athens Metro and Athens Tram network before the creation of STASY: * Line 1 of the Metro used to be operated by the Athens–Piraeus Electric Railways ({{langx|el|Ηλεκτρικοί Σιδηρόδρομοι Αθηνών Πειραιώς}}; ISAP): ISAP was created as a public company on 1 January 1976, to replace the privately owned Hellenic Electric Railways (EIS).<ref name="grt-isap">{{cite web|last1=Gklavas|first1=Athanasios|title=Athens–Piraeus Electric Railways (ISAP)|url=https://www.greekrailtickets.gr/HSAP.htm|website=Greek Railway Tickets|access-date=7 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107214018/https://www.greekrailtickets.gr/HSAP.htm|archive-date=7 November 2022|language=Greek|date=22 May 2022}}</ref><ref name="law-352-2011">{{cite journal|title=Law 352/1976: The establishment of ISAP to replace EIS|journal=Government Gazette|date=16 June 1976|volume=1976|issue=33|pages=1015–1018|series=Α|publisher=National Printing House|location=Athens|language=Greek}}</ref> ISAP came under the authority of OASA in 1998.<ref name="isap-company">{{cite web|title=Company Profile|url=http://www.isap.gr/eng/page.asp?id=42|website=Athens Piraeus Electric Railways|access-date=6 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113142708/http://www.isap.gr/eng/page.asp?id=42|archive-date=13 January 2012|location=Athens|date=13 January 2012}}</ref><ref name="law-2559-1998">{{cite journal|title=Law 2669/1998: Organisation and operation of public transport in Athens, Piraeus and the surrounding area|journal=Government Gazette|date=18 December 1998|volume=1998|issue=283|page=4373|series=Α|publisher=National Printing House|location=Athens|language=Greek}}</ref> * Lines 2 and 3 of the Metro used to be operated by the Attiko Metro Operation Company ({{langx|el|Αττικό Μετρό Εταιρεία Λειτουργίας}}; AMEL): AMEL was created on 15 February 2001, as an operational subsidiary of public transport developer and constructor Attiko Metro (now Elliniko Metro), instead of OASA.<ref name="aeepe-1092-2001">{{cite journal|title=Notice of registration in the Register of Limited Companies of the formation of a Limited Company under the name Attiko Metro Operation Company|journal=Government Gazette|date=19 February 1998|volume=2001|issue=1092|page=3|series=ΑΕ-ΕΠΕ|publisher=National Printing House|location=Athens|language=Greek}}</ref><ref name="amel-about">{{cite web|title=AMEL S.A.|url=http://www.amel.gr/index.php?id=56&L=1|website=Attiko Metro Operation Company|access-date=6 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916093923/http://www.amel.gr/index.php?id=56&L=1|archive-date=16 September 2008|location=Athens|date=24 January 2008}}</ref> * The Athens Tram used to be operated by Tram S.A. ({{langx|el|ΤΡΑΜ Α.Ε.}}). Founded in March 2001, Tram S.A. was also a subsidiary of Attiko Metro, instead of OASA.<ref name="tram-about">{{cite web|title=Profile|url=http://www.tramsa.gr/index.cfm?page_id=149&lang_id=1|website=Tram S.A.|publisher=STASY|access-date=7 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722221747/http://www.tramsa.gr/index.cfm?page_id=149&lang_id=1|archive-date=22 July 2011|location=Elliniko|date=20 July 2011}}<br/>{{cite web|title=Contact|url=http://www.tramsa.gr/index.cfm?page_id=154&lang_id=1|website=Tram S.A.|publisher=STASY|access-date=7 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114025400/http://www.tramsa.gr/index.cfm?page_id=154&lang_id=1|archive-date=14 November 2011|location=Elliniko|date=14 November 2011}}</ref>
== Operations ==
STASY is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Athens Metro and the Athens Tram, including the infrastructure, rolling stock, 59 tram stops and 62 of the 66 metro stations. GAIAOSE and Greek Railways own and maintain the surface section of Line 3 between {{stn|Doukissis Plakentias}} and {{stn|Athens Airport}}, and the operator of the Athens International Airport manages the Airport station.
== See also ==
* Elliniko Metro * Transport for Athens (OASA)
== References ==
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