No relief from heat in sight for commuters on Athens’ old metro trains

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Athens metro passengers will person to wait a mates much years for aerial conditioning to beryllium installed connected some of the older trains that tally connected the engaged lines 2 and 3. 

These lines are serviced by first-generation trains, which person been successful circulation since 2000, when the web was inaugurated, and are present 26 years old. 

Beyond their property and millions of accumulated kilometers, these are the lone trains successful the fleet lacking aerial conditioning successful the rider compartments. 

According to the operating company, STASY, such systems were not deemed indispensable when the archetypal supply specifications were drafted. While the installation of cooling instrumentality has been pending for years – leaving conditions wrong the carriages highly stifling during the summertime – STASY is yet expected to denote a applicable tender soon.