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|state = Attiki
|map = <map lat='38' lng='23.75' zoom='10' view='0' />
|pop = 3.,089.,698
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|motorways = 1, 6
==Public Transport==
Tickets cost EUR 1,40€ .40 (full price) or EUR 0,70€ .70 (students) and are valid for 90min after first validation. As an act of solidarity, half used tickets are left on the validating machines, escalators, etc. If you find one, take it. The time of first validation are the last 4 digits printed.
The public transport is almost not controlled, except the metro intersections (Syntagma, Omonia, Attiki, Monastiraki), where they hide behind the turns of the connecting corridors.
Get off the bus when it makes a U-turn, at "NEO TERMA", and [https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=38.1549,23.857&daddr=38.155,23.8559&t=h&dirflg=w walk 300m] to the parallel of the high-way. It's quite busy with drivers avoiding the toll station 3km away. You can either walk to that toll station, or wait for a short ride, who's gonna drop you 18km away at "Sirios" complex. To help you make your decision, drivers are in better mood after eating than after paying tolls.
Sirios includes a restaurant, a gas station and Jumbo store. If Sirios restaurant is empty at that time of the day, you can also catch a ride at the point where drivers who avoided the tolls are getting back into the high way. Half of the rides go to Halkida, and the other half go further North. Decline rides that don't go in your direction, they will only put you in a worst worse spot.
For a place to sleep before [[Thessaloniki]], there is a [http://hitchwiki.org/maps/?zoom=15&lat=40.33&lon=22.58 24 hour rest area/gas station] called [olympusplaza.gr Olympus plaza]. It is in Korinos and has free wifi and showers. Workers will allow you to sleep on the comfortable couches and might give food away.
====Option 1 : Megara SEA====
From metro Neratziotissa, take the suburban train to Kiato, and get down in Megara. The ticket costs 3€EUR 3.
The controller always gets on the train in Nea Peramos, in the 1st or 5th (last) wagon. You can either
- go down in Nea Peramos and try to find a [https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=38.013363,23.414524&daddr=37.9964,23.364 short ride to Megara].
- stay in the 3rd wagon, and when you see the control approaching, go the opposite direction. If the train is full, the control might be slow and you might arrive in Megara before he reaches you. If he catches you without a ticket, you wont pay any fine, but just the 3€ EUR 3 ticket.
From the train platform of Megara, you can see the restaurant / petrol station. Cross the field, and find this [https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=37.992,23.362&daddr=37.995,23.364&t=k underground pass] There are not many cars stopping there, but you can get a long ride. The intersection to Patra or Tripoli is just 40km away, be sure to ask for the correct direction before accepting the ride.
