A6 Attiki Odos
Tolled motorway network forming the outer ring of Athens, 70 km in total according to the concessionaire: the A6 from the A8 at Elefsina past Stavros (Gerakas) to the Athens International Airport interchange and Markopoulo, the A62 Hymettus Ring, the A621 link between them and the A64 airport link. About 5 km of the Aigaleo ring (A65) also belongs to the concession and is not recorded here. Attiki Odos S.A. signed the concession on 23 May 1996 and construction began that month; a joint venture led by Aktor built it. The first 19 km, Gerakas – Airport, opened on 19 March 2001 together with the new airport, and the concessionaire dates completion of the main concession works to 24 June 2004. The motorway has three lanes and a hard shoulder per direction, with the Athens Suburban Railway in the median. Nea Attiki Odos, 90% owned by GEK Terna, replaced Attiki Odos S.A. as concessionaire on 6 October 2024. A6 lot lengths are measured on the OpenStreetMap alignment, whose kilometre posts start at 0 at Elefsina, except where the operator published a section length.
- Total length
- 69 km
- Open today
- 69 km
- Sections
- 10
Sections
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| Elefsina – Metamorfosi From the A8 junction at Elefsina (km 0) to the A1 crossing at the Metamorfosi interchange (exit 8, about km 23.1). The concessionaire announced the opening of Elefsina – Metamorfosi in 2003; Wikipedia dates the opening of the western part to November 2003. Length measured on the OpenStreetMap alignment. | Opened | 23 km |
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| Metamorfosi – Kymis Avenue From the A1 crossing at the Metamorfosi interchange (exit 8, about km 23.1) to the Kymis Avenue crossing (exit 10, about km 26.35). In spring 2002 the concessionaire reported this stretch as already in service for a year; it opened separately from the rest of the western A6. Length measured on the OpenStreetMap alignment. | Opened | 3 km |
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| Kymis Avenue – Kifisias Avenue From the Kymis Avenue crossing (exit 10, about km 26.35) to the Kifisias Avenue crossing (exit 11, about km 28.4). No source dates this stretch on its own: the opening date is Wikipedia's for the western part, Elefsina – Kifisias Avenue, in November 2003. In May 2002 the concessionaire had planned it for the end of 2002. Length measured on the OpenStreetMap alignment. | Opened | 2 km |
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| Kifisias Avenue – Gerakas From the Kifisias Avenue crossing (exit 11, about km 28.4) past the Pentelis Avenue (12) and Doukissis Plakentias (13) interchanges to the Gerakas road crossing near exit 14 (about km 34.1). English and Greek Wikipedia date the opening of Kifisias Avenue – Airport to early 2003; the concessionaire started tolling a newly opened section on 7 February 2003. The Pentelis Avenue entrance towards the airport opened on 2 September 2003. Length measured on the OpenStreetMap alignment. | Opened | 6 km |
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| Gerakas – Athens Airport The first section, 19 km by the concessionaire's figure: the A6 from the Gerakas road crossing near exit 14 (about km 34.1) past Marathonos Avenue (15), Leontario (16), Kantza (17) and Paiania (18) to the Airport interchange (exit 20, where the A64 crosses at about km 47.7), then the A64 towards the airport as far as the northern limit of Attiki Odos (km 50.59 of its chainage), where the airport's area begins. It opened on 19 March 2001, nine days before the airport. Entry from Athens was by Gerakas road and Marathonos Avenue; at Kantza and Paiania only the exits worked at first. | Opened | 19 km |
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| Airport interchange – Markopoulo The branches of the Airport interchange (exit 20) to and from Markopoulo and the Markopoulo half-interchange, opened on 1 July 2002: the A6 from the A64 crossing (about km 47.7) to its end on Markopoulo Avenue at Koropi (about km 48.9). Before this, traffic for Markopoulo went through the signalled junction with the Vari – Koropi road. Length measured on the OpenStreetMap alignment. | Opened | 1 km |
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| A62 Hymettus Ring: Katechaki – Glyka Nera The Hymettus Ring (Western Peripheral Avenue of Hymettus, signed A64 until 2024) from the Katechaki interchange (Y1, km 0.00) past Papagou (Y2), Dimokritos (Y3) and Agia Paraskevi (Y4) to Glyka Nera (Y6, km 8.05). Length from the Nea Attiki Odos chainage as given by English Wikipedia. The concessionaire opened the Hymettus Ring on 3 September 2003; the stretch east of Glyka Nera had opened in July 2002. The Hymettus tunnels were added during construction after Council of State rulings. | Opened | 8 km |
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| A62 Hymettus Ring: Glyka Nera – Leontario Glyka Nera – Rafina interchange section of the Hymettus Ring, 2.5 km, opened on 1 July 2002: from the Glyka Nera interchange on Lavriou Avenue (Y6, km 8.05) to the Leontario interchange with the A6 (Y7, km 9.83 to 10.47 on the Nea Attiki Odos chainage). The concessionaire called the A6 junction the Rafina interchange at the time. | Opened | 3 km |
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| A62 Pallini bypass: Leontario – Pallini Extension of the Hymettus Ring as a Pallini bypass, about 1.5 km, opened on 5 August 2004: from the Leontario interchange (Y7) to the Pallini interchange on Marathonos Avenue (Y8, km 11.70 on the Nea Attiki Odos chainage), giving traffic from Elefsina and the Hymettus Ring a route to Pallini, Pikermi and Rafina. The A62 east of Pallini to Agios Gerasimos (Y9) is not recorded, for lack of a sourced opening date. | Opened | 2 km |
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| A621: Agia Paraskevi – Doukissis Plakentias The A621 (signed A642 until 2024), the western link between the Hymettus Ring and the A6: from the Agia Paraskevi junction on the A62 (Y4) through the Panagouli tunnel to the A6 at the Doukissis Plakentias (13) and Pentelis Avenue (12) interchanges. Opened in April 2004; 2.5 km according to Greek Wikipedia, 2 km in the English article. | Opened | 3 km |
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Contractor roles are as recorded in the award. Only builders count toward the delivery rankings.
Funding
- Public-private partnership69 km10 sections
- Attiki Odos concession: 66% of the EUR 1.3 billion construction cost from the concessionaire's equity and loans, for the network as a whole.
- Loan69 km10 sections
- Part of the concessionaire's loans came from the European Investment Bank, the rest from commercial banks. Amount not stated.
- National budget69 km10 sections
- Greek State contribution of 34% of the construction cost of the network as a whole, including Community Support Framework resources; the EU share is not stated.
A section that lists two sources counts its full length under each: the data records which sources paid, not what share each one carried.
Related projects
- HighwaysA1 Motorway Athens – Thessaloniki – Evzonoi (PATHE)Same country and category
- HighwaysA2 Egnatia Odos (Igoumenitsa – Kipoi)Same country and category
- HighwaysA5 Ionia Odos (Antirrio – Ioannina)Same country and category
- HighwaysA7 Moreas Motorway (Corinth – Tripoli – Kalamata) and A71 Lefktro – SpartiSame country and category
- HighwaysA8 Olympia Odos MotorwaySame country and category
- HighwaysBOAK Northern Crete Motorway (Kissamos – Agios Nikolaos)Same country and category
Sources
- Wikipedia: Attiki Odosread Sep 28, 2026
- Wikipedia: A6 motorway (Greece)read Sep 28, 2026
- Wikipedia: A62 motorway (Greece) (exit list with Nea Attiki Odos chainage)read Sep 28, 2026
- Wikipedia: A64 motorway (Greece) (exit list with Nea Attiki Odos chainage)read Sep 28, 2026
- Wikipedia: A621 motorway (Greece)read Sep 28, 2026
- Greek Wikipedia: Αττική Οδόςread Sep 28, 2026
- Attiki Odos S.A.: Ιστορικά Στοιχεία & Ημερομηνίες Σταθμοί (history and milestone dates)read Sep 28, 2026
- Attiki Odos S.A.: Οι φορείς του έργου (concessionaire, construction JV, cost and financing)read Sep 28, 2026
- Attiki Odos S.A.: Το Έργο (70 km, sections, lanes)read Sep 28, 2026
- Attiki Odos S.A.: Έναρξη Διοδίων (tolling of Gerakas – Airport, 19 km, 2001)read Sep 28, 2026
- Attiki Odos S.A.: Πρόοδος Έργου – Παραδόσεις Τμημάτων (progress and section deliveries, May 2002)read Sep 28, 2026
- Attiki Odos S.A.: Παράδοση επιπλέον 3 χιλιομέτρων (Glyka Nera – Rafina interchange, 1 July 2002)read Sep 28, 2026
- Attiki Odos S.A.: Παράδοση επιπλέον κλάδων (Markopoulo branches of the Airport interchange, 1 July 2002)read Sep 28, 2026
- Attiki Odos S.A.: Αλλαγές στις τιμές διοδίων (tolling of a newly opened section from 7 February 2003)read Sep 28, 2026
- Attiki Odos S.A.: Άνοιγμα εισόδου Αττικής Οδού από Λεωφ. Πεντέλης (2 September 2003)read Sep 28, 2026
- Attiki Odos S.A.: Νέο Συνδρομητικό Πακέτο (Hymettus Ring opened 3 September 2003)read Sep 28, 2026
- Attiki Odos S.A. press archive, 2003: Παράδοση στην κυκλοφορία του τμήματος Ελευσίνα – Μεταμόρφωση (title only)read Sep 28, 2026
- Attiki Odos S.A.: Επέκταση Περιφερειακής Υμηττού – Παράκαμψη Παλλήνης (5 August 2004)read Sep 28, 2026
- Attiki Odos S.A.: Νέα εμπορική και τιμολογιακή πολιτική (last section delivered 24 June 2004)read Sep 28, 2026
- OpenStreetMap: relation 363465, Αυτοκινητόδρομος Α6 (ref Α6, kilometre posts from Elefsina)read Sep 28, 2026
- OpenStreetMap: relation 364163, Αυτοκινητόδρομος Α62read Sep 28, 2026
- OpenStreetMap: relation 364236, Αυτοκινητόδρομος Α621read Sep 28, 2026
- OpenStreetMap: relation 5832223, Αυτοκινητόδρομος Α64 (Koropi – Airport)read Sep 28, 2026
- OpenStreetMap contributors: route geometry (ODbL)read Sep 28, 2026
Figures last checked against their sources in Sep 28, 2026.