Transportation

Accessibility and local transportation

Athens is comfortably accessible from all European countries and most international destinations around the world.

Athens International Airport (www.aia.gr)

The Athens International Airport is located 33 km east of Athens and is accessible by car via the Athens City Ring Road (Attiki Odos), by bus (Express Line E96, & E95) or by suburban railway. A taxi from the airport to the city centre will cost you approximately €25 - €30.

Athens Metro

Athens Metro network consists of 2 lines (Line 2 and Line 3) and 23 stations, serving 500,000 passengers daily with trains arriving every 3 minutes at rush hours and every 5-10 minutes at all other times. An additional line (Line 1) of the ISAP network (www.isap.gr), which already existed in Athens connecting the Port of Piraeus to the northern suburb of Kifisia, commutes another 415,000 passengers per day.

Hours of operation

Lines 2 and 3 operate daily from 05:30-24:00.
Line 1 operates daily from 05:00-00:30.
Useful tips: While inside the train, announcements are made before every stop. Metro tickets are sold at the stations cashier's and by automatic tellers. Remember to validate your ticket before you move on to the platform.

Buses

The broad bus network of Athens covers almost every point of the city and the suburbs with 7,500 stops. The fleet consists mainly of modern buses, environmentally friendly, with air conditioning and facilities for the elderly and passengers with special needs. Useful tips: Tickets must be bought before boarding (from bus terminals and from the majority of kiosks) and validated in the designated machines (orange coloured) within the vehicles. To stop a bus for embarkation you must make a hand signal to the driver. To disembark you have to notify the driver by pressing the "stop" button in time. The OASA Call Centre (185 - dialing from within Greece) operates from 07:00-21:00 on weekdays and from 09:00-17:00 on weekends.

Blue buses run daily from 5:00am to 00:15am.
For more information: www.oasa.gr

Athens Sightseeing Public Bus Line No. 400

The Athens Sightseeing Public Bus Line No. 400 makes stops at the city's top sightseeing spots. Schedules from June to September are from 07:30am to 21:00pm every 30 minutes. The duration of the round trip is 90 minutes. The ticket costs 6 euros and can be purchased only on the bus. The ticket is valid for 24 hours and provides for unlimited travel by the Athens Sightseeing Public Bus Line and all modes of public transport.

For more information: Call 185; www.oasa.gr

Taxis

Taxis are yellow with a red-letter taxi-sign on top. Have in mind that taxis in Athens can be stopped on their way with a hand signal (just like buses) and they often take more than one passenger at a time embarking and disembarking at different points. For exclusive use of a taxi you are advised to call a "radio taxi". In any case you can request a taxi from your hotel's concierge.

Tram

Ecologically and environmentally friendly, with a view of the Saronic Gulf, the Tram connects the center of Athens with the coastal neighborhoods Glyfada, in the east, and Piraeus, in the west. Three station hubs along its routes connect passengers with Metro Lines 2 and 3 and one station connects to the Electric Railway (ISAP), or Metro Line 1. Total waiting time during peak hours is a mere 8 minutes. The Tram operates from Monday to Thursday 5:00am to 00:15am and from Friday to Saturday on a 24-hour basis

For more information: www.tramsa.gr , Download: Tram Map

Trains

The Electric Railway Company/Metro Line 1 (ISAP)
Referred to as Metro Line 1, the Electric Railway Company, or ISAP, runs between Piraeus and Kifissia and connects to Metro Lines 2 & 3, the tram and bus routes at hub stations. The total travel time from the first to the last stop on Line 1 is less than an hour. The electric railway runs daily from 5:00am to 00:15am.

For more information dial: 1440 or +30210324-8311; www.isap.gr

Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE)
Domestic and international departures from Athens and Thessaloniki with connections to major railways. Main stations are:
Peloponnisou +302105131601
Larissa +302105297777 (serves northern Greece and international routes)
For more information dial: 1110; www.ose.gr

Proastiakos (suburban rail)
This new high-speed rail system offers access to Irakleio and Neratziotissa which is next to the Athens Olympic Sports Complex. A connection can be made to the Kifissia-Piraeus ISAP line. It also gets you to Kifissia, the hub of business in northern Athens; Doukissis Plakentias, an important urban residential area; Pallini and Kantza in the eastern part of the greater Athens area; and Koropi, a center of industrial development. A new route to Corinth has just been initiated with plans to extend the network with added routes to Lavrio, Rafina, and Chalkida for easier mobility. It also serves Athens International Airport. The suburban rail runs daily from 6:00am until 12 midnight. The line from Neratziotissa station to the Airport and back to Neratziotissa station runs 24 hours a day every 30 minutes.
For more information: +302105272000; www.proastiakos.gr