Peter
Traveller
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Posted 13 years ago
[b]Bus services in Greece[/b]
Athens - Thessaloniki - Patras
As the train service in Greece is currently very limited, it is better to plan your travels using a bus. Bus travel in Greece isn't very expensive.
The biggest Greece bus company is [b]KTEL[/b].
Start with this website: [u]http://ktelbus.com/?module=default&pages_id=15&lang=en[/u]
[b]Select the region[/b] from where you want to start traveling.
[b]Athens[/b]: [u]http://www.ktelattikis.gr[/u]
[b]Thessaloniki[/b]: [u]http://www.ktel-thes.gr[/u]
[b]Patras[/b]: [u]http://achaiaktel.gr[/u]
[b]Bus Athens to Thessaloniki and return[/b]:
Travel time: 6:30h
Frequent service: departures every one or two hours - also during the night.
One-way ticket: ~ EUR 45
Return ticket: ~ EUR 65
[b]Athens-Thessaloniki[/b]: [u]http://www.ktel-thes.gr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=95&lang=en[/u]
[b]Thessaloniki-Athens[/b]: [u]http://www.ktel-thes.gr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=96&lang=en[/u]
:idea: You don't have to pre-book your ticket - I think you even can't?! Pay at the bus terminal before the bus departure or directly in the bus. If you are there 30 minutes before departure you should be fine to find a seat.
Peter :)
JTL69420
Traveller
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How much is it to get from Thessaloniki --> Sofia and times?
Cheers Peter, you've been awesome!
Peter
Traveller
9336 comments
Schedules of the [b]Sofia bus station[/b] are here:
[u]http://www.centralnaavtogara.bg[/u]
There are direct connections available starting from Athens to Sofia.
[b]Thessaloniki - Sofia[/b]
[b]Bus:[/b]
up to 5 connections per day
price one-way: EUR 25
schedules: ask at the main bus terminal in Thessaloniki
[b]Train:[/b]
Currently only one train connection left (due to the problems in Greece). It is the night train Thessaloniki - Sofia - Bucharest
Thessaloniki dep: 0030
Sofia arr: 0805
Sofia dep: 0910
Bucuresti Nord Gara A arr: 1839
The reservation fees should be like for this train: [u]https://rail.cc/en/sofia-athens-night-train/f3440[/u]
Peter :)
SpeedyGonzalez
Traveller
3 comments
Hey guys,
what about the current situation of the Thessaloniki - Athen trains ?
And how do we get from Skopje to Thessaloniki?
Greets!
Peter
Traveller
9336 comments
Hi.
There is one daily direct train connection from Skopje to Thessaloniki. It is the day train coming from Belgrade, free of reservation fees:
[b]Belgrade[/b] dep: 0750
[b]Skopje[/b] arr: 1707
[b]Skopje[/b] dep: 1730
[b]Thessaloniki[/b] arr: 2239
About the connections within Greece, follow this topic. We will update it as soon as we have news:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/greece-national-routes-cu/f5661[/u]
Peter :)
Julies
Traveller
2 comments
Hey Peter, and thanks for all the info!
So if there's a Skopje-Thessaloniki train once a day, can I assume there's one on the opposite direction too nowadays??? Could find any solid info about it (at least not in English..)
I'm taking the ferry from Santorini to Athens within one hour from now, and from there supposed to go straight to Skopje - and for HOURS I can't find out how to do it... :( ( Keep hearing/reading contradicting things..
thanks a lot in advance
The confused traveller
Peter
Traveller
9336 comments
Hi Julies.
Mmmmh... sorry. I really don't have any information about it.
But I suppose (it's my personal experience), you will have the option to continue in any way...
Peter :)
Julies
Traveller
2 comments
Ok, I hoped you know about Thessaloniki-Skopje since you wrote about Skopje-Thess' a few days ago, but who knows, maybe things have been changed since then too... :-S
Guess i'll just trust my luck (and bring a large sandwiches equipment) :) )
nltrainer
Traveller
1414 comments
Peter, it hink you are misled by some unadapted false routeplanner. There are at the mo NO trains beyond the border in GR-the MAC-train runs till border station, then it is find your own way. (gevgelija, I think).
Same applies to route from Sofia (Kulata).
There may be local KTEL buses from these places to Thess. try to google for KTEL-[Thes]salonik or check via busstation.net. Save that trouble and get a direct bus from Skopje or Sofia-will not cost that much more.