Tram
Tram lines 
Tram lines on map 
Tram
The tram has three routes.
Line T3 (blue) runs along the Athenian coastline, connecting S.E.F. station with Asklipiio Voulas. The first train from S.E.F. station is at 5:23. The last is from Monday to Thursday and on Sunday at 00:11, but on Friday and Saturday it’s at 1:55. The first train from Asklipiio Voulas station is at 5:24. The last is from Monday to Thursday and on Sunday at 00:04, but on Friday and Saturday it’s at 2:02.
Line T4 (red) originally connected S.E.F. station with Syntagma station, but now, because of works, Syntagma station is closed and now it connects S.E.F. station with Kasomouli station. The first train from S.E.F. station is at 5:04. The last is from Monday to Thursday and on Sunday at 00:02, but on Friday and Saturday it’s at 1:22. The first train from Kasomouli station is at 5:47. The last is from Monday to Thursday and on Sunday at 00:23, but on Friday and Saturday it’s at 2:20.
Line T5 (green) originally connected Syntagma station with Asklipiio Voulas, but as I said before, due to works, now it connects Kasomouli station with Asklipiio Voulas. The first train from Kasomouli station is at 5:35. The last is from Monday to Thursday and on Sunday at 00:37, but on Friday and Saturday it’s at 2:29. The first train from Asklipiio Voulas station is at 5:02. The last is from Monday to Thursday and on Sunday at 23:56, but on Friday and Saturday it’s at 1:30.
Extra trains: There’s a train connecting Aghios Alexandros station with Asklipiio Voulas station (Lines T3 & T5) at 4:40. There is a train connecting 2nd Aghiou Kosma station with Kasomouli station (Line T5) at 4:59. There is also a train connecting 2nd Aghiou Kosma station with S.E.F. station (Line T3) at 4:36. Finally, there’s a train connecting Kasomouli station with 2nd Aghiou Kosma station (Line T5) at 00:54.
Connections with the metro: Lines T4 and T5 connect with Line 2 (red) of the metro, at the stations Fix and Neos Kosmos (the names are the same for both the metro and the tram). Lines T3 and T4, also connect with Line 1 (green – ilektrikos), at Neo Faliro station (again, both have the same name).
Useful links:
* (greek) http://www.stasy.gr/index.php?id=67&L=0
* (frequencies-english) http://www.stasy.gr/index.php?id=69&L=1
Buses
Airport buses
The buses set down passengers at the Departures Level and depart from the Arrivals Level, between Exits 4 and 5. They operate 24/7, including holidays, connecting the airport with four destinations. The airport buses’ tickets have a different price that the normal buses.
X93 (KIFISOS
INTERCITY BUS STATION – ATHENS AIRPORT EXPRESS): Connects the airport with both
Intercity bus (ktel) terminals, Kifissos and Liosion, and ends up at Kifissos
Intercity bus station. The whole trip lasts about 65min.
Here’s the link to the timetables and routes: http://telematics.oasa.gr/en/#lineDetails_806_%CE%A793%20:%20ST.YPER.LEOF.KIFISOU%20-%20AEROLIMENAS%20ATHINON%20(EXPRESS)_5-81
X95 (SYNTAGMA
– ATHENS AIRPORT EXPRESS): Connects the airport with Syntagma square (and
therefore Syntagma station and metro lines 2 and 3). It also passes from
stations Nomismatokopio and Ethniki Amina of metro line 3. The trip between
terminals lasts about 60min.
Here’s the link to the timetables and routes: http://telematics.oasa.gr/en/#lineDetails_1025_%CE%A795%20:%20SYNTAGMA%20-%20AEROL.%20ATHINON%20(EXPRESS)_249-81
X96 (PEIRAIAS
– ATHENS AIRPORT EXPRESS): Connects the airport with Piraeus port terminals. It also passes from Piraeus station of metro
line 1 (ilektrikos). It follows (for a while) a similar route to tram line T3,
and you can catch the tram at stations Platia Glyfadas, Edem and Flisvos. The
trip lasts about 90min.
Here’s the link to the timetables and routes: http://telematics.oasa.gr/en/#lineDetails_892_%CE%A796%20:%20PEIRAIAS%20-%20AEROLIMENAS%20ATHINON%20(EXPRESS)_73-81
X97 (ELLINIKO
METRO STATION – ATHENS AIRPORT EXPRESS): Connects the airport with Elliniko
metro station (terminal of line 2). The trip lasts about 45min.
Here’s the link to the timetables and routes: http://telematics.oasa.gr/en/#lineDetails_966_%CE%A797%20:%20ST.%20METRO%20ELLINIKO%20-%20AEROL.%20ATHINON%20(EXPRESS)%20_128-81
The estimated times may be off due to traffic.
24-hour buses/night buses
040
(Piraeus-Syntagma): It connects Piraeus port (close to gate E12) with Syntagma
square (where there’s Syntagma metro station) and perates 24/7.
Here’s the link to the timetables and routes:
http://telematics.oasa.gr/en/#lineDetails_938_040%20:%20PEIRAIAS%20-%20SINTAGMA_107-54
500
(Piraeus-Kifissia): It connects Piraeus port (close to gat E7) with Kifissia
(on the other side of the park there’s metro (ilektrikos) station Kifissia). It
has a route similar to metro line 1 (ilektrikos) and connects with many of its
stations. It operates from Monday to Sunday between 00:30 – 04:30.
Here’s the link to the timetables and routes:
http://telematics.oasa.gr/en/#lineDetails_877_500%20:%20PEIRAIAS%20-%20KIFISIA%20-%20(PL.PLATANOU)%20(NIGHT%20LINE)_64-54
790
(Glyfada-Peristeri): It connects Glyfada square with Aghios Antonios station
(metro line 2). It has a route similar to metro line 2 and connects with many
of its stations. It operates from Monday to Sunday between 00:30 – 04:30.
Here’s the link to the timetables and routes:
http://telematics.oasa.gr/en/#lineDetails_1264_790%20:%20GLYFADA%20-%20PERISTERI%20(AG.%20ANTONIOS)%20(NIGHT%20LINE)_234-54
X14
(Syntagma-Kifissia): It connects Syntagma square (where there’s Syntagma metro
station) with Kifissia (on the other side of the park there’s metro
(ilektrikos) station Kifissia). It operates from Monday to Friday between 20:00
– 05:30 and has a 24-hour service during the weekends.
Here’s the link to the timetables and routes:
http://telematics.oasa.gr/en/#lineDetails_993_%CE%A714%20:%20SYNTAGMA%20-%20KIFISIA%20(EXPRESS)_191-81
Express
The express trains have a limited number of stops.
Express E Bus lines:
E14 (Syntagma
– OAKA Ministry of Education): Connects Syntagma square (where there’s Syntagma
metro station – Lines 2 & 3) with the Ministry of education (where there’s
Neratziotissa station – metro line 1 & suburban). It operates from Monday
to Friday between 05:50 – 22:20 and between 6:00-20:00 on weekends.
Here’s the link to the timetables and routes:
http://telematics.oasa.gr/en/#lineDetails_994_%CE%9514%20:%20SYNTAGMA%20-%20O.A.K.A.%20-%20YP.%20PAIDEIAS%20(EXPRESS)_247-54
Supposedly, there are two more buses, E15 (Larissis Station – TEI (school line), though I have no idea which one of the two) and E90 (Piraeus – Athens University). But, on the official website, there isn’t a link to their routes, which makes me wonder if they actually operate.
Express X Bus lines:
It has two bus lines, X14, which is one of the night trains in the previous paragraph (24-hour buses/night buses) and X80.
X80 (Piraeus – Acropolis – Syntagma): It operates from 07:00 – 21:30, every 30min and follows this route: http://www.oasa.gr/pdf/x80.pdf
Normal Buses
There are a lot of buses with different routes, that operate from around 5:00 till 00:00, depending on which bus it is (some retire earlier). There are also some of them that belong to each municipality and have a different schedule than the rest.
Useful links:
* http://www.oasa.gr/content.php?id=airlines
* http://www.oasa.gr/content.php?id=open24&lang=en
* http://www.oasa.gr/content.php?id=xpress&lang=en
* http://telematics.oasa.gr/en/#main
* http://www.zee.gr/
Trolleys
While there isn’t an official website offering information, the OASA website shows their routes and timetables. To tell them apart from the buses, trolleys have an one-digit or a two-digit number. There are 19 routes (numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24 and 25). They operate the same hours as the buses, but no.11 (ANO PATISIA – N. PAGKRATI – N. ELVETIA) operates 24/7.
Useful links:
* http://telematics.oasa.gr/en/#main
* http://www.zee.gr/
* (greek) https://www.athenstransport.com/info/buses/
Ticket info
ATH.ENA Ticket 
ATH.ENA Card 
Ticket Machines
The reason why I put ticket info here and not at the third and final part of this article, is because all the aforementioned means of transport use the same ticket and have the same price, apart from the airport metro, the airport buses and the express buses. The regular price is 1,40€ and the reduced is 0,60€. For the airport train it’s the same price to go to stations Pallini, Peania-Kantza and Koropi, but to go to the airport specifically the price changes.
Apart from the ticket (aka ATH.ENA ticket, which by the way is reloadable, so you don’t need to throw it away), there is also ATH.ENA card which works as the ticket, is reloadable, but you can make it either anonymous or personal. If you are a tourist, staying in Athens for a few days, I suggest you don’t go through the trouble of issuing a card, just buy a ticket and reload it whenever you want.
Important info: use only the white machines to issue tickets, the gray are the old ones that we don’t use and don’t issue the right tickets.
Here is a
more analytic link to ticket types and prices: http://www.oasa.gr/pdf/en/TICKETS_AND_TRAVEL_CARDS.pdf
Also the official website of the ATH.ENA card: https://www.athenacard.gr/index.jsp
Again I’m TRULY sorry for the HUGE post. I pinky promise the next one will be much smaller!
Till next time! 😉
xoxo, Myrto
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