Athens Peloponnese Bus Station

Athens Bus Station "Kifissos", also known as Peloponnese Bus Station or Kifissos KTEL station, is the busiest intercity bus station in Athens. It is located in Peristeri towards in Kifissou Avenue or European route E75. There are a lot of routes to Peloponnese, Epirus, Macedonia and Ionian Islands. For Thessaly and Central Greece there are routes from the second intercity Bus Station of Athens in Patisia known as "Liosion Bus Station".

Athens Peloponnese Bus Station
Bus service
Athens KTEL intercity bus station in Kifissos
LocationAthens
 Greece
Coordinates37.9838°N 23.7275°E / 37.9838; 23.7275
Owned byKTEL
Bus routes62
Bus stands36
Bus operators1 (KTEL Greece)
ConnectionsAthens Mass Transit System buses: X93 (Airport Express), 051 (Larissa Station), 052 (Elaionas Metro station), 420 (Piraeus port)
Construction
ParkingNo
History
Opened1980s
Traffic
Passengers (2016)12 million annually (approximately)

The bus station is used exclusively by KTEL (Greece) buses. According to the latest available data, the station serves daily 24-44 thousands of passengers and around 12 million passengers annually.[1] Due to the new highways such as Olympia Odos, Ionia Odos the routes have increased by 30% since 2009. The main buildings of the station are old and inadequate for a central bus station of a city like Athens.[2] Inside the station, there are 63 ticket offices, some cafeterias and kiosks, and public toilets.

Athens International Airport is connected directly to Athens intercity bus station by city bus route X93 (Athens Mass Transit System).[3] The buses set down passengers at the Departures Level and depart from the Arrivals Level of the airport, between Exits 4 and 5. Bus route 051 connects the bus station and the Athens central railway station (the bus stops near Larissa station of Line 2). Bus route 052 connects directly the bus station and the Elaionas metro station of Line 3. Bus route 420 connects the station and the port of Piraeus.

New Athens intercity bus station

There are plans to open a new bus station in Aigaleo, Athens which will be serving all routes in Greece. The new spacious bus station, known as Elaionas, is going to have a surface of 40,000 sq. m. and will serve 16 million passengers annually.[4] The construction works are scheduled to begin in 2021 and the whole station will be operational in 2025. The total cost of the project is estimated at 180 million euros.

Destinations

Buses Cities
KTEL Achaias Aigio, Akrata, Patras
KTEL Attikis Megara (the other routes are offered from Alexandras Ave. in Patisia and in Thission)
KTEL Argolidos Argos, Epidaurus, Nafplion
KTEL Artis Arta, Filippiada
KTEL Arkadias Andritsaina, Astros, Leonidio, Megalopoli, Tripoli, Tropaia
KTEL Aitoloakarnanias Aitoliko, Agrinio, Amfilochia, Astakos, Katouna, Makryneia, Missolonghi, Nafpaktos, Palairos, Plagia, Thermo, Vonitsa
KTEL Thesprotias Igoumenitsa, Paramythia
KTEL Thessalonikis Thessaloniki
KTEL Ioannina Aigio-Olympia Odos, Corinth (night route), Ioannina
KTEL Imathias Veria
KTEL Kozanis Kozani
KTEL Grevena Grevena
KTEL Florina Florina
KTEL Pellis Edessa
KTEL Xanthis Xanthi
KTEL Evrou Alexandroupolis, Orestiada
KTEL Rodopis Komotini
KTEL Serron Serres
KTEL Kastoria Kastoria
KTEL Korinthias Agioi Theodoroi, Corinth, Kiato, Loutraki, Nemea, Thessaloniki, Xilokastro
KTEL Messinias Kalamata, Kyparissia
KTEL Zakynthou Zakynthos (via Kyllini) (by boat)
KTEL Lefkadas Lefkas
KTEL Kerkyras Corfu, Igoumenitsa (by boat)
KTEL Dramas Drama
KTEL Kilkis Kilkis
KTEL Fthiotidos Lamia
KTEL Lakonias Areopolis, Gerolimenas, Gythion, Monemvasia, Neapoli, Skala, Sparti
KTEL Ilias Ancient Olympia, Amaliada, Gastouni, Kato Achaia, Kyllini, Pyrgos, Zacharo
KTEL Chalkidikis Summer Routes Nea Moudania

References

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