Using buses /trams /metros

• Pupils of public schools for the route “home-school” and during the days schools are open.
• Students of public academic institutions.
• The members of families having more than 4 children. 

Passengers eligible to concessionary fares should be holders of the Athens Urban Transport Organization (OASA) special pass. In certain cases other social groups are also eligible to reduced fares and these are listed in the relative chapters. We kindly remind you that you should always either validate your ticket upon boarding on the vehicle or entering the station or possess a valid travelcard. When requested, you should show your ticket or travelcard to the Ticket Inspectors. If you are entitled to concessionary fare, you should also demonstrate the relevant supporting document (pupil or student OASA pass, large family pass).

 

The penalty fare for not having a valid ticket or travelcard is 60 times the ticket price of the mode in use. However, for the cases that the penalty fare is different, reference is provided in the relative chapters. Children up to the age of 6 years, soldiers and members of the security forces travel free. Also holders of the Ministry of Health pass are allowed to travel free on all transport modes, except for the “Doukissis Plakentias – Airport”  metro line.  For any further information you are welcome to contact Athens Urban Transport Organization (OASA) by e-mail (oasa@oasa.gr) or call the OASA Fare Policy Department at 210-8200007.

 

90min flat fare ticket for all Mass Transit Modes

 

Tickets can be purchased at ticket offices, kiosks or automatic ticket machines before boarding the vehicle, except for Sightseeing Bus 400 and Airport buses. Ninety‐minute tickets are valid for multiple journeys. For more information, visit the Athens Urban Transport Organization website (www.oasa.gr).

 

*Except for: Airport Express Buses; Bus E22 in Zone 2 from “Varkiza” to “Saronida;” Metro Line 3 from “Doukissis Plakentias” to “Airport.” Regarding suburban rail, this ticket provides only for travel along the urban section (i.e. from Magoula ‐ Larissis Station – Plakentias station).

 

Buses & Trolleys

 

Buses and Trolleys have frequent schedules starting from 05:00am until 12:00 midnight for all places in Athens and the suburbs. For local commuting the fare is 1.00 Euro. Tickets can be purchased at most newspapers kiosks named “Periptero”. Upon entering the bus you must validate your ticket at one of the validation machines and keep the ticket for the whole trip. The bus schedules vary according to the destination. The frequency is between 10 minutes to half an hour.

 

The Athens Metro (subway) Attiko Metro has 3 Lines: the old one, Line M1 (ISAP), starts from Piraeus and ends in Kifissia, the new Athens Metro line M2 that starts from Agios Antonios and ends to Agios Dimitrios and the line M3 that starts from Egaleo and ends at Doukissis Plakentias. From there you can take the Athens suburban railway (Proastiakos) to the Airport or continue, validating a special €6.00 ticket, via scheduled routes for the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport.

 

There are parking spaces in Line M2 at the stations of Egaleo, Eleonas, Keramikos, Katehaki, Ethniki Amyna, Nomismatokopio, Halandri and Plakentias, and at the stations of Line M3 there are parking space at the station of Sygrou (Fix). 

 

 

Athens Tram

Athens Tram has three routes named after ancient Greeks: Thucydides, Aristotle and Plato. The routes are the following:

The Sightseeing public bus, Line 400, tours the highlights of the City of Athens, with ancient and modern landmarks on its route.

Line starts and ends at Athens Archaeological Museum (on Vas. Irakleiou Street). The duration of the round trip is about 80‐90 minutes. At every stop on this line you can find the exact schedules.

Tickets cost €5 and can be purchased only onboard. It is valid for 24 hours and provides for unlimited travel on the Athens Sightseeing public bus line and all other modes of public transport (except the Airport and Saronida express bus lines and the Metro and Suburban Railway lines from Doukissis Plakentias Station to the Airport). No other public transport ticket is accepted on this line. Tickets should be validated on the first ride and be kept and shown to the bus attendant every time you board the bus or to inspectors who may ask for them on other means of public transport.