How to travel from Athens Airport to centre of Athens and to Pireaus and Rafina habours

On march 30^th of 2001 the large new International Airport of Athens was opened. It lies 27 km northeast of central Athens, which is in the direction of Rafina. All arrivals and departures are now concentrated in one terminal. This facilitates transfer to domestic flights. Unfortunately the new roads are not finished and traffic can therefore be quite chaotic. Neither the airport-metro will be finished until June 2004.

For tourists there are really just two ways of getting to or from the airport. Those being bus or taxi. Bus is an excellent alternative. Just outside exits 4 and 5 of the terminal you will find the express bus that goes to the center of town as well as the one going to Piraeus. Exit 4 and 5 are the ones closest at hand for those travelling inside the Schengen-area.

For Athens there are two lines. No 94 that leaves for the nearest Metro station (The Ethniki Amina station) and takes 40 minutes. No 95 takes you all the way to the center of Athens, To Syntagma Square. This bus does not continue towards Omonia like the bus from the old airport did. It stops quite a lot of times on its way to Syntagma. The bus for Piraeus, E 96 also stops a lot, has quite a long distance to go and the estimated duration of the trip is 100 minutes. All these buses run more or less around the clock.

Timetables:

Express Bus E95: Syntagma / Airport (Route map to / from airport)

From Syntagma

From Airport

00	15	35
01	00	30	50
02	10	30	50
03	10	30	50
04	10	30	50
05	10	25	40	50
06	00	08	15	23	30	38	45	53
07	00	15	25	45
08	05	25	45
09	05	25	45
10	05	25	45
11	05	25	45
12	05	25	45
13	05	25	45
14	05	25	45
15	05	25	45
16	05	25	45
17	05	25	45
18	05	25	45
19	05	25	45
20	05	25	45
21	00	20	35	50
22	10	25	40	55
23	10	25	40	55

00	00	15	30	45
01	00	20	40
02	05	30	50
03	10	30	50
04	10	30	50
05	10	30	50
06	15	55
07	35
08	05	35	55
09	15	35	55
10	15	35	55
11	15	35	55
12	15	35	55
13	15	35	55
14	15	35	55
15	15	35	55
16	15	35	55
17	15	35	55
18	15	35	55
19	05	15	30	35	49	56
20	03	10	15	23	30	38	45
21	06	18	30	42	54
22	06	18	30	42	54
23	06	18	30	45

Express Bus E96: Piraeus / Airport (Route map to / from airport)

From Piraeus

From Airport

00	00	30
01	00	30
02	00	30
03	00	30
04	00	30
05	00	20	40
06	00	15	30	45
07	00	15	30	45
08	00	15	35	50
09	05	25	40
10	00	15	35	50
11	10	25	40	55
12	10	30	45
13	00	15	35	50
14	05	20	40	55
15	10	25	40
16	00	20	35	50
17	05	25	40	55
18	10	30	50
19	10	30	50
20	10	30
21	00	30
22	00	30
23	00	30

00	10	40
01	10	40
02	05	30
03	00	30
04	00	30
05	00	30
06	00	30	55
07	20	40
08	00	15	30	45
09	00	15	30	45
10	00	15	35	50
11	10	25	45
12	00	20	35	55
13	10	25	40	55
14	15	30	45
15	00	20	35	50
16	05	25	40	55
17	10	25	45
18	00	20	35	50
19	10	25	40	55
20	15	30	50
21	10	30	50
22	10	40
23	10	40

The fare for all 3 lines will be 2,90 € 24h. Note that the ticket is valid for 24 hours of free transfer to all public transportation in Athens. The ticket is valid for one journey between the airport and the city. The ticket is only to be stamped the first time it is used. After that it is valid for 24 hours on all public transportation in Athens. Hold on to the ticket in case of control. For more information on tickets and means of communication in Athens, read the next page. Here you will find more information's about all the express buses to and from the airport:

E92 Kifisia - Athens International Airport
(average travelling time 45')
The line connects the airport with Platanos Sq. Kifisias.
E93 Kifisos Intercity Bus Station - Athens International Airport
(average travelling time 65')
The line connects the airport with the intercity bus stations of Kifisou and Liosion.
E94 Ethniki Amyna Metro Station - Athens International Airport
(average travelling time 45'-50')
The line connects the airport with the nearest metro station "Ethniki Amyna" (metro line 3)
E95 Syntagma - Athens International Airport
(average travelling time 70')
The line connects the airport with Syntagma square in the city center (connection with metro lines 2 and 3)
E96 Peiraias - Athens International Airport
(average travelling time 90')
The line connects the airport with the port of Peiraias
(connection with ferry routes and metro line 1)
E97 Dafni Metro Station - Athens International Airport
(average travelling time 70')
The line connects the airport with the Metro station of Dafni.

Her at this web page you will find a good map of all the express buses.

From July 10^th of 2001 there has also been a bus route between the airport and the seaside town Rafina. This bus leaves from the airport and from Rafina every 40 minutes. (0600 AM to 2120 PM) The fare is 3 € one-way. In Rafina it leaves from the bus-terminal in the harbour and at the airport it leaves from the same spot as the other airport buses. The bus is orange and is marked: Rafina and Athens Airport.

Timetables:

We haven’t tried to use taxi neither from Athens nor from the airport. Hopefully this functions better than before. Normally the queue is acceptable but the use of taxi is associated with other inconveniences. Read more next page. These inconveniences are so big that we prefer the express-bus provided the queue is not very long. Approximate price Airport/Athens during the day is about 12€ and 15€ at night. There is a certain danger of being ripped off by "smart cabbies". The worst example I have heard of is 50€ for this trip. In my opinion this is sheer fraud.

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