This is a list of all the bus routes in Athens, Greece.
Symbolism Symbol ExplanationRed Background Defunct route.Green Background Interurban routes operated by the Consortium of Public Transport in Attica.Blue Background E.THE.L schedules (before 2011).Yellow Background I.L.P.A.P. schedules (before 2011).Purple Background Trolleybus routes operated by buses on trial. Trunk Route Routes that were part of the trunk route system of 1995. Central Route Routes that serve the municipalities of Athens and Piraeus or adjacent areas. Southern Route Routes that connect the southern suburbs directly with the city centre or intermunicipal routes that serve the southern suburbs. Eastern Route Routes that connect the eastern suburbs directly with the city centre or intermunicipal routes that serve the eastern suburbs. Northern Route Routes that connect the northern suburbs directly with the city centre or intermunicipal routes that serve the northern suburbs. Western Route Routes that connect the western suburbs directly with the city centre or intermunicipal routes that serve the western suburbs. Local Route Routes that act as feeder routes to the metro or the trunk routes. Trolleybus Route Routes that are served by trolleybuses. Express Route Routes with limited stops, usually bypassing several stops served by regular routes. Airport Route Routes that serve the Athens International Airport. Intermunicipal Route Routes that connect multiple suburban municipalities, on most occasions bypassing the city center. Scholar Route Routes that operate specifically to serve a certain educational institute. These routes do not operate during weekends or in the summer. Night Route Routes that operate between 0:00 and 5:00 a.m. 24h Route Routes that operate on a 24-hour basis. Limited Route Routes that operate for only a limited time period (e.g., only in the noon or in the evening) during the day, or routes that have very low frequency (less than 1 trip per hour). Special Route Routes that operate very limited rush-hour trips that run on no specific frequency.The route length and number of stops account for a trip from start to end and vice versa.Maps Legend STOP Current stop. STOP Former stop. • Stop with telematics board. • Stop with bench and cover. • Stop with telematics board, bench and cover. • Stop without telematics board, bench or cover.
2000-Today Trunk Routes The trunk routes were created in 1995 as part of an attempt to create a bus rapid transit system in Athens. They actually were renamings of existing routes in order to have a common special numbering based letters and a common number when using the same street to exit the city centre. For example, all routes using the number 8 (A8, B8, Γ8) are passing from Patission street with a common start at Polytechneio. There were also express routes, whose name started with the letter E, that were special express rush-hour alterations of the A-lettered route of a certain line (for example route E7 followed the exact same path as route A7, but it was not calling on some stops). The main goal of these lines was to remove a vast number of bus routes from the Athens city center, which was heavily affected by traffic congestion at the time. With the creation of trunk routes most of the bus routes were relocated in suburbs. For example, routes "538 Kanigos-Kifissia and "508 Kanigos-Agios Stefanos" used to have a common start at Kanigos Square and then followed Kifissias Avenue until Kifissia, where 538 was turning in Kifissia whilst 508 continued further north to Agios Stefanos. After the trunk route system these routes were renamed to "A7 Kanigos-Kifissia" and "508 Kifissia-Agios Stefanos". Many routes like 508 had their starts moved to suburbs where a trunk route finished. This scheme was created only for distant suburbs of Athens such as Agios Stefanos, Vouliagmeni, Paiania, Ano Liossia and Mandra. In suburbs near the city centre, such as Ilioupoli, Vyronas, Psychiko and Galatsi, there was not any factual change on the bus routes. The routes initially had a distinct colour for each line but after 1998-1999 they practically had no difference from a normal bus route. These routes were heavily overshadowed by the metro system after its opening in 2000. In 2007, after the metro extension to Egaleo opened, the metro system had practically taken over the role of a trunk route. After 2011, when ETHEL (Athens Bus Company) and ILPAP (Athens Trolleybus Company) merged to avoid bankruptcy (both companies were heavily affected from the financial crisis) and formed OSY, many of these routes were discontinued and they were completely replaced by the metro system. Today only 19 of the 45 initial trunk routes are still in service (not counting the express routes), while only 17 have a trunk route role (routes B2 and B12 have been localised but they still use the trunk route numbering system).
Trunk Routes Number Route Route Type Length (in km) StopsOperating HoursDaily TripsAvg. Frequency Map A1 A1Piraeus-VoulaTrunk45.21225:00-0:00 (Mon-Sun)79 (Mon-Fri)49 (Sat)39 (Sun)15' (Mon-Fri)20-25' (Sat)25-30' (Sun)A15:00-0:00 (Mon-Sun)167 (Mon-Fri)101 (Sat)84 (Sun)Common Section:5' (Mon-Fri)10-15' (Sat-Sun)A1/E1-only Section:5-10' (Mon-Fri)15' (Sat)20' (Sun)B1-only Section:25' (Mon-Fri)30' (Sat)35-40' (Sun)B1 Piraeus-Ano Glyfada E1 Piraeus-Voula (Express) Express Trunk 45.2 48B1 Piraeus-Ano Glyfada Trunk 43.3 1245:25-22:20 (Mon-Fri)6:00-22:20 (Sat-Sun)28 (Mon-Fri)24 (Sat)17 (Sun)35-40' (Mon-Fri)40-45' (Sat)60' (Sun) Pre-2007 route B1 is listed as part of route A1 as they shared large common sections. A2 A2Akadimia-Voula (via Amfitheas Ave.)Trunk42.11145:30-0:00 (Mon-Sun)84 (Mon-Fri)50 (Sat)39 (Sun)10-15' (Mon-Fri)20-25' (Sat)25-30' (Sun)A25:30-0:00 (Mon-Sun)106 (Mon-Fri)73 (Sat)67 (Sun)10' (Mon-Fri)15' (Sat-Sun)E2 Akadimia-Voula (Express) Express Trunk 42B2 Syngrou/Fix Station-Agios Kosmas (via Paraliaki) Local 25.2 615:15-23:55 (Mon-Sat)6:00-23:25 (Sun)78 (Mon-Fri)40 (Sat)28 (Sun)10-15' (Mon-Fri)25-30' (Sat)35' (Sun) Akadimia-Agios Kosmas (via Paraliaki)Trunk 26.0 675:15-23:50 (Mon-Sun)50 (Mon-Fri)42 (Sat)34 (Sun)20-25' (Mon-Sat)30-35' (Sun) Akadimia-Alimou Ave.-Elliniko (via Paraliaki) 705:15-23:15 (Mon-Sun)57 (Mon-Fri)54 (Sat-Sun)20' (Mon-Sun)A3Α3 Akadimia-Glyfada (via Vouliagmenis Ave.)Trunk 33.0 875:10-0:00 (Mon-Sun)72 (Mon-Fri)47 (Sat)39 (Sun)15' (Mon-Fri)25' (Sat)30' (Sun) Akadimia-Glyfada (Evryali) (via Vouliagmenis Ave.) 32.5 915:10-0:00 (Mon-Sun)5:10-0:00 (Mon-Sun)86 (Mon-Fri)72 (Sat)51 (Sun)96 (Mon-Fri)83 (Sat)64 (Sun)Common Section:10-15' (Mon-Sat)20-25' (Sun)Individual Sections:25' (Mon-Fri)30' (Sat)45' (Sun)Common Section:10-15' (Mon-Sat)15-20' (Sun)Individual Sections:25-30' (Mon-Sat)35' (Sun)B3 Akadimia-Glyfada (Karachaliou) (via Vouliagmenis Ave.) 33.0 86B3 Listed as part of route A3 as they shared large common sections.A4 Akadimia-Kato Ilioupoli-Argyroupoli-TerpsitheaTrunk 26.2 805:00-0:00 (Mon-Sun)78 (Mon-Fri)55 (Sat)37 (Sun)15' (Mon-Fri)20' (Sat)30' (Sun) Akadimia-Argyroupoli-Terpsithea 25.0 725:00-0:00 (Mon-Sun)65 (Mon-Fri)47 (Sat)38 (Sun)15-20' (Mon-Fri)20-25' (Sat)30' (Sun)B4 Akadimia-Argyroupoli-Sourmena Trunk 24.7 6:15-23:20 (Mon-Fri)6:15-22:30 (Sat-Sun)39 (Mon-Fri)28 (Sat)26 (Sun)25' (Mon-Fri)35' (Sat)40' (Sun)A5Akadimia-Agia Paraskevi-AnthousaTrunk29.9925:00-23:40 (Mon-Sun)86 (Mon-Fri)57 (Sat)42 (Sun)10-15' (Mon-Fri)20' (Sat)25-30' (Sun)5:00-23:40 (Mon-Sun)102 (Mon-Fri)83 (Sat)67 (Sun)10-15' (Mon-Sun)B5Larissa Station-Alexandras Ave.-Agia ParaskeviTrunk26.991 5:00-0:00 (Mon-Sat)5:30-0:00 (Sun) 87 (Mon-Fri)63 (Sat)38 (Sun) 10-15' (Mon-Fri)15-20' (Sat)30' (Sun) 5:00-0:00 (Mon-Sat)5:30-0:00 (Sun)102 (Mon-Fri)88 (Sat)67 (Sun)10-15' (Mon-Sun)Γ5 Listed as part of route 416 as it was an extended variant of the specific route A6A6Mouseio-Halandri (via Ethn. Antistaseos)Trunk 5:00-0:00 (Mon-Sat)5:30-0:00 (Sun)130 (Mon-Fri)100 (Sat)83 (Sun)Common Section:5-10' (Mon-Sat)10-15' (Sun)A6/Β6 Common Section:10-15' (Mon-Sun)A6/B6 Individual Sections:20-25' (Mon-Sat)25-30' (Sun)B6Mouseio-Halandri (via Sidera) E6Mouseio-Halandri (Express)Express Trunk Β6 Listed as part of route Α6 as they shared large common sections. E6Mouseio-Halandri (Express)Express Trunk 22.6 37 6:00-19:50 (Mon-Fri) 27 (Mon-Fri) 30' (Mon-Fri) A7 A7 Stournari-Kifissia (Platanou Sq.)Trunk 29.5 84 5:00-0:00 (Mon-Sun) 91 (Mon-Fri)61 (Sat)47 (Sun) 10-15' (Mon-Fri)20' (Sat)25' (Sun)