List of bus routes in Thessaloniki explained

This is a list of Thessaloniki Urban Transport Organization (OASTH) contracted bus routes in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Tickets

Pre-printed regular tickets may be purchased at OASTH ticket selling booths, at 1000 points of sale throughout the metropolitan area of Thessaloniki, or at ticket vending machines on-board buses. Special route tickets are only valid for the Cultural Route No 50 and AIRPORT - INTERCITY BUS TERMINAL routes No 01Χ and 01N and issued for one trip only. Tickets may be purchased from Cultural Route attendants onboard No 50 buses, or at OASTH kiosks and ticket vending machines on board the corresponding buses.^[1]

Ticket	1-trip	2-trip	3-trip	4-trip	Special
Regular	0.90	1.10	1.30	1.80	1.80
Reduced	0.45	0.55	0.70	0.90	0.90

Classification of route numbers

Historic classification

When the bus system of Thessaloniki was first established in 1957 all lines were numbered from the eastern to the western routes starting with 1. This applied to all routes from 1 to 29. However, after 1979 the rest of the lines were numbered based on the date of their creation.

Route numbers	Location
1-17	East
18-29	West

Current classification

Nowadays, there is no official classification however unofficially the routes are classified as follows: trunk routes, urban routes (OASTH operated routes), metropolitan - regional routes (KTEL operated routes).

Route numbers	Type of service	Exceptions
1-39	Urban (OASTH-operated)	Lines 1, 9 and 36 are also operated by KTEL.
40-92	Regional (KTEL-operated)	Lines 42, 43, 45, 59 and 60 are within Thessaloniki's urban area. Lines 52 and 72 are operated by OASTH despite being outside Thessaloniki's urban area.
Κ-prefixed routes	Trunk routes
X-prefixed routes	Airport routes
N-prefixed routes	Night only routes	Line 32N is not a night only route, N denotes Nosokomeio (Hospital).
Y-prefixed routes	Supporting express routes	Lines 1X and 83 are also express route.
Other letter-prefixed routes	Key area the bus travels through.

List of routes

All routes operate in both directions unless detailed. Operatings hours and frequencies are based on OASTH's summer everyday schedule. NOTE: the operating hours and frequencies may defer during the weekend. Average frequencies also differ based on the time of the day, see OASTH's official site or the references for the exact times.

Trunk routes (Municipality of Thessaloniki)

Line	Special	Start	End	Letter code	Stops	Operating hours	Avg. Freq.	Operator	Ref.
1	X	KTEL Makedonia	Aerodromio	Airport	21	05:15-22:40	25'	OASTH	^[2]
	N			Night only	51	22:00-05:55	30'	OASTH	^[3]
2	K	IKEA	KTEL Makedonia	Trunk route	46	05:00-00:00	15'	OASTH	^[4]
3	K	IKEA	Thessaloniki R.S.	Trunk route	36	05:00-00:00	10'-15'	OASTH	^[5]

Urban area lines

Line	Special	Start	End	Stops	Operating hours	Avg. Freq.	Operator
1	-	Efkarpia	KTEL	44	05:20-22:30	~30'	KTEL
	A		KTEL through Ampelokipoi	50	06:00-23:10	1-4hr
4	A	Charilaou	Kalamaria	48	06:10-19:55	~1hr	OASTH
	B	Kalamaria	Charilaou	41	08:00-20:55	~1hr
5	-	Nea Krini	Venizelou	35	05:00-00:00	~15	OASTH
	A	Scholi Dikaston	Venizelou	36	14:13-14:40	27'
6	-	Kalamaria	Venizelou	38	05:15-00:00	~15	OASTH
7	-	Agios Ioannis	Panepistimio (AUoT)	38	05:10-23:50	~15'	OASTH
10	-	Charilaou	Thessaloniki railway station	24	05:00-00:00	~15'	OASTH
11	-	Pylaia	Thessaloniki railway station	36	05:00-23:30	~15	OASTH
	B		Thessaloniki railway station	38	07:57-20:15	25'-60'
12	-	KTEL	Kato Toumba	34	05:00-00:00	~15'	OASTH
14	-	Ano Toumba	Thessaloniki railway station	27	05:00-23:55	~12'	OASTH
	A	Kliniki Genesis	Thessaloniki railway station	32	05:30-23:40	~30'
15	-	Saranta Ekklisies	- (Circular route)	34	05:45-23:30	~15'	OASTH
	A		Gymnasio	9	07:45/13:21	~6hrs
16	-	Evangelistria	- (Circular route)	39	05:50-23:30	~15'	OASTH
17	-	Triandria	Thessaloniki railway station	22	05:00-23:40	~15'	OASTH
18	-	Agioi Anargyroi	Kordelio	45	06:15-21:00	35'-45'	OASTH
	A	Kordelio	IEK Evosmou	12	07:45	-
19	-	Kordelio	Thessaloniki railway station	24	05:20-00:00	~15'	OASTH
20	-	Menemeni	Aristotelous	18	05:00-23:40	~10'	OASTH
21	-	Evosmos	Aristotelous	27	05:00-23:55	~15'	OASTH
	A		Aristotelous through the Cemeteries	36	-	~2hrs
22	-	Ano Poli	- (Circular route)	43	06:05-21:40	~30'	OASTH
23	-	Thessaloniki railway station	Sykies	26	05:30-00:00	~15'	OASTH
24	-	Plateia Eleftherias	Chilia Dendra	17	06:30-23:15	~30'	OASTH
25	-	Neapoli	Venizelou	19	05:00-00:00	~15'	OASTH
26	-	Kallithea	Plateia Eleftherias	20	05:00-23:30	~15	OASTH
27	-	Stavroupoli	Panepistimio (AUoT)	30	05:00-00:05	~10'	OASTH
28	-	Efkarpia	Panepistimio (AUoT)	36	05:00-23:30	~12'	OASTH
29	-	Polichni	Aristotelous	22	05:45-23:20	~15	OASTH
	A		Aristotelous through Ergatikes	30	04:55-05:30	15'-20'
30	-	Triandria	Apothiki	31	05:00-23:35	~15'	OASTH
31	-	Voulgari	KTEL	29	05:00-00:00	~10'	OASTH
32	-	Kato Ilioupoli	Aristotelous	27	05:00-23:30	~15'	OASTH
	A		Aristotelous through Gymnastyrio	32	05:30-23:10	~30'
	N		Ippokrateio	44	05:45/13:45/21:45	-
33	-	Agios Panteleimon	Venizelou	34	05:00-23:15	~10'	OASTH
	A		Venizelou - Emporiko Kentro	36	08:03-20:35	2-4hrs
	B		Venizelou through CDI	36	08:50	-
34	-	Ano Ilioupoli	Aristotelous	38	05:00-23:50	~12'	OASTH
35	-	Meteora	Venizelou	24	05:00-23:00	~20'	OASTH
36	-	Voulgari	Zoni Kainotomias	23	05:15-22:40	20'-30'	KTEL
37	-	Thessaloniki railway station	Kryoneri	20	05:35-23:00	~15'	OASTH
38	-	Efkarpia	Aristotelous	34	05:00-23:05	~15'	OASTH
39	-	Kifisia	Dikastiria	32	05:20-23:20	~15'	OASTH
	A		Dikastiria - Emporiko Kentro	34	20:08/21:00/22:40	-
	B		Dikastiria through CDI	34	8:26/18:20	-
42	-	Kordelio	Koimitiria Evosmou (Cemeteries)	25	05:30-19:00	~70'-90'	KTEL
	A	Menemeni	Koimitiria Evosmou (Cemeteries)	30	17:00 (everyday) /9:10 (sunday)	-
	B	Ampelokipoi	Koimitiria Evosmou (Cemeteries)	39	9:10 (saturday)	-
45	-	KTEL Makedonia	KTEL Halkidiki - Cosmos	12	4:40-20:50	~1hr	KTEL
	A		KTEL Halkidiki	11	05:00-21:30	20'-40'
	B		Cosmos - KTEL Halkidiki	11	15:20-20:50(sat-sun)	~1hr

Temporary express lines

In 2023, the Transport Authority of Thessaloniki started operating 4 special temporary express lines until the "Flyover" road of Thessaloniki was complete, presumably in 2028.

Line	Special	Start	End	Stops	Operating hours	Avg. Freq.	Operator	Ref.
36	Χ	IKEA	Triandria	39	06:40-14:50	20'-25'	KTEL
43	Y	Evosmos	Voulgari	13	06:50-14:45	20'-25'	KTEL	^[6]
45	Y	KTEL Makedonia	IKEA	17	06:50-15:00	20'-25'	KTEL	^[7]
55	Y	Stavroupoli - KTEL	Thessaloniki railway station	16	06:40-14:45	20-25'	KTEL	^[8]

Local lines

Line	Special	Name	Area	Stops	Operating hours	Avg. Freq.	Operator
11	T	Pylaia - Charilaou	Pylaia	14	06:45-21:05	~45'	OASTH
43	-	Topiko Evosmou	Evosmos	35	06:00-21:00	1hr	KTEL
53	-	Topiko Sindou	Sindos	36	05:10-22:00	40'-70'	KTEL
55	-	Stavroupoli - Oraiokastro	Oraiokastro	51	05:10-20:00	40'-60'	KTEL
	A	Stavroupoli - Gymnasio		50	07:30	-
59	-	Topiko Pefkon	Pefka	41	7:00-22:00	20'-40'	KTEL
	A	Gymnasio Pefkon(Circular)		45	7:45	-
	B	Gymnasio Pefkon		31	13:10-13:55	45'
	K	Topiko Pefkon - Cemetery		42	10:35-16:40	50'-55'
60	A	Oikismos Makedonia(Makedonomachon)	Panorama	53	7:20-22:30	1hr	KTEL
	B	Oikismos Makedonia(Ionos Dragoumi)		52

Tour line (Cultural Line)

Metropolitan area lines

Line	Special	Start	End	Stops	Operating hours	Operator
9	-	Thessaloniki railway station	Kentriki Agora	50	05:25-21:00	KTEL
40	-	Thessaloniki railway station	Kalochori	33	05:35-23:00	KTEL
	A		Kalochori through SDOE	32	06:00-19:30
	K		Kalochori through Roumbopoulos (return)	24	06:45-20:16
51	-	Thessaloniki railway station	Sindos	47	05:20-23:40	KTEL
	A	Sindos	Anatoliko	26	05:35
52	-	Thessaloniki railway station	A.T.E.I. of Thessaloniki through Sindos	13	06:30-23:20	OASTH
	A		A.T.E.I. of Thessaloniki	-	-
	B	Aristotelous Square	Sindos (Industrial Area of Thessaloniki)	28	06:00/07:00
54	-	Thessaloniki railway station	Ionia	46	05:00-23:30	KTEL
	A		Ionia (through Agios Athanasios)	47	09:05-19:20
55	B	Stavroupoli	Palaia Simahiki	43	07:50-20:15	KTEL
	E		Filothei	12	06:00-21:00
	K		Ionia	44	05:30-14:15
	M		Koimitiria - Ionia	45	10:45 (saturday)
	N		Ionia - Koimitiria	45	-
	P		Neochorouda	19	09:35/11:20/15:30
56	-	Thessaloniki railway station	Oraiokastro	45	05:20-23:30	KTEL
	A		Gymnasio	-	-
57	-	Diastavrosi Chortiati	Aristotelous	47	05:15-23:20	KTEL
58	-	Venizelou	Diastavrosi Chortiati	44	05:15-23:45	KTEL
61	-	Chortiatis	Diastavrosi	16	05:50-00:30	KTEL
	A	Chortiatis	Diastavrosi - Lykeio	-	-
64	-	Thessaloniki railway station	Filiro	31	05:00-23:30	KTEL
	A		Filiro - Paidiko Horio	44	06:50/10:00/14:40
	B		Filiro - Hristianiki Elpida	33	16:55/17:20
	E		Filiro - Lykeio	-	-
	K		Filiro - Paidiko Horio - Lykeio	-	-
66	-	Charilaou	Thermi	24	05:45-23:05	KTEL
67	-	IKEA	Triadi			KTEL
	A	Triadi	Keramourgeia - IKEA
	B	IKEA	Triadi - Diethnes Panepistimio
68	A	IKEA	Diethnes Panepistimio - Keramourgeia			KTEL
	B		OAED - Lakkia
69	A	IKEA	Epanomi - Paralia			KTEL
	B		Epanomi - Palioura
	N		Epanomi - Ntouraki
	P		Epanomi - IEK - Ntouraki
	T		Epanomi - IEK - Paralia
	K		Epanomi - Paralia - IEK
	H		Epanomi
70	-	Thessaloniki railway station	Epanomi - Epanomi Beach			KTEL
	A		Epanomi - Alykes
71	-	Thessaloniki railway station	Michaniona			KTEL
	A		Michaniona through Angelochori
72	-	IKEA	Michaniona			OASTH
	A		Michaniona through Angelochori
	B		Angelochori - Michaniona - Kentro Ygias
	E		Michaniona - Kentro Ygias
76	-	IKEA	Angelochori			KTEL
	Α	Angelochori	Michaniona
77	-	Michaniona	Epanomi			KTEL
	H	Epanomi	Potamos
79	-	IKEA	Aerodromio			KTEL
	A		Aerodromio - KTEL Halkidikis
	B	KTEL Halkidikis	Aerodromio - IKEA
	K	IKEA	Aerodromio - Cosmos - KTEL Halkidikis

Regional area lines

Line	Special	Start	End	Stops	Operating hours	Avg. Freq.	Operator
80	-	Thessaloniki	Malgara	35	06:20-21:00	25'-60'	KTEL
	A	KTEL	Malgara(through Anatoliko)	42	06:00-22:15	~75'
	B	Malgara	KTEL(through Anatoliko)	43	05:15-21:45	90'-120'
	E	KTEL	Malgara(through Ionia)	65	07:32	-
	Z	KTEL - Malgara	Ionia - Anatoliko	72	15:57	-
81	-	Thessaloniki	Koufalia	42	-	-	KTEL
	A	KTEL	Agios Athanasios	58	05:00-23:05	20'-40'
	B	Koufalia	KTEL	59	05:05-23:00	20'-40'
	K	Valtochori	KTEL	43	08:05/17:00	-
82	A	Neochorouda	Pentalofos	60	05:00-23:00	~2hrs	KTEL
	B	Pentalofos	Neochorouda	61	06:00-21:00	2-3hrs
	E	KTEL	Monolofos	53	06:30-20:30	2-4hrs
	K	Monolofos	KTEL	58	05:30-21:30	2-3hrs
	M	KTEL	Monolofos	58	14:05/18:30	-
	N	Monolofos	KTEL	63	19:30	-
83	-	Lagkadas	Thessaloniki	20	05:30-22:20		KTEL
	A	Analipsi	Thessaloniki	45	05:40	-
	B	Lagkadas - Lagyna	Thessaloniki	40	06:20-23:00	~1hr
	M	Thessaloniki	Lagkadas(through Loutra)	43	08:15-19:40	2-4hrs
	X	Chrisavgi - Lagkadas	Thessaloniki	31	05:35	-
	N	Stavroupoli	Lagkadas	40	07:15-20:55	~2hrs
84	A	Thessaloniki	Melissochori	43	04:45-22:30	~1hr	KTEL
	B	Thessaloniki	Drymos	53	04:20-22:05	~1hr
85	-	Thessaloniki	Evangelistria	69	05:25/16:00/21:20	-	KTEL
	A	Thessaloniki	Krithia	44	10:20-22:00	2-5hrs
	B	Thessaloniki	Lefkochori	70	08:35/19:00	-
	Z	Thessaloniki	Krithia-Evangelistria	90	06:40/13:30	-
	H	Lagkadas	Evangelistria	50	10:55/14:30	-
	K	Thessaloniki	Kidonia-Evangelistria	72	16:00 (friday)	-
	M	Thessaloniki	Eksamili-Krithia	44	11:15/12:35/17:40	-
	N	Thessaloniki	Nikopoli-Evangelistria	79	7:30/18:25	-
	T	Thessaloniki	Eksamili-Lefkochori	72	06:00	-
	X	Thessaloniki	Mavrorrachi-Evangelistria	69	16:00 (sat-sun)	-
86	-	Thessaloniki	Lagkadikia (return)	46	6:20-23:00	45'-90'	KTEL
	A	Gerakarou	Lagkadikia (transition)	44	09:32-22:05	2-5hrs
	B	Vasiloudi	Lagkadikia (transition)	40	07:00-21:05	~90'
	E	Lagyna	Vasiloudi- Lagkadikia(transition)	44	20:28	-
	K	Lagyna	Gerakarou-Lagkadikia(transition)	48	06:10-16:57	2-6hrs
	M	Ardameri	Gerakarou-Lagkadikia(transition)	50	16:20/17:50	-
	N	Lagyna-Ardameri	Gerakarou-Lagkadikia(transition)	54	05:05	-
	P	Ardameri	Lagkadikia(transition)	45	10:20	-
	T	Lagkadikia-Lagyna	Thessaloniki (return)	51	05:10-21:23	3-6hrs
87	A	Rysio	Vasilika	52	05:00-22:30	1-2hrs	KTEL
	E	Raidestos	Vasilika	36	05:20-10:45
	Z	Vasilika	Livadi	72	08:30/15:45/20:10	-
	H	IKEA	Lakia	50	15:00/20:20	-
	Θ (Th)	IKEA	Rysio	79	14:30	-
	Λ (L)	IKEA	Raidestos	45	07:25-19:35	2-3hrs
	M	IKEA	Monopigado	72	6:30	-
	N	IKEA	Agios Antonis	64	15:30	-
	Π (P)	IKEA	Peristera (transition)	70	12:25	-
	P	IKEA	Tagarades	55	08:55/13:40/21:00	-
	T	IKEA	Tagarades-Ag. Antonis	67	13:35/21:30	-
	Φ (F)	IKEA	Filothei	41	10:55/17:10	-
	X	Vasilika	Monopigado	76	21:05	-
88	-	IKEA	Mesimeri	52	5:10-21:45	1-6hrs	KTEL
	A	IKEA	Trilofos	52	9:30-17:35	-
	B	IKEA	Kardia	57	7:40-22:40	2-3hrs
	E	IKEA	Mesimeri (through Hita)	67	16:35/20:35	-
	H	IKEA	Epanomi	69	07:00-18:10	~3hrs
	K	IKEA	Mesimeri	54	05:45-23:45	4-10hrs
	M	IKEA	Lakoma	59	15:35	-
	N	IKEA	Mesimeri	61	21:10	-
89	A	KTEL	Ksirochori	46	05:35-21:45	20'-60'	KTEL
	B	KTEL	Akropotamos (transition)	73	05:55-15:50	~3hrs
	E	Akropotamos	KTEL (return)	71	10:20-22:50	2-5hrs
	K	Agioneri	Akropotamos (transition)	70	06:45-21:40	1-2hrs
	N	Akropotamos	Agioneri (return)	68	05:30-21:35	2-3hrs
90	-	Koufalia	Malgara	41	13:00	-	KTEL
	A	Loudias	Malgara	38	04:55-19:05	~2hrs
	E	Akropotamos	Koufalia	23	09:28/12:53/17:05	-
91	A	Lagkadas	Analipsi	34	05:20-21:40	~1hr	KTEL
	E	Lagkadas	Krithia	28	07:35/13:45/19:55	-
	H	Lagkadas	Irakleio-Perivolaki	66	06:00-22:00	~1hr
	K	Lagkadas	Kavallari	43	05:50-21:35	1-7hrs
	N	Lagkadas	Oik. Papakyriazi	9	15:40/21:15	-
	T	Lagkadas	Lagkadikia	53	06:50-19:50	1-4hrs
	Y	Chrysavgi	Analipsi	39	07:33-21:08	~1hr
	X	Lagkadas	Chrysavgi	11	6:10-22:05	30'-50'
92	-	Koufalia - Athira	Rahona	19	05:50/20:30	-	KTEL
	A	Koufalia	Athira	11	06:45-20:00	40'-70'
	E	Koufalia	Ergatikes	9	06:30-20:20	1-3hrs
	P	Koufalia	Rahona	12	07:00-19:40	1-3hrs

Former routes

Line	Route	Established	Withdrawn	Ref.
2	Apothiki-Venizelou	1956	2017	^[10]
3	Votsi-Venizelou	1956	2017
8	Martiou-Sfageia	1956	2017
27A	Stavroupoli-Gymnasio	-	2021	^[11]
27B	Stavroupoli-OAED	-	2021
28A	Efkarpia-Papageorgiou-Panepistimio	2000	2024	^[12]
28B		2000	2024
41	Neapoli-Nos. Papageorgiou	2004	2010	^[13]
57Y	Diastavrosi Hortiati - Aristotelous	2020	2020	^[14]
78	KTEL-Aerodromio	1979	2018	^[15]

Notes and References

1. Web site: ΟΑΣΘ . 2023-08-14 . oasth.gr . el.
2. Web site: Map and schedule of line 1X . 2023-08-14 . m.oasth.gr.
3. Web site: Map and schedule of line 1N . 2023-08-14 . m.oasth.gr.
4. Web site: Map and schedule of line 2K . 2023-08-14 . m.oasth.gr.
5. Web site: Map and schedule of line 3K . 2023-08-14 . m.oasth.gr.
6. Web site: Map and schedule of line 43Y . oasth.gr.
7. Web site: Map and schedule of line 45Y . oasth.gr.
8. Web site: Map and schedule of line 55Y . oasth.gr.
9. Web site: Map and schedule of line 50 (Cultural Line) . m.oasth.gr.
10. Web site: ΟΑΣΘ: "Έκρυψε" την κατάργηση της γραμμής 8 στις τροποποιήσεις . 2023-08-14 . www.makthes.gr . el.
11. Lines 27A and 27B were abolished and replaced by line 56A
12. Lines 28A and 28B were the same line, transition and return respectively, but they were denoted with different letters in order to make it easier for commuters to understand the line's sequence. The lines were merged into line 28 in 2024.
13. Line 41 was abolished in 2010 when line 1 and 28 were expanded from the terminal station of Neapoli to the terminal station of Efkarpia.
14. Line 57Y was established in 2020 in order to assist the medical staff of Nosokomeio Papageorgiou (Hospital) with more routes (specifically for the hospital's staff). The line was later abolished as it was identical with line 57.
15. Web site: Abolition of line 78 .