List of bus routes in Thessaloniki

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Urban, metropolitan and regional areas of Thessaloniki.

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

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 0.60 1.10 1.30 1.80 2.00
Reduced 0.30 0.55 0.70 0.90 1.00

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
1-50 Urban (OASTH-operated) Lines 9 and 40 are outside Thessaloniki's urban area. Lines 1, 9, 36, 40, 42, 43 and 45 are also operated by KTEL.
51-92 Regional (KTEL-operated) Lines 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 Lines 36K, 40K, 55K, 59K, 64K, 69K, 77K, 81K, 82K, 85K, 86K, 88K, 89K and 91K are not trunk routes.
X-prefixed routes Airport routes Lines 36X, 55X, 79X, 83X, 85X, 87X and 91X are not airport routes.
N-prefixed routes Night only routes Line 32N is not a night only route, N denotes Nosokomeio (Hospital). Lines 36N, 55N, 69N, 82N, 83N, 85N, 86N, 87N, 88N, 89N and 91N are also not night only routes.
Y-prefixed routes Supporting express routes Lines 1X, 45 and 83 are also express routes.
Other letter-prefixed routes Key area the bus travels through.

List of routes

Former routes

References

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