Thessaloniki Bus Station

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Thessaloniki Bus Station
Intercity bus service
General information
Location Thessaloniki
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Coordinates 40°39′16″N22°54′09″E / 40.6545°N 22.9024°E / 40.6545; 22.9024 Coordinates: 40°39′16″N22°54′09″E / 40.6545°N 22.9024°E / 40.6545; 22.9024
Owned by KTEL
Bus routes40+
Construction
Parkingyes
History
OpenedSeptember 2002 (2002-09)
Passengers
25,000 daily (approximately)

Intercity Bus Station of Thessaloniki "Macedonia", also known as the KTEL Macedonia Intercity Bus station, is the main bus station of Thessaloniki, Greece and the largest bus terminal in Greece. It is located just 5km from the city center in Menemeni. Construction began in October 1996 and it was opened to the public in September 2002. It serves about 20 to 25 thousand passengers and 800 coaches departures per day to various cities all over Greece, as well as some routes to Albania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Germany and Turkey. [1] It is connected with the rest of the city via OASTH, which operates about 120 buses per hour. The company, which operates the buses and owns the station is named KTEL. This terminal serves 40 KTEL (the bus companies in Greece for each province) routes, as well as some other bus lines internationally.

Destinations

Lane KTEL Destination
Red Corridor
1KTEL Kozanis Kozani
2KTEL Larissas Larissa
KTEL Ileias Pyrgos
KTEL Lesbou Mytilene
3KTEL Kerkyras Kerkyra
KTEL Kilkis Polykastro-Goumenissa
Kilkis
4KTEL Pierias Katerini
5KTEL Serron Serres
Grey Corridor
6KTEL Kavalas Kavala
7KTEL Thessalonikis Thessaloniki-Athens
Athens-Piraeus
8 Asprovalta-Stavro-Zagliveri
KTEL Rhodopis Komotini
9KTEL Florinas Florina
10KTEL Grevenon Grevena
Blue Corridor
11Collaborating KTEL Argolidos-Arcadias-Corinthias-Laconias Nafplio-Tripoli-Corinth-Sparta
12KTEL Achaias Patra
13KTEL Chalkidikis Chalkidiki
14KTEL Xanthis Xanthi
15
16 Flag of Albania.svg Albania Tirana
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Sofia
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Istanbul
17KTEL Evias Chalkida
KTEL Messenias Kalamata
KTEL Prevezas Preveza
KTEL Artas Arta
KTEL Trikalon Trikala
18KTEL Zakynthou Zakynthos
KTEL Lefkadas Lefkada
KTEL Thesprotias Igoumenitsa
KTEL Phthiotidas Lamia
KTEL Magnesias Volos
KTEL Evrou Alexandroupoli
Green Corridor
19KTEL Pellas Edessa-Giannitsa
20KTEL Imathias Veria-Naousa
21KTEL Karditsas Karditsa
KTEL Kastorias Kastoria
22KTEL Chanion-Rethymnis Chania
KTEL Aitoloakarnanias Agrinio
23KTEL Dramas Drama
24KTEL Herakliou-Lasithiou Heraklio
KTEL Ioanninon Ioannina

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