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The bus from Athens to Kalamata leaves from Athens (Kifissos, Terminal A) and arrives at Kalamata. The departure point is the bus station at Kifisou Ave 100 & Drakontos St, Athens (Kolonos/Peristeri boundary) — phone numbers, hours and directions are on the station page.
The journey takes about 2 h 45 min.
KTEL Messinias sells tickets online — bookings are currently open for travel dates up to 30 September 2026. That is how far ahead the booking system sells, not when buses stop running.
Every departure on this page in one view — ✓ runs on that weekday every week to the date confirmed below, ◕ on some of those weeks (tap or hover for the dates), — not on that weekday, blank means the operator has not published that far ahead. Tap a row for that departure’s stop-by-stop times.
Departures are confirmed day by day to Sun 4 Oct.
| Departs | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| 09:30 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 13:00 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 16:30 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 19:30 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ |
To each stop on the way, in travel order, where the operator prices it.
| Kalamata | around €26.60 |
Hotels and rooms near the bus stop in Kalamata — open a pin for prices and booking.
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If the bus times do not fit your day, a hire car from Kalamata is the usual alternative for the villages and beaches the buses do not reach.
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↔ Scroll the table sideways to see every stop. — means the run does not call there; · means it calls but no time is published; +1 means the following morning.
| Departs | Athens (Kifissos, Terminal A)ΑΘΗΝΑ (ΣΤΑΘΜΟΣ ΚΗΦΙΣΟΥ) | KalamataΚΑΛΑΜΑΤΑ (ΚΤΕΛ) |
|---|---|---|
| 08:00 | 08:00 | 10:45 |
| 09:30a | 09:30 | 12:15 |
| 13:00 | 13:00 | 15:45 |
| 16:30 | 16:30 | 19:15 |
| 19:30 | 19:30 | 22:15 |
The operator publishes 1 other route between the same two places — a different working, a variant, or the same buses listed from another source. Check them before deciding this page is the whole picture.
Athens (Kifissos, Terminal A) → Kalamata
The line joins the stops in order. It is not the road the bus takes — it is a straight chord between points, so treat it as sequence, not geometry. A hollow, dashed stop marker means the coordinate is a village centre rather than a surveyed bus bay; tap it to see where it came from.
Generated from this page’s own timetable data — every answer reads the same day-by-day calendar as the table above, so it can never say more than the page does.
It depends on the day: Mon–Fri — first 08:00, last 19:30; Sat — first 08:00, last 16:30; Sun — first 09:30, last 19:30 (confirmed to Sun 4 Oct).
Every day (confirmed to Sun 4 Oct).
The operator has published departures to Sun 4 Oct. Beyond that this page cannot tell you what runs: Greek bus operators publish a few weeks ahead, so check back nearer the time.
165 minutes (Derived from the printed stop times).
The published fare is around €26.60 — see the fare table for the pairs it covers.
It leaves from Athens (Kifissos, Terminal A) (ΑΘΗΝΑ (ΣΤΑΘΜΟΣ ΚΗΦΙΣΟΥ)). Note the exact terminal — cities with more than one bus station use them for different operators, and they are not interchangeable.