Athens Urban Transport Organization has proceeded in establishing EXPRESS bus lines that include a limited number of stops, in order to meet the needs of passengers for quick transportation. These lines include E and X bus lines.

Express BUS LINES E

The E bus lines operate only on weekdays.
BUS LINE NO. NAME OF BUS LINE (EXPRESS) STARTING POINT REMARKS-INDICATIVE OPERATING HOURS
Ε14 Syntagma – Olympic Athletic Center of Athens (OAKA) – Ministry of Education Β. Amalias (Syntagma) Monday – Friday 05:50 – 22:20
Ε90 Piraeus – Athens University Campus (Express) Karaiskaki Square Monday – Friday

Express BUS LINES X

X bus lines are as follows:
BUS LINE NO. NAME OF BUS LINE (EXPRESS) STARTING POINT REMARKS-INDICATIVE OPERATING HOURS
Χ14 Syntagma – Kifissia Vasilissis Amalias Monday – Friday 22:40 – 05:25 Saturday & Sunday: 24-hour operation
X80 Piraeus – Acropolis – Syntagma* Xaveriou Coast From 07:00 to 21:30 at a 30-minute frequency – See the map

X bus lines operate the entire week.
The journey, stops and the current route tables may be found in the above links or the information center of OASA, 11185.

*Χ80 bus line operates only from May to October. The use of X80 bus line is permitted only by use of the daily or tourist ticket. For more information, please see here.

AIRPORT Express BUS LINE X

The Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” is serviced on 24-hour basis by EXPRESS bus lines (see the following link for more information). It is noted that for the Airport bus lines there is a special ticket and a special operational status (that is, ONLY boarding is allowed in routes to the Airport, whereas ONLY disembarking is allowed in the routes from the Airport).