Nea Ionia to Pátrai runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:54 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €12.83 and €27.29, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 13m over 205 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€12.83 to €27.29
- 108%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Nea Ionia
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:54First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 33%Run direct
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Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Nea Ionia to Pátrai on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €23.28Sat19
- about €26.03Sun20
- about €18.88Mon21
- about €19.43Tue22
- about €20.53Wed23
- about €21.63Thu24
- about €19.43Fri25
- about €19.43Sat26
- about €15.03Sun27
- about €15.58Mon28
- about €16.13Tue29
- about €15.03Wed30
- about €19.98Thu1
- about €15.03Fri2
- about €15.58Sat3
- about €14.48Sun4
- about €14.48Mon5
- about €12.83Tue6
- about €13.38Wed7
- about €15.03Thu8
- about €15.58Fri9
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The bus gets you into Pátrai. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A room in Pátrai for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Nea Ionia to Pátrai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.7890 days
- €11.7360 days
- €11.1845 days
- €13.3830 days
- €15.5821 days
- €15.0314 days
- €19.437 days
- €18.883 days
- €23.281 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €11.18.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 108 percent. The most expensive point is €23.28, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Nea Ionia to Pátrai and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
205 km
178 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
67,134 → 168,034
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 40% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 60% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 205 km against 178 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Ioánnina, Lárisa, Volos. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
The fare from GPA into Pátrai is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A car waiting when you land in Pátrai
Settled in advance, so the ride into Pátrai costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Baggage storage near Patra
Most of the points near Patra open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Nea Ionia to Pátrai
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Nea Ionia to Pátrai?
The fastest journey from Nea Ionia to Pátrai takes 2h 13m door to door, of which 1h 38m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 1m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Nea Ionia to Pátrai?
The cheapest fare from Nea Ionia to Pátrai is €12.83, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €25.29. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Nea Ionia to Pátrai?
The cheapest way from Nea Ionia to Pátrai is by coach, at €12.83 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 3h 29m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
What is the fastest way to get from Nea Ionia to Pátrai?
The fastest way from Nea Ionia to Pátrai is by train, at 2h 22m door to door. Only 1h 38m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €27.29.
When should I book Nea Ionia to Pátrai?
Fares from Nea Ionia to Pátrai bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €11.18. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 108 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Nea Ionia to Pátrai?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Nea Ionia to Pátrai, at €15.03. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Nea Ionia to Pátrai?
December is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Nea Ionia to Pátrai, at €11.18 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Nea Ionia to Pátrai?
No operator record names Nea Ionia to Pátrai directly. Hellenic Train, ΚΤΕΛ Ιωαννίνων publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Nea Ionia to Pátrai?
40 percent of the services we sell from Nea Ionia to Pátrai are direct. The rest connect at Ioánnina, Lárisa, Volos, with about 62 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Nea Ionia to Pátrai produce?
Traveling from Nea Ionia to Pátrai by coach produces about 5.5 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 6.8 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Nea Ionia to Pátrai use?
Services from Nea Ionia to Pátrai by train leave from Néa Ionía station and arrive at Patra. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Nea Ionia to Pátrai?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Nea Ionia to Pátrai allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Nea Ionia to Pátrai on September 18, 2026: 205 km of route against 178 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €12.83, and 2h 13m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Pátrai a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

Day trips out of Pátrai and across Greece
Day trips that leave Pátrai in the morning and cover a good part of Greece by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Nea Ionia reaches 4 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 164 to 310 km. Pátrai reaches 48 places in 12 countries, from 90 to 1,956 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Nea Ionia
- 4Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Pátrai
Leaving Pátrai
- 48Places you can leave for
- 12Countries
- 15Operators
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