Fastest€43.24
- Hellenic Train HT968206:482h 12m09:00Athina LarissaThessaloniki
Door to door 2h 56mCO2 10.0 kgChanges 0Refundable
Athens to Thessaloniki train
Trains from Athens to Thessaloniki start at €32.79 and take 2h 56m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Athens to Thessaloniki on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Athens to Thessaloniki starts at €32.79 and takes 2h 56m door to door, run by 1 operator over 303 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 56mDoor to door
- 2h 12mMoving
- €32.79 to €78.44From
- 06:48 to 21:34First and last departure
- 12Per day
- 10.0 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€32.79 to €78.44 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €63.04Wed16
- about €78.44Thu17
- about €60.84Fri18
- about €65.79Sat19
- about €59.74Sun20
- about €48.74Mon21
- about €38.84Tue22
- about €42.14Wed23
- about €53.14Thu24
- about €51.49Fri25
- about €53.14Sat26
- about €46.54Sun27
- about €41.04Mon28
- about €32.79Tue29
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 cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hellenic Train | €30.04 | 2h 50m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Thessaloniki. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Thessaloniki for the night the train gets in
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When to book Athens to Thessaloniki
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.5890 days
- €15.0360 days
- €15.0345 days
- €17.2330 days
- €15.0321 days
- €15.5814 days
- €18.337 days
- €26.033 days
- €27.681 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.03.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 84 percent. The most expensive point is €27.68, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €20.53Sun
- €18.88Mon
- €15.58Tue
- €18.33Wed
- €23.28Thu
- €21.08Fri
- €21.63Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Athens
Rail
- Athina Larissa
- Athens railway station
- Peloponnese railway station of Athens
Thessaloníki
Rail
- Thessaloniki
- Thessaloniki railway station
- Old Thessaloniki railway station
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 303 km against 303 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Athens at 06:48 and the last at 21:34, across 12 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 56m | 2h 12m | 44m | €32.79 | 10.0 kg | 12 |
| Flight | 3h 58m | 48m | 3h 10m | €32.59 | 76.8 kg | 40 |
| Coach | 4h 46m | 4h 2m | 44m | €15.58 | 8.2 kg | 12 |
| Ferry | 10h 31m | 9h 1m | 1h 30m | €18.49 | 34.8 kg | 12 |
Questions about Athens to Thessaloniki
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 the Train from Athens to Thessaloniki take?
The Train from Athens to Thessaloniki takes 2h 56m door to door, of which 2h 12m is spent moving. The route runs 303 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Athens to Thessaloniki cost?
The Train from Athens to Thessaloniki starts at €32.79 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €37.74. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Athens to Thessaloniki?
1 operators run the Train from Athens to Thessaloniki: Hellenic Train. Between them they file around 12 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Athens to Thessaloniki use?
The Train from Athens to Thessaloniki leaves from Athina Larissa and arrives at Thessaloniki. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Athens to Thessaloniki?
Traveling from Athens to Thessaloniki by Flight costs €32.59 and takes 3h 58m door to door, against 2h 56m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Athens to Thessaloniki?
Fares for the Train from Athens to Thessaloniki bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.03. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 84 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Athens to Thessaloniki produce?
The Train from Athens to Thessaloniki produces about 10.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 303 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Athens to Thessaloniki?
Operators on the Train from Athens to Thessaloniki publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 56m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Athens to Thessaloniki on September 15, 2026: 303 km of route against 303 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €32.79, and 2h 56m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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