Fastest€20.69
- Hellenic Train HT912317:301h 13m18:43Athina LarissaVolos railway station
Door to door 1h 57mCO2 5.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Athens to Volos train
Trains from Athens to Volos start at €22.89 and take 1h 57m at their fastest.
The Trains from Athens to Volos starts at €22.89 and takes 1h 57m door to door, run by 1 operator over 168 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 57mDoor to door
- 1h 13mMoving
- €22.89From
- 5.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hellenic Train | €19.04 | 1h 57m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
Volos is small enough to walk across, so almost anywhere downtown works. We still do not sell the room.
Where to stay in Volos
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When to book Athens to Volos
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.7390 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €11.1821 days
- €12.2814 days
- €13.937 days
- €15.033 days
- €18.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 87 percent. The most expensive point is €18.88, 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.
- €12.83Sun
- €12.83Mon
- €12.28Tue
- €12.28Wed
- €13.93Thu
- €13.38Fri
- €12.28Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Athens
Rail
- Athina Larissa
- Athens railway station
- Peloponnese railway station of Athens
Volos
Rail
- Volos railway station
- Gatzea
- Ano Lechonia station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 76% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 24% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 168 km against 168 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Pátra, Lárisa, Kalamariá, Thessaloníki. The gap between arriving and leaving is 68 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Athens at 06:24 and the last at 17:30, across 7 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
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 57m | 1h 13m | 44m | €22.89 | 5.5 kg | 7 |
| Coach | 3h 1m | 2h 17m | 44m | €12.28 | 4.5 kg | 6 |
| Flight | 3h 48m | 38m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 42.6 kg | 4 |
Questions about Athens to Volos
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 Volos take?
The Train from Athens to Volos takes 1h 57m door to door, of which 1h 13m is spent moving. The route runs 168 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 Volos cost?
The Train from Athens to Volos starts at €22.89 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €39.93. 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 Volos?
1 operators run the Train from Athens to Volos: Hellenic Train. Between them they file around 7 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 Volos use?
The Train from Athens to Volos leaves from Athina Larissa and arrives at Volos railway station. 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 Volos?
Traveling from Athens to Volos by Coach costs €12.28 and takes 3h 1m door to door, against 1h 57m 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 Volos?
Fares for the Train from Athens to Volos bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 87 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Athens to Volos produce?
The Train from Athens to Volos produces about 5.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 168 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 Volos?
Operators on the Train from Athens to Volos publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 57m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Athens to Volos on September 12, 2026: 168 km of route against 168 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €22.89, and 1h 57m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Volos is somebody else's catalog.
Things to do in Volos
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Volos, with free cancellation on most of it.
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