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How to get to Trikala Korinthias

By road in about 1 hour 40 minutes from Athens: 144 kilometres — an hour to the Xylokastro exit and then 24 kilometres uphill, about 40 minutes. Without a car, you first reach Xylokastro — by suburban rail or KTEL bus — and cover the last 24 kilometres by taxi or, on Wednesdays only, by the KTEL bus to Trikala (see below). On other days there is no bus line to the villages. The timetables cover the first leg, as far as Xylokastro.

Next departure from Xylokastro

Suburban rail · towards Kiato & Athens

07:0810:0813:0816:0819:0822:08

Suburban rail · towards Diakopto & Aigio

05:3608:2211:2214:2217:2220:22

KTEL bus

To Athensalmost hourly05:40–20:40

From Athens (Kifisos)almost hourly07:00–19:40 · two evening services to Kiato

KTEL in detail ↓

Athens ↔ Xylokastro, the whole journey

One train change at Kiato, with a connection of 10–12 minutes. Note: since May 2026 trains to Piraeus leave from platform 3 and trains to Aigio from platform 4. Total time about 1:45.

To Xylokastro

Dep. Piraeus	Athens (Larissis)	Arr. Kiato	Dep. Kiato	Arr. Xylokastro
04:00 (Piraeus)	—	05:20	05:24	05:36
06:14	06:35	07:58	08:10	08:22
09:14	09:35	10:58	11:10	11:22
12:14	12:35	13:58	14:10	14:22
15:14	15:35	16:58	17:10	17:22
18:14	18:35	19:58	20:10	20:22

The first service starts from Piraeus and does not stop at Athens (Larissis).

To Athens

Dep. Xylokastro	Arr. Kiato	Dep. Kiato	Athens (Larissis)	Piraeus
07:08	07:18	07:28	08:51	09:10
10:08	10:18	10:28	11:51	12:10
13:08	13:18	13:28	14:51	15:10
16:08	16:18	16:28	17:51	18:10
19:08	19:18	19:28	20:51	21:10
22:08	22:18	22:28	23:50	—

The last service reaches Athens (Larissis) at 23:50 and does not continue to Piraeus.

The Kiato ↔ Aigio line, station by station

Ten stations. The Diakopto–Kalavryta rack railway remains suspended — do not count on it.

Kiato → Aigio

Station	300	302	304	306	308	310
Kiato	05:24	08:10	11:10	14:10	17:10	20:10
Diminio	05:27	08:13	11:13	14:13	17:13	20:13
Xylokastro	05:36	08:22	11:22	14:22	17:22	20:22
Lykoporia	05:43	08:29	11:29	14:29	17:29	20:29
Lygia	05:47	08:33	11:33	14:33	17:33	20:33
Akrata	05:56	08:42	11:42	14:42	17:42	20:42
Platanos	06:01	08:47	11:47	14:47	17:47	20:47
Diakopto	06:08	08:54	11:54	14:54	17:54	20:54
Eliki	06:13	08:59	11:59	14:59	17:59	20:59
Aigio	06:17	09:03	12:03	15:03	18:03	21:03

Aigio → Kiato

Station	301	303	305	307	309	311
Aigio	06:25	09:25	12:25	15:25	18:25	21:25
Eliki	06:29	09:29	12:29	15:29	18:29	21:29
Diakopto	06:35	09:35	12:35	15:35	18:35	21:35
Platanos	06:41	09:41	12:41	15:41	18:41	21:41
Akrata	06:48	09:48	12:48	15:48	18:48	21:48
Lygia	06:55	09:55	12:55	15:55	18:55	21:55
Lykoporia	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	18:59	21:59
Xylokastro	07:08	10:08	13:08	16:08	19:08	22:08
Diminio	07:15	10:15	13:15	16:15	19:15	22:15
Kiato (arrival)	07:18	10:18	13:18	16:18	19:18	22:18

The times come from the Hellenic Train timetables that applied from 22/11/2025. Timetables change with the season and may have changed — before you travel, check the current ones on the page Athens Suburban Railway on the Hellenic Train website.

By KTEL bus

There is a separate Xylokastro–Athens line, almost hourly in both directions (winter timetable 11/9–30/6, summer 1/7–10/9 — almost identical):

From Athens (Kifisos)almost hourly07:00–19:40 daily · journey ~2 hours

To Athensalmost hourly05:40–20:40 from Xylokastro

Xylokastro → Trikala · Wednesdays only06:15 · 13:15Return from Trikala: 07:10 · 14:10

Local Corinth–Xylokastro: hourly, 06:00–21:00 (and 05:40–21:00 towards Corinth). For exact times at the Xylokastro stop and bookings: 27410 83000. The bus to Trikala runs on Wednesdays only; confirm it with the Kiato KTEL agency, 27420 22243. Source:KTEL Korinthias.

By car

From Athens via the Olympia Odos motorway (Athens–Patras) to the Xylokastro exit: 120 km, about an hour. From Patras, about 90 km. And from the exit, 24 km to the three villages — another 40 minutes or so.

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