How to Get Around Aegina by Bus (2026): Routes, Stops, Times & Fares
How to Get Around Aegina by Bus (2026 Guide): Routes, Stops, Times & Fares
Aegina is the Athens day trip that works properly without a car. Boats from Piraeus land you on the town waterfront, and the bus station is right there on Ethnegersias Square, a few steps from the quay. The entire island network is three routes and nine stops, run by KTEL Aegina (ΚΤΕΛ Αίγινας), all starting from that square: east to the Temple of Aphaia and Agia Marina, south to Perdika, north to Souvala and Vagia. The current timetable holds 87 departures — enough for the island's headline sights, as long as you check the return before you set off.
The Aegina bus network at a glance
Aegina has one hub and no changing between lines: Ethnegersias Square, beside the ferry berths, is where every route begins and ends. There is no urban service and no second terminal — the town is small enough to walk, and the buses exist to get you out of it.
One thing to know before you go hunting online: KTEL Aegina has no official website. Its tables are posted at the station and republished by local Aegina portals, which is exactly why the times on different pages disagree with each other. If a departure matters, the station answers on +30 22970 22787. The table as we hold it is on the full Aegina bus timetable.
Main Aegina bus routes
Aegina Town ↔ Agia Marina (via Agios Nektarios & Afaia): the line most visitors want, calling at the Agios Nektarios monastery, then the Temple of Aphaia, and finishing at Agia Marina, the island's main beach resort. The busiest of the three — route details.
Aegina Town ↔ Perdika (via Marathonas): south down the west coast to Marathonas, the easiest sandy stop, and on to the fishing village of Perdika and its waterfront tavernas — route details.
Aegina Town ↔ Souvala & Vagia (via Kypseli): the north-coast line to the small port of Souvala and the bay at Vagia — useful, but with very few runs in the current table, so read the warning below — route details.
That is the whole network: three lines, no urban route. Every published departure is on the full Aegina bus timetable.
From the ferry to the bus
Ferries from Piraeus dock in Aegina Town, and the square is beside the quay, so boat to bus is a walk with your bag rather than a taxi ride. On a day trip, plan backwards from the last bus back — on a three-line island the return decides your day, not the outbound.
The Temple of Aphaia and Agios Nektarios on one line
Aegina's two big sights sit on the same road, so one bus does both. Agios Nektarios, the great domed monastery church, comes first out of town; the Temple of Aphaia, one of the best-preserved Doric temples in Greece, is next; Agia Marina and a swim are the end of the line.
Two quirks in the printed table are worth knowing. At weekends only, an extra 09:30 departure from Aegina Town runs to Agios Nektarios and no further, turning back from the monastery at 09:50 — do not board it expecting Aphaia or Agia Marina. And on the weekday table the 18:00 round is marked Fridays only, on both the Agia Marina and Perdika corridors; at weekends it runs on Saturday and Sunday. If you were counting on an early-evening bus back on a Tuesday, count again.
Souvala and Vagia: the line that strands people
The north-coast service is unusually sparse in the current edition. On weekdays the table shows just two departures out, at 10:15 and 14:30, with returns at 07:00, 10:45 and 15:00; at weekends there is a single 10:15 out and a single 10:45 back. That is enough for a carefully planned morning and very little else. Because the operator publishes nothing itself, these times reach us second-hand — if your afternoon depends on one, ring the station and confirm.
Beyond the nine stops
Other listings mention villages the operator does not time — Mesagros on the Agia Marina road, Vathy and Agioi towards Souvala, Aeginitissa and Faros towards Perdika. The buses run through that country, but only our nine stops carry published times, so tell the driver where you want to get off rather than assuming a village is a formal stop. The pistachio orchards Aegina is famous for are farmland along these same roads: a view from the window, not a destination.
Tickets and fares
Buy at the station on Ethnegersias Square or pay the driver, in cash, so carry small notes and coins. Fares go by distance, and we publish no fare figures for Aegina: the operator has no site of its own and the amounts quoted on travel blogs are frequently years out of date, so ask at the station. KTEL Aegina tickets are not yet sold online through Greek Island Buses; where an operator does sell through us the price is identical to the counter and you board with a QR code on your phone.
Which timetable is running
This is the summer 2026 programme: the weekday (Mon–Fri) table has been in force since 21 July 2026 and the weekend (Sat–Sun) table since 25 July 2026. No end date is published and the winter tables are not out yet — they usually appear as the season closes, and mean fewer runs, aimed at residents. Check the current Aegina bus timetable before planning around a specific departure, and see our Aegina island page for what is worth the ride.