Intercity bus service

People with mobility problems who are permanent residents of Attica will be granted special travel passes that will enable them to travel on intercity buses (KTEL) with a 50 percent discount as of Monday.

A nine-year-old girl was being treated for serious head injuries in the intensive care unit of Thessaloniki's Ippokrateio Hospital on Monday after being hit by a KTEL intercity bus.

A court in the western province of İzmir has ruled for the bankruptcy of Pamukkale Turizm, one of Turkey's oldest coach services company.

Human bones were found on Thursday afternoon at a dumping ground near the KTEL intercity bus terminal in the town of Nafpaktos, western Greece, a local news website reported.

Officers cordoned off the area and collected the bones which were then sent to a forensics expert in Patra. The website did not specify who made the discovery and alerted police.

A legislative amendment voted through Parliament on Wednesday night paves the way for private firms to operate buses on routes serviced by public transport networks in Athens and Thessaloniki, prompting protests by workers.

A legislative amendment voted through Parliament last night paves the way for private firms to operate buses on routes serviced by public transport networks in Athens and Thessaloniki, prompting protests by workers.

Police reopened the Athens-Corinth national highway on Tuesday morning, which had been closed to traffic due to a fire that broke out on Monday in nearby woodland that blanketed the area in thick smoke and ash.

Authorities also said that service has resumed as normal on the Proastiakos suburban railway and on KTEL Intercity buses running between the Peloponnese and the mainland.

Thirteen people including children were killed and 20 others injured on Tuesday (Mar 13) when a Turkish passenger bus burst into flames after colliding with a truck in northern Anatolia, state media reported.

A KTEL intercity bus went up in flames on the island of Corfu while traveling between the main town and Tembloni on Tuesday. No one was injured in the blaze.

Eleven people were killed and 46 injured when a Turkish intercity bus taking families bound for a half-term skiing trip crashed into trees while travelling on a motorway, local officials said on Jan. 20.