Athens is a city that rarely goes to sleep, and getting around after dark is becoming increasingly convenient.
Since September 2025, Athens’ Metro, tram and selected bus services have been operating around the clock every Saturday, giving residents and visitors more freedom to enjoy the capital late into the night. The initiative has now completed its first year, with more than 2.28 million night-time journeys recorded across the network.
For travellers, the change is particularly useful on weekends. A late dinner in the city centre can easily turn into drinks in Psyrri, live music in Gazi or a night by the coast, without the evening having to end with the last train home.
Metro Lines 2 and 3 run throughout Saturday night, while Tram Lines T6 and T7 provide overnight connections between central Athens and the southern suburbs. Several bus routes also operate 24 hours on Saturdays, complementing the permanent night and 24-hour services already available across the city.
The network is also useful for visitors arriving or leaving Athens late at night. Permanent airport services, including the X95 from Syntagma and X96 from Piraeus, operate around the clock, making some of the city’s key transport connections available beyond conventional daytime hours.
And the network could soon become even more extensive. Following the first year of the Saturday service, authorities have indicated that additional night bus routes are being considered, potentially giving more neighbourhoods across Attica access to late-night public transport.
For anyone visiting Athens, it is a small but significant change: the city is no longer just somewhere to explore from morning until dinner. On Saturday nights especially, Athens can be experienced on its own schedule — well after sunset and into the early hours.
