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West Crete (Chania & Rethymno) · KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou (KTEL Chania-Rethymno)

Chania (Crete) → Rethymno bus route & tickets

The operator lists this route as “Chania - Rethymnon”

Leaves from
Chania (Crete)
First / last bus
05:15 / 21:30 (every day)
Departures
17 a day
Journey
About 1 h 20 min (our estimate)

The bus from Chania to Rethymno leaves from Chania (Crete) and arrives at Rethymno. The departure point is the bus station at Kydonias & Partheniou Kelaidi, 73100 Chania, Crete — phone numbers, hours and directions are on the station page.

The journey takes roughly 1 h 20 min — our estimate from the route’s length, as the operator does not publish a travel time.

KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou (KTEL Chania-Rethymno) sells tickets online, so you can book ahead — or buy at the station before you travel.

KTEL Chania–Rethymno asks passengers to book a seat in advance for every departure, online at e-ktel.com or at its ticket offices.
Read this before using the times below. Each Chania–Rethymno–Heraklion bus has 50 seats and stops taking passengers once full. If you board at a roadside stop rather than a bus station, you must reserve: Chania 28210 93306, Rethymno 28313 06190, Heraklion 2810 246530 (ext. 116).

Chania (Crete) to Rethymno bus times, by day

Every departure on this page in one view — ✓ runs on that weekday every week to the date confirmed below, ◕ on some of those weeks (tap or hover for the dates), — not on that weekday, blank means the operator has not published that far ahead. Tap a row for that departure’s stop-by-stop times.

Departures are confirmed day by day to Sun 8 Nov.

DepartsMonTueWedThuFriSatSun
05:15 Standard service✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
06:30 Via Vrisses✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
07:30 Via Vrisses✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
08:30 Via Vrisses✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
09:30 Standard service✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
10:30 Standard service✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
11:30 Via Vrisses✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
12:30 Standard service✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
13:30 Via Vrisses✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
14:30 Standard service✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
15:30 Via Vrisses✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
16:30 Standard service✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
17:30 Standard service✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
18:30 Via Vrisses✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
19:30 Via Vrisses✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
20:30 Via Vrisses✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
21:30 Standard service✓✓✓✓✓✓✓

The services on this page

Standard service

8 a day · About 1 h 20 min (our estimate) · calls at 2 stops

Via Vrisses

9 a day · About 1 h 20 min (our estimate) · calls at 2 stops

Fare

Not published. This operator does not print a fare for this route. That is not the same as free, and we will not invent a number — buy from the driver or the operator’s own site.

Where to stay in Rethymno

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Things to do in Rethymno

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Car hire in Rethymno

If the bus times do not fit your day, a hire car from Rethymno is the usual alternative for the villages and beaches the buses do not reach.

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Full stop-by-stop times, every departure

17 departures, stop by stop

↔ Scroll the table sideways to see every stop. — means the run does not call there; · means it calls but no time is published; +1 means the following morning; ? means the operator names the town but not this stop, so whether the run calls here is not something it tells us; and a blank cell means we hold nothing at all for that stop on that departure — not a denial, just no information.

DepartsChania (Crete)Rethymno
05:1505:15·
06:3006:30·
07:3007:30·
08:3008:30·
09:3009:30·
10:3010:30·
11:3011:30·
12:3012:30·
13:3013:30·
14:3014:30·
15:3015:30·
16:3016:30·
17:3017:30·
18:3018:30·
19:3019:30·
20:3020:30·
21:3021:30·

Stops, in travel order

Chania (Crete) → Rethymno

Route map

The line joins the stops in order. It is not the road the bus takes — it is a straight chord between points, so treat it as sequence, not geometry. A hollow, dashed stop marker means the coordinate is a village centre rather than a surveyed bus bay; tap it to see where it came from.

Frequently asked questions

Generated from this page’s own timetable data — every answer reads the same day-by-day calendar as the table above, so it can never say more than the page does.

What time is the first and last bus from Chania (Crete) to Rethymno?

The first departure is 05:15 and the last is 21:30 (every day) (confirmed to Sun 8 Nov).

Which days does the Chania (Crete) to Rethymno bus run?

Every day (confirmed to Sun 8 Nov).

Does this bus run all year — summer and winter?

The operator has published departures to Sun 8 Nov. Beyond that this page cannot tell you what runs: Greek bus operators publish a few weeks ahead, so check back nearer the time.

How long does the bus from Chania (Crete) to Rethymno take?

About 1 h 20 min (Estimated from distance — not published).

How much does the bus from Chania (Crete) to Rethymno cost?

The operator does not publish a fare for this route. That is not the same as free — buy from the driver or the operator's own site.

Where does the bus to Rethymno leave from?

It leaves from Chania (Crete). Note the exact terminal — cities with more than one bus station use them for different operators, and they are not interchangeable.

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