Independent Rhodes transit guide

Two official publishers. One source-honest guide.

Rhodes has separate KTEL Rodou and municipal Δ.Ε.Σ. ΡΟΔΑ publications, not one island-wide source. This guide keeps that split visible and omits what neither operator publishes.

  • Source first Travel guidance is limited to what the separate official publishers actually state.
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Guide checked 28 July 2026

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Publisher check Different operators, different publication formats

KTEL
Intercity and east-side publication Seasonal timetable published as an embedded PDF viewer. Check the current edition
RODA
Municipal city and west-side publication Municipal PDFs are published in Greek and separated by service day. Use the matching day document

Data shown comes from KTEL Rodou S.A. (ΚΤΕΛ ΡΟΔΟΥ Α.Ε.) and Municipality of Rhodes / Δ.Ε.Σ. ΡΟΔΑ; official sources win if anything here differs. See the source ledger.

KTEL’s published summer edition has a stated validity window

KTEL Rodou labels its timetable edition valid from 6 July to 10 September 2026. Do not treat that edition as current after its stated window; check KTEL directly before travel.

Source: KTEL Rodou S.A. (ΚΤΕΛ ΡΟΔΟΥ Α.Ε.)Official scheduleAirport schedule page

Rhodes does not publish one island-wide timetable authority

KTEL Rodou and Δ.Ε.Σ. ΡΟΔΑ publish separately, in different formats and with different service-day conventions. Where their coverage overlaps, this guide names both instead of choosing one.

Source: KTEL Rodou S.A. (ΚΤΕΛ ΡΟΔΟΥ Α.Ε.)Official scheduleMunicipality of Rhodes / Δ.Ε.Σ. ΡΟΔΑTransport in the city and on the island

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Official publishers to check

KTEL Rodou publishes its own seasonal PDF timetable. Δ.Ε.Σ. ΡΟΔΑ publishes municipal city and west-side documents through the Municipality of Rhodes.

KTEL Rodou S.A. (ΚΤΕΛ ΡΟΔΟΥ Α.Ε.)Official scheduleMunicipality of Rhodes / Δ.Ε.Σ. ΡΟΔΑTransport in the city and on the island

PDF

Schedule format, not a feed

Neither operator publishes a machine-readable schedule, stop coordinates, or public route IDs for this guide to use as identifiers.

KTEL Rodou S.A. (ΚΤΕΛ ΡΟΔΟΥ Α.Ε.)Official scheduleMunicipality of Rhodes / Δ.Ε.Σ. ΡΟΔΑTransport in the city and on the island

ONLINE

KTEL ticketing link

KTEL Rodou links to official online ticketing. Its published material does not establish which corridors are covered, so this guide does not infer coverage.

KTEL Rodou S.A. (ΚΤΕΛ ΡΟΔΟΥ Α.Ε.)Official online ticketing

Plan by published corridor

What the official sources establish

These are orientation notes, not a timetable. They keep the operators’ different scopes and the gaps in their publications visible.

KTEL First visible KTEL timetable corridor

Rhodes–Lindos

KTEL Rodou’s published timetable begins with the Rhodes–Lindos corridor. This guide does not reproduce its individual departures or assume a stop sequence.

  • Use KTEL’s current timetable edition for the published departures.
  • An asterisk in KTEL’s timetable means that entry does not apply on Sundays.

KTEL Rodou S.A. (ΚΤΕΛ ΡΟΔΟΥ Α.Ε.)Official schedule

BOTH Coverage published by both operators

Faliraki

KTEL’s east-side publication and the municipal Rhodes–Kallithea Springs–Faliraki line both cover Faliraki. No single-operator claim is made here.

  • Check the KTEL publication for its east-side service.
  • Check the municipal page for the dedicated city-side line and its service-day document.

KTEL Rodou S.A. (ΚΤΕΛ ΡΟΔΟΥ Α.Ε.)Official scheduleMunicipality of Rhodes / Δ.Ε.Σ. ΡΟΔΑTransport in the city and on the island

CHECK BOTH Two relevant publications, no inferred operator claim

Airport-side planning

KTEL maintains an airport-facing schedule page, while RODA’s west-side documents cover the Paradisi side. Exact airport departures are not published here because they were not extracted from the operators’ PDFs.

  • Use KTEL’s airport-facing page alongside its timetable.
  • Use the municipal west-side document that matches the day of travel.

KTEL Rodou S.A. (ΚΤΕΛ ΡΟΔΟΥ Α.Ε.)Airport schedule pageOfficial scheduleMunicipality of Rhodes / Δ.Ε.Σ. ΡΟΔΑTransport in the city and on the island

KTEL Rodou S.A.

Intercity and east-side publication

KTEL Rodou publishes its own seasonal timetable in an embedded PDF viewer and maintains an airport-facing schedule page.

FORMAT check current

Seasonal PDF timetable

The published schedule is a five-page embedded PDF viewer, not a machine-readable service feed.

KTEL Rodou S.A. (ΚΤΕΛ ΡΟΔΟΥ Α.Ε.)Official schedule

TICKETS verified

Official online ticketing

KTEL’s site links to online ticketing. The source does not say that every corridor is eligible, so coverage is not assumed.

KTEL Rodou S.A. (ΚΤΕΛ ΡΟΔΟΥ Α.Ε.)Official online ticketing

Δ.Ε.Σ. ΡΟΔΑ via Municipality of Rhodes

City and west-side publication

The Municipality of Rhodes publishes RODA material in Greek, with city routes and separate west-side documents for weekdays, Saturday, and Sunday or holidays.

CITY verified

Municipal city routes

The municipal page groups city-route publications separately from the west-side documents.

Municipality of Rhodes / Δ.Ε.Σ. ΡΟΔΑTransport in the city and on the island

WEST check current

Day-specific west-side documents

The municipal page separates west-side material into Monday–Friday, Saturday, and Sunday or holiday documents.

Municipality of Rhodes / Δ.Ε.Σ. ΡΟΔΑTransport in the city and on the island

Before you rely on a bus

Use the publisher that owns the claim

The guide does not merge separate publications into a fictional unified network. Keep the source and service-day rule attached to each plan.

  1. Choose the relevant publisher

    Start with KTEL Rodou for its intercity and east-side timetable material, or with the Municipality of Rhodes for the RODA city and west-side publications.

    KTEL Rodou S.A. (ΚΤΕΛ ΡΟΔΟΥ Α.Ε.)Official scheduleMunicipality of Rhodes / Δ.Ε.Σ. ΡΟΔΑTransport in the city and on the island

  2. Match the service-day rule

    KTEL marks entries that do not apply on Sundays. RODA separates west-side documents by weekday, Saturday, and Sunday or holiday. Do not substitute one convention for the other.

    KTEL Rodou S.A. (ΚΤΕΛ ΡΟΔΟΥ Α.Ε.)Official scheduleMunicipality of Rhodes / Δ.Ε.Σ. ΡΟΔΑTransport in the city and on the island

  3. Treat missing details as missing

    Fares, stop coordinates, route IDs, and the airport departures inside the PDFs are not published by either operator in this guide. Check the original source when those details matter.

    KTEL Rodou S.A. (ΚΤΕΛ ΡΟΔΟΥ Α.Ε.)Official scheduleMunicipality of Rhodes / Δ.Ε.Σ. ΡΟΔΑTransport in the city and on the island

Fare guidance

No fares are published in this guide

The verified ledger does not establish a fare for either operator. A fare needs the operator PDF and its edition date, so this guide leaves all amounts out.

Arrival and connections

No transfer or airport connection is promised

The operator publications establish relevant airport-side material, but not a single airport operator, individual airport departures, or guaranteed onward connections.

Airport-side publications

KTEL has an airport-facing schedule page and RODA’s west-side material covers the Paradisi side. Read the current operator documents instead of treating either one as a complete airport-transfer promise.

KTEL Rodou S.A. (ΚΤΕΛ ΡΟΔΟΥ Α.Ε.)Airport schedule pageMunicipality of Rhodes / Δ.Ε.Σ. ΡΟΔΑTransport in the city and on the island

Faliraki is not a single-operator connection

Both the KTEL east-side publication and the municipal Rhodes–Kallithea Springs–Faliraki line are relevant. Check the source that fits the journey rather than assuming an interchange or shared timetable.

KTEL Rodou S.A. (ΚΤΕΛ ΡΟΔΟΥ Α.Ε.)Official scheduleMunicipality of Rhodes / Δ.Ε.Σ. ΡΟΔΑTransport in the city and on the island

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Sources

Timetable and fare details are checked against the operators’ own publications. Open the original before travel if plans depend on it.

Rhodes Bus is an independent information guide, not KTEL Rodou S.A. (ΚΤΕΛ ΡΟΔΟΥ Α.Ε.), Δ.Ε.Σ. ΡΟΔΑ, or the Municipality of Rhodes. It does not sell tickets or operate transport.

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operator

KTEL Rodou S.A. (ΚΤΕΛ ΡΟΔΟΥ Α.Ε.)

Official schedule

Five-page embedded PDF timetable, its published summer validity window, Sunday-asterisk caveat, and the Rhodes–Lindos corridor.
municipality

Municipality of Rhodes / Δ.Ε.Σ. ΡΟΔΑ

Transport in the city and on the island

Greek-only municipal RODA publication page for city routes, west-side day-specific PDFs, and the Rhodes–Kallithea Springs–Faliraki line.

Good to know

Questions before you board

Short, scoped answers drawn from the source ledger above.

Is there one official Rhodes bus timetable?

No. KTEL Rodou publishes its own seasonal timetable, while Δ.Ε.Σ. ΡΟΔΑ material is published through the Municipality of Rhodes. They use different formats and service-day conventions.

Source: KTEL Rodou S.A. (ΚΤΕΛ ΡΟΔΟΥ Α.Ε.)Official scheduleMunicipality of Rhodes / Δ.Ε.Σ. ΡΟΔΑTransport in the city and on the island

Which operator serves Faliraki?

Both official publications are relevant: KTEL’s east-side service and the municipal Rhodes–Kallithea Springs–Faliraki line. This guide does not imply that only one operator serves Faliraki.

Source: KTEL Rodou S.A. (ΚΤΕΛ ΡΟΔΟΥ Α.Ε.)Official scheduleMunicipality of Rhodes / Δ.Ε.Σ. ΡΟΔΑTransport in the city and on the island

Does this guide show airport departures or fares?

No. The verified ledger does not establish fares, individual airport departures, stop sequences, or a single airport operator. Those details are not published by either operator in this guide.

Source: KTEL Rodou S.A. (ΚΤΕΛ ΡΟΔΟΥ Α.Ε.)Official scheduleAirport schedule pageMunicipality of Rhodes / Δ.Ε.Σ. ΡΟΔΑTransport in the city and on the island

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