A trip on the electric bus

In a press release issued on 23rd October, the Municipality of Chania has given a positive assessment of the first few months of operation of the open air peripheral car park at Kladissos, at the western approach to the city. According to statistics produced by the Municipality in collaboration with the urban KTEL bus service, more than 500 cars are using the park daily. In less than four months of operation, the press release notes, the car park has provided relief both to the city and to the thousands of citizens and visitors who have been able to park their vehicles and travel free on one of the 48 trips scheduled daily in one of the Municipality’s five electric buses. There are a total of 120 spaces in the car park, of which five are reserved for disabled drivers.

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Change of hours at Kladissos car park

From Monday 12th August, the hours of operation of Chania’s first peripheral car park at the Kladissos junction west of the city are to be extended. According to a press release from the Chania city council, in view of the extensive use of the car park being made by visitors and residents alike, the time of the last bus from the city centre to Kladissos will be moved from 22:40 to 00.10. The electric buses will therefore be running every 20 minutes for 17 hours a day, with the first bus leaving Kladissos at 7:00 am and the last one leaving the city centre at 10 minutes after after midnight.

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