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Rail replacement bus service Kulata to Strymonas

  • July 29, 2026
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Hello, I am currently trying to get from Bulgaria to Greece, specifically from Kulata to Strymonas. There should be a rail replacement bus service, but details are scarce. I arrived at Kulata at 16:45, and apparently the bus should have come at about 17:00. 

 

At the station, the ticket office was closed. All I could do was ask other station staff who hardly spoke English and vaguely pointed in the direction the bus stopped and said 5 minutes of walking. There was no sign at the station to indicate the time of the bus or where exactly it stopped. I walked in the direction they pointed, but there was no sign indicating where the bus stopped. 

I will try again tomorrow. As far as you are aware, is there still a functioning rail replacement bus service?

It is still on the Interrail map. Thank you for your help. 

Would would be the next best way to get to Greece, in your opinion? If it fails tomorrow too …

 

Kind regards,

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  • Railmaster
  • July 29, 2026

I don't know of any replacement bus there. Where did you find information about it?

There may be a regular bus service though.


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I didn’t see or read about any bus replacement, or any cross border regular bus when I was at Kulata railway station earlier this year. If you go to Serres in Greece (we got a Bulgarian taxi) you can get one of the KTEL buses from the bus station which run several times a day. 


ralderton
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  • Railmaster
  • July 29, 2026

There’s a map. There’s a rail line, but it doesn’t mean there are services.

Like ​@rvdborgt, I’d be very surprised if there are rail replacement buses. But anything’s possible!

You might be better off walking across the border, then hitching or taking a taxi to Strymonas.

I don’t see any buses listed in Omio or Rome2Rio, though that doesn’t mean there aren’t any.