HISTORY
KTEL Kilkis Prefecture was founded in 1952, with the application of Law 2119/52 as a joint venture of the Common Bus Collection Fund (KTEL).

With the decision numbered 196360/6.10.67 of the Ministry of Transport, the 46 intercity KTEL of mainland Greece and Crete are merged into 8 K.T.E.L. (Joint Collection Funds of Intercity Buses) on February 1, 1968. KTEL of Kilkis Prefecture is under the 6th K.T.E.Y.L. together with the other KTEL of Central Macedonia.

However, this regime did not prosper and so in 1973, based on Legislative Decree 102, KTEL of Kilkis Prefecture was re-created where it was in its form until 2003. Based on Law 2963/2001, KTEL of Kilkis Prefecture was transformed into a Public Limited Company from 1/7/ 2003. The operation of the new legal form is based on Law 2963/2001 as well as K.N. 2190/1920 “on joint-stock companies”

It originally included 74 shareholder buses. Today KTEL of Kilkis Prefecture has 66 shareholder buses and 2 city buses belonging to KTEL. It also has 2 Tourist Buses, they belong to KTEL KILKIS TRAVEL AETT.

THE COMPANY
The company Intercity KTEL Prefecture of Kilkis S.A. provides high-quality, safe and speedy long-distance passenger transportation services, i.e. it provides passenger and luggage transportation services on predetermined routes, within and outside the prefecture of Kilkis, with main points of departure or destination in the city of Kilkis (Municipality of Kilkis) of Polykastro (Municipality of Paionia) ) and Thessaloniki.

At the same time, it also runs extraordinary itineraries covering the needs of the local main market, through the tourist agency it maintains.

It has agencies for transporting parcels and envelopes directly and safely, using the fleet of vehicles on the routes it runs.

The company employs approximately 80 employees (66 drivers and driver shareholders, 4 administrative employees, 10 traffic personnel, stationmasters-issuers-collectors-auditors).

SERVICES
It operates an average of 50 daily services during peak periods, and significantly more during peak periods, and serves approximately 400,000 passengers per year.

Intercity KTEL Kilkis SA covers a large network of routes, with three main axes Kilkis-Thessaloniki, Kilkis-Paionia, Paionia-Thessaloniki, a dense network within the prefecture of Kilkis but also a regular line to ATHENS in collaboration with KTEL Thessalonikis SA.

It has full computerization at the administrative level (accounting, routing, ticketing) and in 2012 the computerization of the buses will be completed for full control of the fleet.

KTEL always tries to shape its provided services and their costs, with the aim of quality services to customers but also to face the competition (OSE, IX).

KTEL strives to be a pioneer in terms of quality of service, punctuality of routes, safety, information and of course comfort conditions when transporting passengers.

KTEL N. Kilkis SA with more than 70 years of operating experience aims at the continuous renewal of its fleet and its services and is constantly looking for organizational and technical solutions that will provide the passenger public with the quality of service they desire.