The train station is 200m to the west of PlatA­a KonstandA­nou DhiadhA?khnou, on FrantzA­. KalamA?ta is the railhead for trains chugging along the pretty, but slow and at times uncomfortable, route to KyparissA­a (and ultimately to PA?tra, with a possible detour to Olympia) or inland even more scenically to TrA­poli and A?rgos. Anyone arriving by slow train from Athens or TrA­poli, and heading towards Pylos or KorA?ni by bus, could get off at AsprA?homa station (seven minutes before the main station) and catch the buses nearby, to avoid the long transfer between rail and bus terminals in KalamA?ta itself. There are three flights a week to and from Athens; tickets are sold at the airport Olympic Airways office. The airport (tel 07210/69 442) is 9km west of KalamA?ta on the highway to MessA­ni, Pylos and KorA?ni, and buses to these destinations pass the entrance. In season there are four charters a week from the UK, all on Sundays. The small terminal has an automatic exchange machine.

Taxis usually meet trains; otherwise there is a taxi rank on AristomA©nous and another on NavarA­nou. Three rival agencies offer car rental : Maniatis, IatropoA?lou 1 (tel 07210/27 694, pelops@emporio.gr ); Agni Travel, KessA?ri 2 (tel 07210/20 352); and Stavrianos, NA©dhondos 89 (tel 07210/23 041). There are two scooter rental outlets: Bastakos (also mountain bikes) on FA?ron 190 (tel 07210/26 638), and Alpha, Vyronos 156 (tel 07210/93 423).

Most facilities, including the banks and post office , are in the streets around PlatA­a KonstandA­nou DhiadhA?khnou, though there is a second post office near the customs house at the seaward end of AristomA©nous. In the summer, Hobby at FA?ron 237 sells English-language newspapers and books.