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Buses are an important mode of travel in Mexico and the country has
a number of excellent long-distance bus lines with service between major
cities as well as many smaller local bus lines that will take you into
the smallest and remotest communities.
Major bus lines have Deluxe or Business-class (De Lujo or Ejecutivo) service buses with comfortable
seats, a/c, bathroom facilities and, often, videos for entertainment.
Some offer refreshments to their passengers. Smaller local lines will
have First (Primera) or Second (Segunda) class services, often without
reclinable seats or a/c, more suitable for short trips than long hauls.
Fares are reasonable and buses provide a mode of travel that allows
you to view the countryside at leisure.
When travelling by bus, be sure to carry water and perhaps a few snacks
with you, and if you're on a night service, be sure to dress warmly
- even though it may feel warm and muggy outside, night buses in particular
tend to keep their a/c up high (maybe to help the driver stay awake!)
and it can become uncomfortably chilly if you don't have a sweater or
jacket around your shoulders and socks on your feet.
Servicio Directo or Express is direct or nonstop service
(although many of these will still have stops, they'll be short and
few).
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Mexico City, as the country's transportation hub, has 4 major bus terminals
in different areas of the city for lines servicing specific states or
regions:
Northern Bus Terminal (Terminal Central Norte)
Closest Metro Station: "Autobuses del Norte" (ADO), Line
5.
Destinations: Aguascalientes, Baja California, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila,
Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Nuevo
Leon, Puebla, Oaxaca, Querétaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora,
Tamaulipas, Veracruz, U.S. connections
Southern Bus Terminal (Terminal Central Sur - Tasqueña)
Closest Metro Station: Taxqueña, Line 2.
Destinations: Chiapas, Guerrero, Morelos, Puebla, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz.
Eastern Bus Terminal (Terminal de Oriente – TAPO)
Closest Metro Station: San Lazaro, Line 1
Destinations: Campeche, Chiapas, Puebla, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tlaxcala,
Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatán.
Western Bus Terminal (Terminal Centro Poniente)
Closest Metro Station: Observatorio, Line 1
Destinations: Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Querétaro,
State of Mexico, Sinaloa, Sonora
| General Services |
| Glossary of terms useful for bus travel in Mexico |
| Central de Autobuses del Norte - Northern Bus Terminal, Mexico D.F. |
| Ticket Bus - Consolidated ticketing service for many major bus lines |
Bus Lines |
| ADO GL - Campeche, Chihuahua, D.F., Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan |
| Autotransportes de Baja California - Baja California |
| Autrotransportes Turisticos del Noroeste - Chiapas. |
| Cristobal Colon - Chiapas, D.F., Mexico State, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz |
| Estrella Blanca - Majority of regions in Central Mexico |
| Estrella de Oro - Aguascalientes, D.F., Guanajuato, Guerrero, Morelos, Queretaro |
| Estrella Roja - D.F., Puebla |
Enlaces Terrestres Nacionales (ETN)- 33 destinations in north-eastern and central Mexico |
| Grayline - specialized tours, various destinations |
Grupo Senda - Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi & U.S. |
| Linea UNO - Chiapas D.F., Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Quintana Roo, Yucatan |
| Omnibus de Mexico - Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, D.F., Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz |
| Parhikuni - Michoacan, Guerrero |
| Primera Plus - Aguascalientes, Colima, D.F. Jalisco, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Mexico State, Michoacan, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi |
| Pullman de Morelos - Morelos, D.F. |
TMT Caminante Mex, D.F - Toluca, DF, Atlacomulco |
| Transpais - Tamaulipas |
| Tufesa - Sonora, Sinaloa, U.S. |
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