ADO BusLine, Grand Luxury Division
http://www.adogl.com.mx
(Lujo service only, does not include ADO first class
buses)
http://www.adogl.com.mx
Flecha Amarilla www.flecha-amarilla.com.mx
UNO Bus Line http://www.uno.com.mx/ Now Platino
Mexico City Terminals and partial bus schedules
http://www.mpsnet.com.mx/mexico/intereses/busses.
html
www.estrellasdeoro.com.mx
www.tap.com.mx
Oaxaca Bus Service






Mexico's first class bus system will get you in and out of Oaxaca City while an
extensive fleet of older second class buses that run from the second class terminal
make runs to the remotest of villages..
"Premier First Class", "Semi-Directo", or "Local", the absolute best travel bargain
in Mexico is still the long haul bus combined with the public bus systems in the cities
and with the connections to the villages. Combine these systems with the taxis,
"Collectivos" in the small Oaxacan villages and the "Camionettas", and crossroads
collective taxis you find on the coast and you can get anywhere you want for an
incredibly low pesos-per-mile. Here is the breakdown:
Primera Clase (First Class Bus)
This class includes Central and Southern Mexico's first class service listed here, from
the highest cost to the lowest, in order: Platino (formerly UNO), Cuenca, ADO Lujo,
ADO, and OCC. (formerly Cristobal Colon)
These lines operate in the ADO bus system in Central and Southern Mexico, south of
Mexico City to the Yucatan and Guatemalan border. They serve the major cities and do
so at varying levels of pricing and service. (The price varies a great deal; the service
does not except for more legroom and fewer stops in the higher priced service) (see
price breakdown below)
Outside of the State of Oaxaca and to the north of Mexico City: Estrella Blanca,
Estrella Roja, TAP, Omnibus, and Chihuahuenses run to the US border
Estrella Blanca serves much of the Pacific Coast from Hermosillo south with first class
service, Tap serves the border area south of the US to Mexico City.
Tufesa Bus runs across the US Border from the US to Guadalajara.
Tica Bus runs from Tapachula, Chiapas to Panama City Panama.
Segunda Clase: The Second Class Bus will most often leave from a different terminal
than the premier class, usually in the older section of downtown perhaps near the train
station. (Passenger trains no longer operate in Mexico except the run through Copper
Canyon)
Oaxaca's Second Class Bus terminal is near the Abastos Market, 3 blocks south
and eight blocks west of the center of Oaxaca the Zocalo.
Second class service breaks down further into:
Directo: Directo is supposed to make few stops in a station to station fashion but
seldom does, although it does not stop at every way station through the mountains or
along the coast.
Semi-Directo Makes more frequent but limited stops
Ordinario Ordinario is a local bus although it may travel for fifty to a hundred miles. It is
very inexpensive but will make frequent stops.
Segunda Clase Bus Lines: Estrella Blanca is one of the lines covering the coastal
area with first class buses that might leave from a second class terminal Other second
class service. Flecha Amarilla, Estrella Roja,. These can deliver a high level of service
with direct buses while leaving from the second class terminai.
Village Buses: Many small second class lines serve the villages from the second class
terminal. Mexico is mountainous country to the extreme and often a bus will make one
trip in to the village and then park for the night to return to the city the following day.
First Class Bus Price Spread:
This example is for a trip form Oaxaca City in Oaxaca State to San Cristobal de Las
Casa in Chiapas State, a distance of 380 Miles approximately
Platino Service 692 Pesos
ADO GL 466 Pesos (Grand Lujo)
OCC 338 Pesos
Oaxaca first class buses run to Mexico City’s Tapo Terminal or officially called the Terminal Oriente.
ADO does not run north of Mexico City except on the Gulf of Mexico coast to the States of Veracruz and
Tamaulipas.
Tapo Terminal serves the southern and southeastern parts of Mexico including the States of Puebla,
Oaxaca, Tlaxcala, Tabasco, Chiapas, Campeche, Veracruz, and Yucatan.
Oaxaca first class buses run also to Mexico City’s Terminal Norte also called Terminal Central Norte.
ADO Connects there with Veracruz, Tamaulipas, and south.
Terminal Norte serves the country north to the US border with many first class bus lines that serve
Matamoros, Nuevo Loredo, Juarez/ El Paso TX, Agua Prieta/Douglass, AZ, Nogales/Nogales, AZ, and
as far west as Tijuana/San Diego.
The states of Mexico served to the north and west include Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua,
Coahiula, Nuevo Leon, Sinaloa, Durango, San Lois Potosi, Tamaulipas, Nayarit, Zacatecas,
Guanajuato, Jalisco, Hidalgo, Aguascalientes, Michoacan, Colima, and Queretaro.
Southern and eastern States served: Oaxaca, Chiapas, Veracruz, and Puebla. Buses run on a
frequent schedule the ruin of Tula and Teotihuacan Ruin out of Terminal Norte
Mexico City’s Terminal Central Sur serves the central and southern States of Guerrero Puebla,
Morelos/Cuernavaca, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Tabasco, and Chiapas.
Mexico City’s Terminal Centro Poniente serves the central and western states of Michoacan, Jalisco,
Guerrero, Nayarit, Queretaro, the State of Mexico DF, and northwest to Sonora, and Sinaloa.
Oaxaca's First Class Bus Service covers most of central and southern Mexico including Palenque from
Oaxaca's ADO terminal on the Pan American Highway. From there you can reach any city in Mexico and can also
get to the US border or the border at Guatemala.
ADO runs brand new Volvos and Mercedez buses with comfortable reclining seats, seatbelts, lavatory TV, AC,
(bring a sweater) window blinds and curtains. The reclining seats are made for sleeping.
Reach Merida from Oaxaca's
ADO Terminal
Reach Palenque from
Oaxaca's ADO Terminal
Reach San Jose El Mogote
from Oaxaca's collectivo stop
west of the Abastos Market
To Reach the Ruins of Toltec
Tula from Oaxaca, Take the
first Class ADO bus to Mexico
City's Terminal Norte
From Terminal Norte
Ovnibus (not Omnibus)runs
service to Tula every 20
minutes each day.
To Reach the Ruins of Teotihuacan
from Oaxaca, Take the first Class
ADO bus to Mexico City's Terminal
Norte
From Terminal Norte The
Autobuses Teotihuacan Bus runs
daily service to Teotihuacan Ruin
every 15 minutes starting at 6 AM.
Oaxaca Mexico's First Class
Bus Service runs out of Oaxaca's
ADO terminal on the Pan American
Highway.
Note: UNO Bus Service has been
changed to Platino Service, a
elevated level of first class ADO
service
Oaxaca Bus service is plentiful. Five blocks east and four blocks north of
the Santo Domingo Church, above, the new ADO station serves all of
Southern Mexico and as far north as Tampico
Bus to Teotihuacan Ruin and Tula Ruin
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