Travel Details
The capital is the centre of the nation to such an extent that any attempt at a comprehensive list of the comings and goings would be doomed to failure. What follows is no more than a survey of the major services on the main routes: it must be assumed that intermediate points are linked at least as frequently as those mentioned. Literally thousands of buses leave Mexico City every day, and you can get to just about any town in the country, however small, whenever you want. Even if there's not a bus leaving to your destination right away, there'll be one to an intermediate town which will speed you on your way. We've listed the main Mexico City terminal for each destination; the Terminal del Norte in particular serves as a base for a bewildering number of companies. Those below are a bare minimum of the main road routes. Journey times given are for the fastest services. Cholula to: Mexico City (every 40min; 2hr 30min); Puebla (every 10min; 20min). Cuautla to: Cuernavaca (every 15min; 1hr); Mexico City (every 15min; 1hr 40min); Tepoztlan (every 15min; 40min). Cuernavaca to: Acapulco (Estrella de Oro and Estrella Blanca terminals, 12 daily; 5hr); Cuautla (every 15min; 1hr); Mexico City (every 15min; 1hr 15min); Mexico City airport (roughly hourly; 1hr 30min); Puebla (Estrella Roja terminal, hourly; 3hr); Taxco (Flecha Roja terminal, hourly; 1hr 40min); Toluca (every 30min; 2hr 30min). Ixtapan de la Sal to: Acapulco (3 daily; 6hr); Cuernavaca (7 daily; 3hr); Taxco (hourly; 1hr 20min); Tenancingo (every 30min; 45min); Toluca (hourly; 1hr). Mexico City to: Acapulco (at least hourly; 5hr); Aguascalientes (every 30min; 6hr); Amecameca (every 20min; 1hr 15min); Campeche (3 daily; 17hr); Cancun (3 daily; 24hr); Chetumal (2 daily; 18hr); Chihuahua (hourly; 18hr); Ciudad Juarez (every 30min; 24hr); Ciudad Obregon (hourly; 26hr); Chilpancingo (hourly; 3hr 30min); Colima (hourly; 11hr); Cordoba (hourly; 4hr); Cuautla (every 10min; 1hr 40min); Cuernavaca (every 10min; 1hr 30min); Dolores Hidalgo (every 40min; 4hr); Durango (12 daily; 12hr); Fortin de las Flores (2 daily; 4hr); Guadalajara (every 30min; 7hr); Guanajuato (16 daily; 5hr); Guaymas (every 2hr; 27hr); Hermosillo (every 30min; 32hr); Iguala (every 30min; 3hr); Ixtapa (4 daily; 10hr); Ixtapan de la Sal (every 15min; 2-3hr); Jalapa (hourly; 5hr); Leon (every 30min; 5hr); Los Mochis (hourly; 21hr); Malinalco (2 daily; 2hr 30min); Manzanillo (3 daily; 12hr); Matamoros (8 daily; 14hr); Matehuala (every 3hr; 7hr); Mazatlan (hourly; 15hr); Merida (4 daily; 28hr); Mexicali (hourly; 30hr); Monterrey (hourly; 12hr); Morelia (every 30min; 4hr); Nuevo Laredo (hourly; 15hr); Oaxaca (at least hourly; 6hr); Oaxtepec (every 10min; 1hr 30min); Orizaba (every 20-40min; 4hr); Pachuca (every 15min; 1hr 15min); Palenque (2 daily; 13hr); Patzcuaro (10 daily; 7hr); Playa del Carmen (3 daily; 22hr); Puebla (every 5min; 2hr); Puerto Escondido (3 daily; 15hr); Puerto Vallarta (4 daily; 12hr); Queretaro (every 10min; 2hr 40min); Saltillo (every hour; 10hr); San Cristobal de las Casas (6 daily; 17hr); San Luis Potosi (every 30min; 5hr); San Miguel Allende (every 40min; 4hr); Taxco (hourly; 2hr 30min); Tehuacan (every 30min; 4hr); Tehuantepec (4 daily; 10hr); Teotihuacan (every 15min; 1hr); Tepic (every 30min; 12hr); Tepoztlan (every 40min; 1hr 15min); Tijuana (hourly; 42hr); Tlaxcala (every 20min; 1hr 40min); Torreon (every 2hr; 14hr); Tula (every 15min; 1hr 15min); Tuxpan (every 2hr; 15hr); Tuxtla Gutierrez (7 daily; 14hr); Uruapan (7 daily; 5hr 30min); Valle de Bravo (roughly hourly; 3hr); Veracruz (hourly; 7hr); Villahermosa (roughly hourly; 11hr); Zacatecas (hourly; 8hr); Zempoala (2 daily; 6hr 30min); Zihuatanejo (8 daily; 9hr). Pachuca to: Mexico City (every 15min; 1hr 40min); Mexico City airport (hourly; 1hr 40min); Puebla (every hour; 4hr); Real del Monte (every 5min; 20min); Tlaxcala (every 30min; 3hr); Tula (every 10min; 1hr 30min). Puebla to: Cholula (every 5min; 30min); Cuernavaca (hourly: 3hr); Mexico City (every 15min; 2hr); Oaxaca (every 2hr; 4hr 30min); Pachuca (hourly; 4hr); Tlaxcala (every 12min; 40min); Veracruz (hourly; 4hr 30min). Taxco to: Acapulco (6 daily; 5hr); Cuernavaca (hourly; 1hr 40min); Mexico City (hourly; 2hr 15min); Toluca (3 daily; 3hr 30min). Tenancingo to: Malinalco (every 30min; 30min). Tlaxcala to: Mexico City (every 20min; 1hr 40min); Pachuca (every 30min; 3hr); Puebla (every 12min; 40min). Toluca to: Cuernavaca (every 30min; 2hr 30min); Ixtapan (half-hourly; 1hr); Mexico City (every 5min; 1hr 30min); Morelia (every 30min; 4hr); Queretaro (12 daily; 3hr 30min); Taxco (every 40min; 3hr); Tenancingo (every 30min; 1hr); Tenango del Valle (every 5min; 30min). Tula to: Mexico City (hourly; 1hr 30min); Pachuca (every 10min; 1hr 30min); Queretaro (9 daily; 2hr 30min).
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