Covered Areas
The buses leave to all regions of Brazil, in the Northeast, they leave to Piauí , Paraíba, Maranhão, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte, Bahia, Alagoas and Sergipe. In Northern, to Pará.
In the Southeast, the main destinations are São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Espirito Santo and Minas Gerais, while Goiás, the Federal District, Mato Grosso do Sul compose destinations in the Midwest region. In South, the state of Santa Catarina is the only serviced.
The main routes that leave Fortaleza Bus Station are: Fortaleza x Recife, Fortaleza x Sobral, Fortaleza x Belém and Fortaleza x Maceió.
About Fortaleza Bus Station
Administered by Socicam since 1999, Fortaleza Bus Station has over 37 years of operation . Also known as Engineer John Thomas Bus Terminal, has gone through several reforms to adapt to new technical standards and also to better serve its users.
About 8000 people pass by the Bus Stations every day. The bus station is about 3 km from Fortaleza and less than 5 km from Iracema Beach, the most famous in city.
In addition, there are 35 Bus companies operating in the bus station, such as Expresso Guanabara Bus Company.
Working hours: 24 hours
How to get there
Close to city’s downtown, the access can be made by several streets.
To go by public transportation, the options are the buses from line 2, that leave Borges de Melo Avenue I and II.
By car, the access is made by Borges de Melo Avenue.
Main bus lines to Fortaleza
Recife x Fortaleza, Salvador x Fortaleza, Piracuruca x Fortaleza and Belém x Fortaleza.