GoBus (Ohio)

{{short description|Intercity bus service in Ohio, United States}} {{Infobox bus company | name = GoBus | logo = | logo_size = | image = High St - University District intercity bus.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = A GoBus in Columbus's University District | company_slogan = | parent = Hocking-Athens-Perry Community Action Program | founded =  | commenced = {{Start date|2010|11|01}}<ref>{{Cite web| last = DeWitt| first = David| title = Ten bucks now takes you to Columbus or Cincinnati| work = The Athens NEWS| accessdate = 2018-10-22| url = https://www.athensnews.com/news/local/ten-bucks-now-takes-you-to-columbus-or-cincinnati/article_b2117343-f618-596c-9367-6edda12186ff.html}}</ref> | ceased = | defunct = | headquarters = Glouster, Ohio | locale = | service_area =Ohio | service_type = Intercity bus | alliance = Greyhound Lines | routes = 9 | stops = | destinations = | hubs = | stations = | lounge = | depots = | fleet = | ridership =  | annual_ridership = | fuel_type = | operator = Barons Bus Lines | ceo = | leader_type = | leader = | website = {{official url}} | map = | map_name = | map_state =  }}

'''GoBus''' is an intercity bus service operating in the U.S. state of Ohio. The service operates five routes, focused on rural destinations. GoBus is funded in part by subsidies from the Federal Transit Administration, which provides funding to states for rural intercity bus services. The GoBus service is administered by the Hocking-Athens-Perry Community Action Program, an Athens-based nonprofit, and operated by Barons Bus Lines.

== Service == GoBus operates a network of 5 routes in southern and western Ohio, with hubs in Athens and Columbus. {{As of|2023}}, all routes are operated by Barons Bus Lines, using a fleet of coaches equipped with power outlets and onboard restrooms. Barons Bus operates some GoBus routes in coordination with their existing route network, providing onward service to destinations outside the state of Ohio, including Chicago, Buffalo, and Charleston, West Virginia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Routes |url=https://ridegobus.com/routes/ |access-date=2025-02-27 |work=GoBus}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=KFH Group Inc. |date=May 2019 |title=Ohio Intercity Bus Study Update: Final Report |url=https://www.transportation.ohio.gov/wps/wcm/connect/gov/3dcf5c3a-ee71-47c2-8774-15bc77501779/OhioIntercityBusStudy.pdf?MOD=AJPERES |access-date=2025-02-27 |publisher=Ohio Department of Transportation}}</ref>

In late 2025, GoBus announced four routes would be added in the future, expanding service in western and northern Ohio, and outside the state to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-23 |title=ODOT and HAPCAP Announce Expansion of GoBus Service |url=https://www.transportation.ohio.gov/about-us/news/statewide/go-bus-expansion-2025 |access-date=2025-10-30 |website=Ohio Department of Transportation}}</ref>

== Cities served == {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * Akron, Ohio * Albany, Ohio * Athens, Ohio; Ohio University * Batavia, Ohio * Broadview Heights, Ohio * Caldwell, Ohio * Cambridge, Ohio * Canton, Ohio * Cincinnati, Ohio; University of Cincinnati * Cleveland, Ohio; Brookpark station * Columbus, Ohio: Columbus Bus Station * Coolville, Ohio * Delphos, Ohio * Elyria, Ohio * Jackson, Ohio * Kenton, Ohio * Lancaster, Ohio * Lima, Ohio * Logan, Ohio * Marietta, Ohio * Marysville, Ohio * Mount Eaton, Ohio * Nelsonville, Ohio; Hocking College<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.daytoncitypaper.com/rockin-in-hockin/|title=Rockin' in Hockin' {{!}} Dayton City Paper|website=www.daytoncitypaper.com|access-date=2018-05-23|archive-date=2018-05-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522222214/http://www.daytoncitypaper.com/rockin-in-hockin/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Newcomerstown, Ohio * New Philadelphia, Ohio * Parkersburg, West Virginia * Parma, Ohio * Peebles, Ohio * Port Clinton, Ohio * Sandusky, Ohio * Seaman, Ohio * Van Wert, Ohio * Wooster, Ohio; The College of Wooster {{div col end}}

==Routes== {| class="wikitable" !Route !Terminals !Cities Served !Notes |- |Green Line |Columbus, Athens, Parkersburg |Parkersburg, Marietta, Coolville, Athens, Nelsonville, Logan, Lancaster, Columbus | * Columbus Greyhound station serves as a transfer point only * Reservations required for trips to and from Coolville |- |Orange Line |Cincinnati, Athens |Athens, Jackson, Pikeon, Peebles, Seaman, Batavia, Cincinnati, Arlington Heights |Reservations required for trips to and from Jackson |- |Blue Line |Cleveland, Marietta, Athens |Athens, Parkersburg, Marietta, Caldwell, Cambridge, Newcomerstown, New Philadelphia, Mount Eaton, Canton, Akron, Cleveland |Reservations required for trips to and from Newcomerstown |- |Pink Line |Columbus, Wooster, Akron |Columbus, Newark, Utica, Mount Vernon, Gambier, Mount Gilead, Loudonville, Mansfield, Ashland, Wooster, Akron |Reservations required for trips to and from Mount Gilead |- |Lime Line |Van Wert, Columbus |Van Wert, Delphos, Lima, Marysville, Columbus |Reservations required for trips to and from Delphos |- |Red Line |Cincinnati, Dayton, Toledo |Toledo, Bowling Green, Findlay, Lima, Kenton, Bellefontaine, Urbana, Springfield, Yellow Springs, Dayton, Middletown, Oxford, Cincinnati | |- |Gray Line |Ashtabula, Toledo |Toledo, Fremont, Port Clinton, Sandusky, Norwalk, Elyria, Cleveland, Painesville, Ashtabula | |- |Yellow Line |Columbus, Pittsburgh |Columbus, Newark, Zanesville, Cambridge, St. Clairsville, Wheeling, Steubenville, Pittsburgh | |- |Purple Line |Toledo, Columbus |Columbus, Marion, Upper Sandusky, Findlay, Bowling Green, Toledo | |}

==References== <references />

== External links == * {{Official website}} * [https://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/Transit/Pages/RuralIntercityBus.aspx Ohio Department of Transportation: Rural Intercity Bus Program]

Category:Bus transportation in Ohio Category:Intercity bus companies of the United States Category:2010 establishments in Ohio Category:Transportation companies based in Ohio