What's the Longest Bus Route in the World?

Video written by Adam Chase

[RBWOOO]

My grandfather’s bus to middle school is actually the longest

[sanres]

Indonesia actually have lots of crazy routes:
-Makassar (South Celebes) - Manado (North Celebes), 1729 KM, operated by PO Megamas
-Pontianak (West Borneo, Indonesia) - Kuching (Sarawak, Malaysia) - Bandar Sri Begawan (Brunei Darussalam), 1255 km, operated by DAMRI (Indonesian state-owned bus operator)
-Jakarta (Jakarta Special Capital Region) - Labuan Bajo (East Nusa Tenggara), 1895 km, you will visit 5 islands during its trip including Bali, operated by Tiara Mas
-Medan (North Sumatera) - Jember (East Java), 2847 Km, operated by ALS

ALS trip lengths are so legendary there's saying "depart as passengers, arrive as a family" because it takes 1 week to finish.

[Jack-zyik]

Answer: When Wendover Productions is sitting next to you talking about aviation and logistics

[MrIansmitchell]

The longest single bus journey I've personally ever taken was on Intercape from Johannesburg, South Africa to Lusaka, Zambia.

Over 1, 000 miles on the road. One bus.

[grahamlive]

My Grandad was a bus driver. He died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming in terror like his passengers.

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

As a New Yorker, that M14 joke gave me a good laugh. It's not only a snail on a scooter, but a snail on NyQuil on a scooter, bruh....
goes to show you the state of America's transportation

[alphawolf]

“Get a life. Just, like, not so much of a life that you stop watching my videos.”

That one hurt Sam, that one hurt.

[Brandumful]

2:22 It is April 2022. And now a different country on that longest bus route is at war so it still doesn't exist

[itsjacob]

Half as Interesting is like if Sam got drunk and just started saying everything he's always wanted to say

[BlanktMusic]

btw the greyhound "single bus" route didn't exist even at the time of this video, you could BOOK a ticket for "one" bus, but you would actually get multiple tickets for transfers after showing up to the station in person, and the longest single non-transfer ride during April of 2021 (and most of the 2021 season) was the part of the Seattle to Chicago route from MT to SD where you would transfer to another bus.
I took the NY to LA bus more than once, bring benadryl, advil, and don't miss any transfers if you ever do it lol

[karolj]

Fun fact: In Poland there is a bus route 666 that goes to a town called "Hel"

[danielwarren]

Living in South America, there are a few you have missed. Bogota to Buenos Aires, runs every Monday and Wednesday depending on the company you book with it is either 104 or 144 hours, though often gets longer with international border stops. one company does a route that is 7, 034km the other company does a route that is 7, 178 km, both routes pass though Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador. and End in Colombia, at Christmas the buses actually start outside Buenos Aires and continue from Colombia 1, 000km more to the Caribbean coast, meaning for a month and a half a year the route actually increases to a little over 8, 000km.
Bogotá a Córdoba 6, 206km
Bogotá a Rosario 6, 500km
Cali a Buenos Aires 6, 803km
Cali a Rosario 6, 198km
Cúcuta a Buenos Aires 7, 757km - takes 7 to 8 days and they warn you of this when booking, all depends on the borders so they have a time they start the route and pick ups and drop offs in every country along the way but all the times after you leave the first country are approximate and the error of margin on the time it is due at a stop slowly increases. This route runs every Monday and Friday. Leaving from either end every Monday and Friday buses passing each other usually halfway though day three, the drivers then get two or three days off at the other end and then drive the route the other direction. So usually (precovid era) there will be two or three buses on any day somewhere on the route heading north and two or three buses on the route heading south.

[secondfinance]

Next video on Wendover Productions:
The Logistics of the Longest Bus Route in the World

[teeconsigliano]

Apparently the UK India bus has been delayed another 2 years to 2024

[lapalu]

If you count only inside one country borders, the trip between Pelotas and Fortaleza in Brazil is 4.530 km (2815 miles) long and can take 6 days to complete the journey.

[kmpagitbfardani]

In Indonesia we have the ALS bus from Medan to Jember : 2800 KM, 80 hours travel, and very few toll roads. Because of the habits of their passengers who like to tell their life stories, after arriving often all the passengers immediately became brothers.

[higgsboson]

"But Sam trains are buses on whe-" Oh

[zarahabib]

2:33 from 2024 yes, the first and no to the second

[andrelucas]

back in 2019 some Flamengo fans took that bus to see the Libertadores finals (wich changed cities some two weeks before happening) and got stuck somewhere in the middle of the trip because of some random armed group. At least they made it on time and Flamengo won the game

[DerTimmeyy]

Deutsche Welle (German TV Station) did a documentary about the maiden voyage of this route. And it its even in english, worth a watch.
"From Rio to Lima – Transoceânica, the world's longest bus journey | DW Documentary"