Along with the mobile app, Outrider’s new texting service is available for riders to receive real-time alerts about delays, detours, cancellations, schedule changes and more. Texts will allow passengers without an internet connection to receive important Outrider updates. People can subscribe to receive alerts at ridebustang.com/text-outrider, or text “outrider” to (833) 711-0252. When subscribing, riders will have the option to receive alerts for the route(s) that interest them. Standard message and data rates may apply.
Bustang Interregional Express Bus Service
Plan your trip to Winter Park today!
Westbound Stop Time (Denver to Winter Park): 4:52PM
Eastbound Stop Time (Winter Park to Denver): 9:50AM
Following a nearly three-month wait, Bustang Outrider now is serving passengers traveling between northwestern Colorado and Denver. The route, connecting Craig and Denver via U.S. 40 and Interstate 70, began service on Jan. 1, 2021. “We wanted to get this line up and running through northwestern Colorado as soon as possible so we decided it was best to partner with Greyhound and have them use their buses on an interim basis while we focused on getting our new Outrider coaches ready for service,” said Mike Timlin, interim director of the Colorado Department of Transportation’s Division of Transit and Rail. “Passengers are now boarding our black and teal buses.”
See the map above for regularly scheduled stops and flag stops. Flag stops are places where the bus stops only when a passenger is waiting for, or requests to be dropped off at, a designated location. Future stops will be added if the ridership potential is deemed viable.
The route operates seven days a week, including holidays. Fares are priced at 17 cents per mile:
Craig-Hayden ($3)
Craig-Union Station ($34)
Steamboat Springs-Union Station ($27)
Granby-Union Station ($13)
Tickets are half price for those 65 years and older, 11 years and younger or for the disabled. Additional information on purchasing tickets for all stops is available at: RideBustang.com. Outrider coaches are equipped with a restroom, bike racks, free WiFi (where available), power outlets and USB ports. Each Outrider coach seats 38 and is handicap accessible. During COVID restrictions, each bus is limited to 19 passengers. Other precautions include, but are not limited to: daily enhanced cleaning and sanitizing on all buses, required face masks for drivers and passengers, supplied face masks (for personal use), latex gloves and personal hand sanitizers on all buses, and blocked seats onboard to ensure proper social distancing.
Barring impacts due to the pandemic or other circumstances, three additional Outrider routes are scheduled to begin service in 2021 – Telluride-Grand Junction, Sterling-Greeley & Denver, and Trinidad-Pueblo. Current Outrider routes include Gunnison-Denver, Alamosa-Pueblo, Lamar-Colorado Springs and Durango-Grand Junction.
Please do not hesitate to contact the Outrider team with any questions and visit RideBustang.com for more information.