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Do Long Distance Busses Use Hwy 3 Ensenada/San Felipe?

sancho - 4-1-2011 at 11:54 AM

I imagine the answer is no, at least at the
current time, any info?
thanks for your time
I know the Hwy 3 from Ensenada to San Felipe
has always been rough a best, I suppose the
ABC Bussess out of TJ will go east to Mexicalli
down to SF

[Edited on 4-1-2011 by sancho]

DENNIS - 4-1-2011 at 12:10 PM

I've never seen a passenger bus, ABC etc, on #3. Lots of beer trucks....no buses.
I don't know about the stretch from Tecate to SF. I think that's #2 anyway.

mulegejim - 4-1-2011 at 12:56 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by sancho
I imagine the answer is no, at least at the
current time, any info?
thanks for your time


I believe I have seen them on Mex-3 between Mex-1 and Tecate, however, if anyone knows different I'll just blame my memory on a senior moment. Jim

windgrrl - 4-1-2011 at 02:19 PM

I saw a robin's egg blue bus heading north on Mex. 3 about an hour south of Tecate a few weeks ago. Sorry, but forgot the name of it.

There are two Federal Hwy. 3's in Mexico

David K - 4-1-2011 at 02:49 PM

The original goes fro Tecate to El Sauzal (Ensenada).

The other (Ensenada to Mex. 5, north of San Felipe) used to be Baja Norte State Hwy. #16... Until a short time after the state finished the paving (early 1978), then the feds took it over and called it also Mex. Hwy. 3!

Now the OP asked about the Ensenada to San Felipe part of Hwy. 3, yet he is getting info on the Ensenada to Tecate part...???

Dennis, Hwy. 2 is Tijuana to Mexicali to San Luis, Sonora and on.

The few times I have been on the San Felipe to Ensenada Hwy. 3 I don't recall seeing any ABC type busses.

mulegejim - 4-1-2011 at 02:52 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by David K
The original goes fro Tecate to El Sauzal (Ensenada).

The other (Ensenada to Mex. 5, north of San Felipe) used to be Baja Norte State Hwy. #16... Until a short time after the state finished the paving (early 1978), then the feds took it over and called it also Mex. Hwy. 3!

Now the OP asked about the Ensenada to San Felipe part of Hwy. 3, yet he is getting info on the Ensenada to Tecate part...???

Dennis, Hwy. 2 is Tijuana to Mexicali to San Luis, Sonora and on.

The few times I have been on the San Felipe to Ensenada Hwy. 3 I don't recall seeing any ABC type busses.


I stand corrected - sorry. Jim

David K - 4-1-2011 at 03:30 PM

It it is a totally different highway than the original 3... it is also an east/west road instead of a north/south road like the orig. Hwy. 3 is!??

DENNIS - 4-1-2011 at 03:43 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by David K
Dennis, Hwy. 2 is Tijuana to Mexicali to San Luis, Sonora and on.




Thanks, Big D. I should look at any one of the five thousand maps I have.......somewhere. Next time.

Thanks again.

David K - 4-1-2011 at 03:50 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by DENNIS
Quote:
Originally posted by David K
Dennis, Hwy. 2 is Tijuana to Mexicali to San Luis, Sonora and on.




Thanks, Big D. I should look at any one of the five thousand maps I have.......somewhere. Next time.

Thanks again.


De nada amigo!

TMW - 4-1-2011 at 06:45 PM

I don't think there is a bus service on hwy 3 from Ensenada to San Felipe. I tried to Google several different ways and nothing came up . I too do not remember any busses on that route.

TW

Taking the Bus to San Felipe
San Diego has trolley service down to the Tijuana border and you can get a cab to the Tijuana bus station for under $10. There are buses to both Ensenada and Mexicali with connections to San Felipe - please call ahead to confirm schedule and fares. For information about bus schedules and fares, in México, call (01 664) 621-2424, or email: abc@abc.com.mx. They also have a web page, however, it hasn't worked for over a year. It's www.abc.com.mx and it's in Spanish.

The Tijuana Bus station is located at:
Central Camionera de Tijuana
Blvd. Lázaro Cárdenas and Río Alamar S/N, La Mesa, Fracc. Murua
(664) 621-2982
Open 7 days a week, 24 Hrs.

If you want to travel via Calexico and cross the border at Mexicali, the Greyhound station is across the street from the Mexicali/Calexico border and many people take that from San Diego. The new ABC bus station in Mexicali is located very close to the border, and you can easily walk to it. It is located at:
Av. Mexico No. 343
Esq. Calz. A. Lopez Mateos, Zona Centro
01-800-0250-222 (in Mexico).

The San Felipe Bus station is located on Airport Road (Mar Caribe South), near Liquors Calafia and the Pemex. They close after the last bus from Mexicali arrives (10:30 p.m.) and open again around 5:30 a.m.

Buses to San Felipe from Tijuana via Ensenada and Mexicali:
Estrellas del Pacifico
(664) 683-5022 and 683-6789
Open 7 days a week, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Credit cards not accepted
Destinations: Mexicali, San Luis R. C., Hermosillo, Cd. Obregón, Los Mochis, Guasave, Culiacan, Mazatlán, Tepic, Guadalajara, Mexico D.F., Ensenada, San Quintin, Mexicali, San Felipe.
Frequency: Every hour

Buses to San Felipe from Tijuana via Mexicali:
Autobuses ABC
(664) 683-5681
Open 7 days a week, 6 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Credit cards not accepted
Destinations: Ensenada, San Quintin, Mexicali and San Felipe.
Frequency: Ensenada every half hour/ San Quintin 12 hrs. and 16 hrs. / Mexicali 12 hrs. and 15 hrs. / San Felipe 12 hrs. and 15 hrs.

ABC BUS SCHEDULES
DEPARTURES ARRIVALS DEPARTURES ARRIVALS DEPARTURES ARRIVALS DEPARTURES ARRIVALS
San Felipe Mexicali Mexicali San Felipe San Felipe Tijuana Tijuana San Felipe
6:00 AM 8:30 AM 8:00 AM 10:30 AM 6:00 AM 11:30AM 8:40 AM 2:10 PM
7:30 AM 10:00AM 12:00 AM 2:30 PM 7:30 AM 1:00 PM 12:40 AM 6:10 PM
12:30 AM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 6:30 PM 12:30 AM 6:00 PM 2:40 PM 8:10 PM
5:00 PM 7:30 PM 6:00 PM 8:30 PM 5:00 PM 10:30 PM 3:30 PM 9:00 PM
8:00 PM 10:30 PM 8:00 PM 10:30 PM 4:40 PM 10:10 PM
TRAVEL TIME: about two and half hours TRAVEL TIME: About five and half to six hours
TICKET COST:
$204.00 Pesos one way
$368.00 Pesos round trip TICKET COST:
$430.00 Pesos one way
$774.00 Pesos round trip
Last revised: 5/25/09

sancho - 4-2-2011 at 01:51 PM

Nicely detailed TW, I'm familiar with the 2 TJ
Bus Stations, I'll probably walk across at San Ysidro
and go TJ/Mexicalli/SF
gracias