bajalinda
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Red Bus at San Ysidro border crossing
I've been told there was a recent thread about a bus (supposedly red?) that you can take to cross the border at San Ysidro - I tried to find the
thread in a search, but came up with nothing. Does anyone remember this? Can you direct me to the thread?
Apparently this is a bus you get at the central bus station in Tijuana and and it takes you right across the border in its own special lane. Would
greatly appreciate any info about this - thanks.
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North or south?
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going north - you get on the bus in TJ and it takes you into the US
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They have both northbound and southbound.
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I took this bus but it was a few years ago so my memory is a bit foggy. I think I boarded it from a building on the west of Revolucion Ave south of
the big Arch-maybe it was the main bus station as I remember sitting in a waiting room. . I think it left every hour or half hour and wasn't
expensive. It doesn't really have its own lane but a lane probably reserved for buses so it does go faster than the other lanes. You stop at U.S.
Customs and go through that rigmarole then get back on the bus and it takes you to one of the big parking lots on the west side of Interstate 5. I
would take it again if I were near Revolucion and had a lot luggage I didn't want to lug around. Otherwise I would just walk across. Sorry I don't
remember more. Lorin
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalinda
going north - you get on the bus in TJ and it takes you into the US |
It's my understanding that northbound passengers have to cross the border on foot through US customs. Has that changed?
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The buses have their own lane next to the sentri. I took this bus from Ensenada once and it dropped me off at that waiting area close to revolution
then bordered another bus to cross. If you go on a Saturday or Sunday back into the US plan on waiting for a long time and bring water. No AC....
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
It's my understanding that northbound passengers have to cross the border on foot through US customs. Has that changed? |
The bus lane is the one to the far right so that when the bus pulls up, the passengers get off, walk through customs (from a
side-door entrance into the building), then go back out and get back on the bus.
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Thanks very much for all the info, everyone.
If I end up doing this, I'll let you know how it goes - but if there is no AC on the bus, well... that may just decide it right there.
I need to get up to San Diego and was thinking of flying from LAP to TJ on Volaris with the new special fares they have (however, I just checked their
website again and the rock bottom fares that were there yesterday are no longer - drats!) I would then either walk or take the bus across the border.
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one other thing - is there a Mexican Migracion office on the northbound side before you get to US customs and immigration when you walk across the
border or take the bus? I'm a little worried about getting my FM2 stamped - perhaps just do it at the airport?
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