Karat S
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- Schedule and Timetable
About Karat S
Bus is a convenient way of travel no matter whether you need to get to a neighboring town a couple of hours away or venture further afield crossing the whole country. Whatever your budget, buses have you covered. Express buses offer the most affordable ticket price for travellers who have very little money to spend. VIP options are geared toward those who do not want to compromise on comfort. Before you jump on a bus, make sure you choose the type of service which suits you best. For a long-haul trip look for a VIP or first-class coach which provides non-stop service to your destination or just call a minor number of stations along the way. Express or local buses in many cases may prove an acceptable choice for shorter trips, but longer rides are often not the best buy. Study the timetable before going as many long-haul destinations are served by night buses, and some offer wider seats or sleeper berths for such travels. Make an online reservation for your bus ticket with Karat S. Other travellers’ reviews will help you to choose the best ticket and coach class.
Karat S Popular Stations
The main stations covered by Karat S’s buses include:
- Plovdiv Central Train Station
- Augsburg P R Oberhausen Nord
- Frankfurt Central Train Station
- Sofia Central Bus Station
- Burgas South
- Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Budapest Nepliget Station
- Stuttgart Airport
- Karlsruhe Bus Station
- Munich Central Bus Station
- Belgrade New Bus Station
- Mannheim Central Bus Station
- Ulm Long distance
- Frankfurt Bus Stop 2
- Sliven Central Bus Station
- Bursa Intercity Bus Terminal
- Vienna Main Train Station Sudtiroler Platz
- Innsbruck Ice Stadium
- Essen Train Station
- Salzburg South Bus Station
- Frankfurt Mannheimer Str
- Linz Bus Station
- Stuttgart Airport
- Montana
- St Polten Spratzern Einkaufszentrum Sud
- Plovdiv Central Train
- Varna Central
- Linz Industriezeile
- Karlsruhe Bus Station
- Dortmund Bus Station
- Vienna Intl Bus Terminal
- Stara Zagora Bus Station
- Istanbul Bus Station
- Haskovo Central Bus Station
- Belgrade Main Bus Station
- Istanbul Hotel Montenegro
- Athens Agiou Konstantinou
- Spratzern South
- Duisburg Mercatorstrasse
- Lamia Nea Rumeli
- Vienna INTL Bus Terminal
- Essen Bus Station
- Katerini Olympus Plaza
- Cologne Airport
- Montana Bus Station
- Doktor Yosifovo
- Vidin Bus Station
- Vienna Central Bus Terminal
- Macedonia Intercity Bus Station
- Augsburg
- Vratsa Bus Station
- Plovdiv South
- Larissa Regional
- Duesseldorf Bus Station
Karat S Top Destinations
Karat S buses ply a number of routes and here is the list of some of the most popular ones:
- Sofia - Plovdiv
- Plovdiv - Sofia
- Sofia - Burgas
- Sofia - Budapest
- Budapest - Sofia
- Burgas - Sofia
- Stuttgart - Budapest
- Frankfurt - Budapest
- Sofia - Belgrade
- Belgrade - Sofia
- Munich - Varna
- Stara Zagora - Vienna
- Sofia - Salzburg
- Sofia - Munich
- Burgas - Stuttgart
- Salzburg - Sofia
- Augsburg - Sofia
- Augsburg - Plovdiv
- Salzburg - Plovdiv
- Budapest - Frankfurt
- Frankfurt - Varna
- Frankfurt - Sliven
- Karlsruhe - Stara Zagora
- Vienna - Burgas
- Budapest - Karlsruhe
- Varna - Budapest
- Sliven - Munich
- Mannheim - Plovdiv
- Linz - Sofia
- Budapest - Burgas
- Burgas - Mannheim
- Munich - Budapest
- Sliven - Salzburg
- Ulm - Sofia
- Plovdiv - Frankfurt
- Burgas - Augsburg
- Varna - Munich
- Sliven - Budapest
- Linz - Plovdiv
- Stuttgart - Sliven
- Plovdiv - Karlsruhe
- Mannheim - Sofia
- Stuttgart - Varna
- Stara Zagora - Karlsruhe
- Varna - Stuttgart
- Sofia - Augsburg
- Budapest - Plovdiv
- Stara Zagora - Frankfurt
- Plovdiv - Linz
- Mannheim - Burgas
- Sofia - St Poelten
- Sliven - Stuttgart
- Stuttgart - Stara Zagora
- Linz - Burgas
- Sofia - Mannheim
- Karlsruhe - Budapest
- Varna - Mannheim
- Sofia - Ulm
- Munich - Stara Zagora
- Burgas - Budapest
- Vienna - Sofia
- Vienna - Plovdiv
- Karlsruhe - Varna
- Sliven - Mannheim
- Burgas - Salzburg
- Frankfurt - Stara Zagora
- Innsbruck - Sliven
- Varna - Augsburg
- Sofia - Stuttgart
- Burgas - Munich
- Salzburg - Burgas
- Plovdiv - Vienna
- Augsburg - Burgas
- Ulm - Budapest
- Karlsruhe - Burgas
- Budapest - Ulm
- Innsbruck - Burgas
- Burgas - Frankfurt
- Vienna - Stara Zagora
- Varna - Vienna
- Munich - Sofia
- Frankfurt - Plovdiv
- Plovdiv - Augsburg
- Salzburg - Sliven
- Burgas - Karlsruhe
- Augsburg - Sliven
- Sofia - Linz
- Salzburg - Varna
- Mannheim - Budapest
- Sliven - Vienna
- Frankfurt - Sofia
- Plovdiv - Mannheim
- Munich - Plovdiv
- Varna - Innsbruck
- Budapest - Stuttgart
- Augsburg - Budapest
- Budapest - Augsburg
- Linz - Sliven
- Stuttgart - Plovdiv
- Sofia - Innsbruck
Karat S Ticket Prices & Bus Classes
One of the best things about bus travel is that you can almost tailor-make your trip adjusting it to your requirements for privacy and comfort. Different classes and types of buses cater to the different needs of travellers. The cheapest trips are normally offered by standard-class buses. They may be called local, express or ordinary. These are a good choice for shorter trips. Sleepers or VIP coaches are good both for longer and overnight trips. They may offer berths or wide soft reclining seats, sometimes with built-in massage options, blankets, soft drinks, and snacks, or more substantial meals on board or during toilet or refuelling stops. Travelling by night buses allows you to save on a hotel room, but to ensure the most comfortable ride do choose the class of your bus wisely. Prices always depend on the distance you ride and the type of coach. For some, even shorter trips, it is worth investing some extra money and buying a seat on a VIP bus as it can save you twice as much time as you spend travelling by an ordinary bus.
Travel by Bus: Pros & Cons
Pros of Bus Travel
- Bus is the best choice to get to destinations that are not connected by rail or planes. The network of buses often covers almost the whole country, and their routes are well and long-established.
- Opposite to air travel and sometimes rail travel, taking a bus does not require arriving at the bus station much in advance. Check-in, even on international routes, does not take much time. Luggage allowances are usually very traveller-friendly, and the fee for extra luggage, if limits are set, is normally not very high.
- Bus tickets can be more affordable compared to air or fast train tickets. There is always a choice of ticket classes for all pockets. Cheaper standard options may be a bit slow and do not offer top comfort, but anyway acceptable and bring you to your destination. On longer routes, toilets or toilet stops as well as snacks, water, and sometimes toiletries and blankets are almost always included in the price.
- If you are ready to spend more, some VIP coaches offer seating comparable to business class on a plane with wide soft reclining seats, blankets, fewer passengers, and many other perks to make your trip a pleasant journey.
Cons of Bus Travel
- Newer intercity bus terminals are very often located out of the city close to bigger highways to allow buses to avoid city congestion. Unfortunately, it may create extra challenges for travellers, too. Getting to such a terminal may be a problem as in some destinations there are restrictions on vehicles allowed to enter the terminal, and you will have to use special carriers to get there. This results in higher costs as prices may be inflated. Also do calculate extra time if you are travelling during rush hours, especially if you are not familiar with the traffic situation at your starting point.
- Buses are probably the means of transport which runs out of schedule more often than trains or planes. They are heavily dependent on the road situation which sometimes can be unpredictable – accidents, road construction works, detours, etc. This is especially true for travels during weekends, high season, or national holidays. Do keep this in mind and do not plan tight connections.
- Travelling on certain routes or during the most popular periods may require advanced booking. Bear in mind that it is not always possible to show up at the bus station and hop on the next bus – tickets may well be all sold out, so organize your trip accordingly.
Karat S Stations
Frankfurt Bus Stop 2Plovdiv Central Train StationAugsburg P R Oberhausen NordSliven Central Bus StationBursa Intercity Bus TerminalVienna Main Train Station Sudtiroler PlatzInnsbruck Ice StadiumEssen Train StationSalzburg South Bus StationFrankfurt Central Train StationFrankfurt Mannheimer StrLinz Bus StationStuttgart AirportMontanaSt Polten Spratzern Einkaufszentrum SudSofia Central Bus StationBurgas SouthPlovdiv Central TrainVarna CentralLarissa RegionalLinz IndustriezeileKarlsruhe Bus StationSofia Serdica Bus StationDortmund Bus StationDuesseldorf Bus StationVienna Intl Bus TerminalBudapest Nepliget StationStara Zagora Bus StationIstanbul Bus StationHaskovo Central Bus StationStuttgart AirportPlovdiv SouthKarlsruhe Bus StationMunich Central Bus StationBelgrade Main Bus StationIstanbul Hotel MontenegroBelgrade New Bus StationAthens Agiou KonstantinouSpratzern SouthDuisburg MercatorstrasseMannheim Central Bus StationLamia Nea RumeliVienna INTL Bus TerminalEssen Bus StationUlm Long distanceKaterini Olympus PlazaVratsa Bus StationCologne AirportMontana Bus StationDoktor YosifovoVidin Bus StationVienna Central Bus TerminalMacedonia Intercity Bus StationAugsburg
Karat S Company Reviews
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Anonymous Corruption. The bus was quite comfortable. The bus driver told my friend that they couldn't get in the bus without the ticket in paper. However, they proposed them to pay extra (250 dinar) so that he could get in. He didn't explain me anything, because he didn't speak English (or he didn't want to), so MY FRIEND had to told me that I had to SUBORN the driver, so that he could look for my name in the list. I swear it is the last time I travel with you.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Sep 2, 2023
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Hossam adherence of time.
Bus Regular, Karat S, May 27, 2023
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Anonymous Great driver but clearly very tired. Clean bus and easy booking. The driver was clearly tired on the long stretches and I watched him nod off as if falling asleep 3 times which made me extremely nervous. The rest of the journey was fine and I was prepared to leave an excellent review as otherwise he was a fantastic driver but this CANNOT happen- open the window, put on music, drink loads of coffee or something but you should be able to do 2.5 hours without an issue or don’t come to work. Next time I will probably take the train so I don’t have to worry.
Bus Regular, Karat S, May 18, 2023
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Abraham Timely service and comfortable ride. New buses, clean, on-time, great value.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Mar 24, 2023
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Matt Other issues. Clean tidy on time. What is with the paper ticket requirement. You pay online get a qr code and yet that's not good enough. If you are going to do that should just tell people to pick up ticket at the station and have them waiting. Actual flix bus has PDAs why doesn't this sub contractors. Also why no toilet on board. This is ok but not up to the flix bus standard.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Jan 16, 2023
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Anonymous The fact that they drop off at Sofia airport terminal2 great idea.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Jan 16, 2023
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Anonymous I missed the usb charger. I had them in one way, but not the other way. The time fitting The music The quiet environment The usb charger in one way. The lack of USB charger in one way.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Jan 15, 2023
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Anonymous Reliable and punctual. Everything was fine and we arrived even before the scheduled time. Printing a ticket is a hassle. They should accept a mobile ticket (and state this fact when booking).
Bus Regular, Karat S, Nov 20, 2022
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Elizabeth Convenient Travel from Plovdiv.to Sofia. Bus was easy to find and it was a comfortable ride. Travel is about 2 hours. I had a language barrier but could figure it all out. Driver was excellent and drove safely and at a good speed. I never felt worried about the driving. Ticket must be printed on paper. I didn’t know this and had a bit of stress getting the printed ticket before departure. No bathroom on board, which I think was uncomfortable for a couple of riders who did not know.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Sep 9, 2022
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Lisa Great busride, but unfriendly driver. Bus itself was great, with airco and comfortable chairs. Bus driver didn't speak English and was very unfriendly. Bus ticket needs to be printed, while we got a QRcode, what is a waste of paper.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Sep 4, 2022
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Dimitar It would be great if it doesn't require to print the tickets. Buying ticket in advance online, available to cancel the ticket it's good, very flexible. It required to print the ticket!! Very inconvenient and tree killing while the confirmation on the E-mail has the bar code.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Feb 22, 2020
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Cristina WELL.. Confortable seats and charger. They weren’t no silence during a big part of the trip. The bus smelled tobacco so bad. It’s was disgusting. We really believe that the drivers were smoking inside. One of the drivers did not stop screaming in every stop that we made. We understand that he had to warn the passenger that should go down the bus but, let’s respect the other passengers. The truth it’s that tobacco smell was the most unrespectful thing. Wifi only in Istambul. When you cross the border nothing.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Feb 11, 2020
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Anonymous Good service very fair price. No complaints.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Jan 26, 2020
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Jörg Reliable and comfortable ride. WiFi in the bus. Not being able to sit together when booking 2 seats together, printing out E-Ticket, to go to the counter to get my seat number.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Dec 16, 2019
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Jörg It would be a nice info, that you still need to go to the counter to get your seat number. Direct route without stops. Ticket printout and getting my seat number from the counter.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Dec 16, 2019
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ZHANG The bus late 5 hours. no wifi, no water.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Dec 8, 2019
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Laura The driver did not accept the mobile tickets, even when the website said it was possible.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Dec 5, 2019
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Marc Bad company. The ride from Sofia to Plovdiv the same day was fine, we arrived earlier than expected. The bus driver and the woman from the desk-ticket office were very rude, because you can not have the ticket on your mobile phone and you need to print it.. Plovdiv-Sofia, the ticket office gave us a ticket with the incorrect date, and we could not get on the bus. The other buses for late afternoon were full, so we had to buy a train ticket, and the company didn't do anything for us, they only wanted the money.. And again, they were rude. If you are going from Sofia to Plovdiv, or the other way, please choose another bus company.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Nov 24, 2019
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Anonymous Muy puntual y autobuses nuevos. Hacía muchísimo calor y las plazas muy estrechas.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Oct 27, 2019
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Marcelo They should be able to speak more English tho. Nice bus, with tv on board and free water and tea. No WiFi inside.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Oct 23, 2019
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Andrei Andrei. The trip was perfect.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Oct 2, 2019
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Luciana Excellent everything.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Sep 28, 2019
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Anthony Great trip! Trip was on time and comfortable!
Bus Regular, Karat S, Sep 16, 2019
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Anonymous The service in the bus. The travel lasted 2 more hours than planned. It is not easy to find the bus in the Istambul station Boarder passport control.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Sep 14, 2019
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Andrea Easy comfy journey. Direct and quick. Make sure you are at the right sector for departure.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Sep 10, 2019
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Stavros On time.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Aug 30, 2019
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Anonymous Nice ride. Comfortable seats. It was hard to find the proper bus platform - this information should be included on the ticket.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Aug 25, 2019
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Daiana really nice experience!!! very updated from the old buses that used to travel from sofia to burgas. very quick bus ride as well.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Aug 13, 2019
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Anja Perfect trip. It was much more then I expected!!!
Bus Regular, Karat S, Aug 4, 2019
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Jelena We`ve got coffe, tea and snacks. Every seat has own monitor for movies, music, games.. No toilet in the bus and first stop for toilet was after six hours.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Aug 3, 2019
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Ashley Easy to use Pretty comfortable and wasn’t too full. Silly that you need to print the ticket rather than keeping an electronic version Would have been nice to see the route and bus changes pre getting on as we don’t speak Bulgarian.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Aug 1, 2019
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Ebony Good. Cheap tickets and buses were frequent. We missed our bus due to the bus we were catching into Sofia being delayed at the border from Serbia. The lady at the ticket counter was very unhelpful and unsympathetic. We had to pay full price for the new bus ticket.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Jul 30, 2019
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Kyriakos Excellent service, comfortable coaches and on time. Everything worked perfectly. If you book online, the seat number isn't written on your ticket, but there is a member of staff with a list of passengers' names and allocated seats to help.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Jul 25, 2019
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Kyriakos Excellent service, comfortable coaches and on time. Excellent service, comfortable coaches and on time. We booked our tickets online but the seats were not written on our tickets. It took us a while to realise that other passengers had seat numbers on their tickets. A member of staff helped us though.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Jul 25, 2019
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Anonymous Everything ok!
Bus Regular, Karat S, Jul 24, 2019
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Klaudia Bought a ticket from Burgas to Budapest. It didn’t say anywhere we would change bus in Sofia. There were cheaper tickets than this one but I chose this because I thought we would not change buses. At least it should have been written somewhere!
Bus Regular, Karat S, Jul 22, 2019
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Anonymous No seat allocated, so I sat in 2 people's seats without knowing.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Jul 19, 2019
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Philip Make sure you get a "real" ticket. The online booking confirmation I printed out was just that - not the ticket. You have to exchange the confirmation for a real ticket at the Karat-S desk before boarding the bus. That's important because all tickets are allocated seat numbers. The bus driver wouldn't let us on in Sofia, but did after checking with the Karat-S desk. But the woman there should have given us proper tickets with seat numbers. We (and other tourists) had to move twice before we found non-reserved seats. The woman at the Karat-S desk in Plovdiv was very helpful and printed out proper tickets with reserved seats for the return journey. Now I know exactly what to do, I would definitely use Karat-S again!
Bus Regular, Karat S, Jul 13, 2019
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Anonymous Easy trip. Good driver No problems.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Jul 10, 2019
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Vasilena Friendly staff, good bus. Friendly staff Clean and comfortable bus Good timing. When you sell tickets, the place of departure should be specified. We almost missed the bus because we couldn't find it. You should add that the bus goes from office 126. The drivers should take turns driving, as our driver was visibly tired.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Jul 1, 2019
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JORDI super.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Jun 30, 2019
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Elona The bus was so cold at night. Although I asked them to turn on the heating, they didn't do it.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Jun 25, 2019
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Lois Stifling Hot Journey. Ride was smooth and left on time. There was no air conditioning and the thermometer reported temperature of 31’C. Several passengers requested the driver do something, which I guess he was unable to do. The entire trip was airless and made us feel quite unwell. Dangerous to travel like this at the hottest part of the day.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Jun 25, 2019
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Tiina The seat was comfortable and the bus was clean. The toilet didn't work.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Jun 4, 2019
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Anonymous Good and Comfortable coach trip. Comfortable seats and good air con. Got from A to B fast and simple. I didn’t like that there was no seat number information on my ticket that I bought online. Luckily the host of the coach had our names and seat numbers on a piece of paper. Also would had been good if we could use the toilet throughout the journey.
Bus Regular, Karat S, May 17, 2019
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Marina Good to prevent queuing in the bus station and also to ensure you have a ticket in the time you want- No queueing - Bus was comfortable and clean- No seat number printed in our ticket: the driver didn't know which was our seat and we had to move around several times as people that bought tickets in the station had their number printed. - For the return ticket we went to the ticket office to check if we had seats assigned. The ones assigned were the most uncomfortable ones (not enough space for legs), but we're not sure if this is always the case or not. - Tickets MUST be printed out. They're not allowed on the phone.
Bus Regular, Karat S, May 5, 2019
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Anonymous online ticket is very convenient and bus was very punctual scenary all the way is nice also.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Apr 26, 2019
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Ildiko Kidness bus driveres. Wifi did not have./not worked.
Bus Regular, Karat S, Apr 24, 2019
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Michal ZBus Regular, Karat S, Aug 29, 2026
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Manuela BBus Regular, Karat S, Aug 26, 2026