Bus from Bogotá to Medellin: Tickets & Schedules

The bus departed 15 minutes late, not a problem but it was a sign of things to come. Due to heavy traffic leaving Bogotà at 11am and roadworks delay lasting around 90 minutes, we arrived just under three hours late in Medellín, at 12:30am. I do not fault the driver, he was an excellent driver and he no doubt won back time with his confident driving. It would make life easier if the bus companies gave a realistic arrival time rather than a "best conditions" arrival time. If I'd known it would arrive so very late, I would have just taken an overnight bus.I honestly don't care about the delays, that's life, but it's ridiculous to advertise an arrival time that is not possible to achieve. Otherwise, the bus journey was pleasant, very comfortable (front-row seat so extra legroom and no-one in front of me).

Es war viel zu kalt im Bus, habe die ganze nacht gefroren und konnte nicht schlafen

Espreso Bolivariano has very modern and new buses. Everything seems to be brand new, like not used that much :). Buses are safe, I noticed that tyres are as well in excellent shape. Drivers: well - in Latin America all of them are race drivers 😁. Anyway both of them (after 5 hours they change) were professionals.

Bus was 2 hours late leaving terminal & 4 & half hours late arriving at destination. Say no more !

very bad, was a very hard trip, the AC was so strong, it was so cold during 12 hours, I got sick just after the trip, fever

Not good. The bus was two hours late. We arrived at 9:30 at night. It was supposed to be an 8 and a half hour drive, but it was almost 12 hours.

Maybe the worst bus ride ever

Overall good

we were seated seperatley with my himusband and it was cold in bus. We arrived 2 hours later in destination.

The bus was very safe and punctual however it was so hot on board and the road so twisty that I had to get off to be sick. Not ideal really but I survived

Very bad smell on the bus in general and was situated beside the toilet to add to the already bad smell

The bus brought us to our destination. Which is good. We were woken up every hour by either street vendors or a torch in our faces from the transport authorities (I think). At several points the bus driver started yelling. It was also very cold on the bus. Not a great experience.

Good communication, easy to locate the bus. Showing tickets and bag storage was smooth and the people helping were nice plus the bus drivers are good. The seats recline well and the leg space was nice for some stretching.

When I got to the bus terminal and found the Arauca window, I was told there was no bus that day. That completely stressed me out as my plan was to go to Medillin that day. Also, I was at the bus terminal very early for that bus. The woman at the Arauca window told me not to worry and she took me to another bus company and got me a seat on that bus. The bus was very nice, but the nine-hour journey for which I had purchased a ticket turned into a TWELVE-HOUR one. I didn't get to Medillin until 9:00 pm. I was tired, hungry and angry and definitely not impressed with your service.

The trip was fine but the bus trip was 12 hours, not 9 hours. It is not good to be deceiving about the travel time. I don’t think it was ever possible to do the trip in 9 hours. Bus is should just be transparent about the travel times. We had to make plans for accommodation and we felt this was not good practice

The journey was on time and comfortable. However our luggage in the hold got wet and there was a lot of moisture inside the bus, making us damp.

We came with 2h delay. When it became dark cockroaches came out of the gap between the seats.

Bus ran to time and the bus it self was clean, spacious and fairly new. The driving was abit erratic at times, noting there were hills and was an overnight bus. The bus did not stop much, except for stops along the way for packages in random locations. Would recommend the overnight bus, but pack warm clothes.