Bus Tickets from Iowa City to Ames, IA, US

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Bus Iowa City to Ames, IA, US: Trip Overview

Average ticket price$29
Average bus trip duration3h 10m
Number of daily buses1
Earliest bus departure2:05pm
Distance110 miles (176 km)

Iowa City to Ames Bus

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Did you know?

The Superbus, created by a Dutch engineer is the world's fastest bus with 250 km/h. Too bad it's only a prototype for now.

9.2% of ground transportation in Europe is done by bus versus 7.4% by train.

The word 'bus' is an abbreviation of 'omnibus" which means 'for all' in Latin as buses were meant to be transportation for everybody.

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