GoBus is an intercity bus service operating in the U.S. state of Ohio. The service operates five routes, focused on rural destinations. GoBus is funded in part by subsidies from the Federal Transit Administration, which provides funding to states for rural intercity bus services. The GoBus service is administered by the Hocking-Athens-Perry Community Action Program, an Athens-based nonprofit, and operated by Barons Bus Lines.
Service GoBus operates a network of 5 routes in southern and western Ohio, with hubs in Athens and Columbus. , all routes are operated by Barons Bus Lines, using a fleet of coaches equipped with power outlets and onboard restrooms. Barons Bus operates some GoBus routes in coordination with their existing route network, providing onward service to destinations outside the state of Ohio, including Chicago, Buffalo, and Charleston, West Virginia.
In late 2025, GoBus announced four routes would be added in the future, expanding service in western and northern Ohio, and outside the state to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Cities served
Akron, Ohio Albany, Ohio Athens, Ohio; Ohio University Batavia, Ohio Broadview Heights, Ohio Caldwell, Ohio Cambridge, Ohio Canton, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio; University of Cincinnati Cleveland, Ohio; Brookpark station Columbus, Ohio: Columbus Bus Station Coolville, Ohio Delphos, Ohio Elyria, Ohio Jackson, Ohio Kenton, Ohio Lancaster, Ohio Lima, Ohio Logan, Ohio Marietta, Ohio Marysville, Ohio Mount Eaton, Ohio Nelsonville, Ohio; Hocking College Newcomerstown, Ohio New Philadelphia, Ohio Parkersburg, West Virginia Parma, Ohio Peebles, Ohio Port Clinton, Ohio Sandusky, Ohio Seaman, Ohio Van Wert, Ohio Wooster, Ohio; The College of Wooster
Routes RouteTerminalsCities ServedNotesGreen LineColumbus, Athens, ParkersburgParkersburg, Marietta, Coolville, Athens, Nelsonville, Logan, Lancaster, Columbus Columbus Greyhound station serves as a transfer point only Reservations required for trips to and from Coolville Orange LineCincinnati, AthensAthens, Jackson, Pikeon, Peebles, Seaman, Batavia, Cincinnati, Arlington HeightsReservations required for trips to and from JacksonBlue LineCleveland, Marietta, AthensAthens, Parkersburg, Marietta, Caldwell, Cambridge, Newcomerstown, New Philadelphia, Mount Eaton, Canton, Akron, ClevelandReservations required for trips to and from NewcomerstownPink LineColumbus, Wooster, AkronColumbus, Newark, Utica, Mount Vernon, Gambier, Mount Gilead, Loudonville, Mansfield, Ashland, Wooster, AkronReservations required for trips to and from Mount GileadLime LineVan Wert, ColumbusVan Wert, Delphos, Lima, Marysville, ColumbusReservations required for trips to and from DelphosRed LineCincinnati, Dayton, ToledoToledo, Bowling Green, Findlay, Lima, Kenton, Bellefontaine, Urbana, Springfield, Yellow Springs, Dayton, Middletown, Oxford, CincinnatiGray LineAshtabula, ToledoToledo, Fremont, Port Clinton, Sandusky, Norwalk, Elyria, Cleveland, Painesville, AshtabulaYellow LineColumbus, PittsburghColumbus, Newark, Zanesville, Cambridge, St. Clairsville, Wheeling, Steubenville, Pittsburgh Purple LineToledo, ColumbusColumbus, Marion, Upper Sandusky, Findlay, Bowling Green, Toledo
References
See also Intercity buses in the United States
External links
Ohio Department of Transportation: Rural Intercity Bus Program