Late Night Service
A Guide to Late Night Service
Many VIA customers ride the bus late at night. “Lineup” was developed to provide a last opportunity to get riders home before service ends for the night.
Every night at 10:30 p.m., 11:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m., buses from many routes line up together within a few blocks of each other in the downtown area. Riders take this opportunity to easily transfer from one bus to another. Once all the buses have arrived and customers have made all their connections, the buses depart. These outgoing buses travel along a fixed route, turn around and then return to the 11:30 p.m. lineup or, in the case of the 12:30 a.m. lineup buses, the VIA garage. Because these buses need to serve as many riders as possible while still returning downtown or to the VIA garage by 11:30 p.m. or 12:30 a.m., routing is modified or combined with other routes. For example, a bus may depart downtown along route 4, stop short of finishing the entire route and then return on route 5. This route is listed here as route 204.
DOWNTOWN LINEUP: At 10:30 p.m., 11:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. buses depart the locations shown on this map of downtown (not necessarily in the order listed). For the 12:30 a.m. lineup, the buses will not depart until all lineup service buses have arrived and riders have had a chance to transfer to other buses. Because several buses may line up behind each other, it is important to look for your bus anywhere along the block. VIA supervisors and bus operators will be happy to help you locate the bus you need.
Downtown Lineup Map
| Route | Daytime Routes Served |
|---|---|
| Route 204 — San Pedro Lineup | Route 4 Route 5 |
| Route 214 — Austin Hwy/Randolph Lineup | Route 14 Route 17 |
| Route 222 — Hayes/E. Houston | Route 22 Route 24 |
| Route 225 — E. Commercial/Martin Luther King | Route 25 Route 26 |
| Route 230 — Rigsby/Porter | Route 28 Route 30 |
| Route 232 — Steves Ave/South St. Mary's | Route 32 Route 34 |
| Route 242 — Roosevelt/S. Presa | Route 36 Route 42 |
| Route 251 — Nogalitos | Route 51 Route 62 |
| Route 268 — Guadalupe/Ceralvo | Route 66 Route 68 |
| Route 275 — Commerce/Laredo | Route 67 Route 75 |
| Route 276 — Commerce/Kel-Lac | Route 64 Route 76 |
| Route 282 — Culebra | Route 82 |
| Route 288 — Bandera/Evers | Route 88 |
| Route 289 — Poplar/Woodlawn | Route 89 Route 90 |