Service Updates
The N.C. Department of Transportation recognizes the importance of providing intercity bus connections between urban and rural communities throughout North Carolina. NCDOT provides funding for 11 routes that offer daily service for North Carolinians and provides connections to a larger national intercity bus network.
NCDOT continues to expand and improve its intercity bus program each year to better serve the residents of North Carolina.
Plan Your Trip
NCDOT contracts with Greyhound Lines and Sunway Charters to operate these 11 routes to provide safe, reliable, and comfortable transportation in coach buses that include restroom facilities and are ADA accessible.
Additional unsubsidized intercity bus routes not managed by NCDOT are also available. For general informational purposes, these routes are shown on the map below.
Route Brochures
Cardinal Flyer
| Connecting Raleigh to Asheville via Forest City, Shelby, Gastonia, Charlotte, Albemarle, Southern Pines, and Sanford
Service provided by Greyhound
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Coastal Plains Connector
| Connecting Norfolk, VA to Myrtle Beach, SC via Elizabeth City, Edenton, Greenville, Washington, New Bern, Jacksonville, and Wilmington
Service provided by Greyhound |
Dogwood Dasher
| Connecting Charlotte to Wilmington via Monroe, Rockingham, Laurinburg, Fayetteville, Lumberton, and Whiteville
Service provided by Greyhound
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High Country Gateway
(formerly Mountaineer East/West)
| Connecting Boone to Winston-Salem via Wilkesboro and Yadkinville
Service provided by Sunway Charters
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Mid-State Express
| Connecting Winston-Salem to Fayetteville via Lexington, High Point, Asheboro, Siler City, and Sanford
Service provided by Sunway Charters |
Mountaineer
| Connecting Boone to Charlotte via Lenoir, Hickory, Newton, Lincolnton, and Gastonia
Service provided by Sunway Charters
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Piedmont Pass
| Connecting Raleigh to Asheville via Hickory, Statesville, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, and Chapel Hill
Service provided by Greyhound
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Pirate's Passage
| Connecting Raleigh to Jacksonville via Wilson, Greenville, Kinston, and New Bern
Service provided by Greyhound
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Tidewater Connector
| Connecting Raleigh to Norfolk, VA via Wilson, Rocky Mount, Tarboro, and Ahoskie
Service provided by Greyhound |
Triad-Danville Connector
| Connecting Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Reidsville, and Danville, Va.
Service provided by Sunway Charters |
Wave Rider
| Connecting Raleigh to Wilmington via Smithfield, Goldsboro, Clinton, and Wallace
Service provided by Greyhound
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