Autobuses de Oriente
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Mexico City
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-Puebla
Puebla, Puebla
The city and municipality of Puebla is the capital of the state of Puebla, and one of the five most important colonial cities in Mexico. Being a planned city, it is located to the east of Mexico City and west of Mexico's main port, Veracruz, on the main route between the two.The city was founded...
-Perote-Jalapa
Xalapa
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-Veracruz
Veracruz, Veracruz
Veracruz, officially known as Heroica Veracruz, is a major port city and municipality on the Gulf of Mexico in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The city is located in the central part of the state. It is located along Federal Highway 140 from the state capital Xalapa, and is the state's most...
. Its first buses were Bentley
Bentley
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Continentals. It was not an easy beginning. In 1939 there was relatively little demand for transport, the roads were dangerous, there were no terminals or repair shops. Each of the founding partners had to serve as driver, baggage handler
Baggage handler
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, mechanic, administrator, etc.
Initially the company covered only the one route, but in the 1950s it added a route to Villahermosa
Villahermosa
Like most of the Tabasco, Villahermosa has a tropical climate. The city specifically features a tropical monsoon climate. Temperatures during spring and summer seasons reach upwards of 40°C , with humidity levels hovering around 30% during the same period...
. Other cities served today include Cancún
Cancún
Cancún is a city of international tourism development certified by the UNWTO . Located on the northeast coast of Quintana Roo in southern Mexico, more than 1,700 km from Mexico City, the Project began operations in 1974 as Integrally Planned Center, a pioneer of FONATUR Cancún is a city of...
, Oaxaca
Oaxaca, Oaxaca
The city and municipality of Oaxaca de Juárez, or simply Oaxaca, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of the same name . It is located in the Centro District in the Central Valleys region of the state, in the foothills of the Sierra Madre at the base of the Cerro del Fortín...
, Campeche
Campeche, Campeche
San Francisco de Campeche is the capital city of the Mexican state of Campeche, located at,...
, Cuautla
Cuautla, Morelos
Cuautla , officially La heroica e histórica Cuautla de Morelos, or H. H. Cuautla de Morelos, is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Morelos. In the 2005 census the city population was 145,482 and the municipality population was 160,285. The municipality covers 153.651 km²...
, Huatulco
Huatulco
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, Mérida
Mérida, Yucatán
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and Coatzacoalcos
Coatzacoalcos
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. In Mexico City A.D.O. serves the Terminal de Autobuses de Pasajeros de Oriente
Terminal de Autobuses de Pasajeros de Oriente
Terminal de Autobuses de Pasajeros de Oriente is better known by the acronym TAPO. It is located next to and conjoined with the Metro San Lázaro station, in the Venustiano Carranza borough in the eastern part of Mexico City. Designed by architect Juan José Diaz Infance, it is marked by its very...
station.
A.D.O.'s motto since 1939 has been Siempre primera (Always first), because it has always used the most modern buses possible, such as the DINA Avante, the DINA Olímpico and the DINA Flexible "Jorobado". At the present time the line uses Mercedes Benz, Volvo
Volvo
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or Busscar
Busscar
Busscar Ônibus S.A. is a Brazilian bus manufacturer that builds coaches, trolleybuses, charter and tour buses. The company is based in Joinville in the south of Brazil, where it has industrial premises that cover 1,000,000 m2, including a building of 84,000 m2.-History:The business has its origins...
buses, painted silver with a red wave the length of the bus containing the letters "ADO" in white.
A.D.O. GL (Gran Lujo) is the executive class (luxury) service of A.D.O. The company also runs Autotour, a charter bus service, and Multipack, a package express service.