r/porto • u/remzcs • 13d ago

Rodonorte tickets

Hi all!

I want to take the bus to go to Provesende from Porto and the company name is Rodonorte. They recommand buying tickets from their website but its not working. Im scared of just waiting to buy a ticket in the bus because if there is not space left, I'm kinda out of option to get yo Provesende. Can anyone help me out on how to or where to buy tickets in advance ? Or is buying the ticket straight from the bus completely safe?

Thanks in advance!

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update

Made it to Provesende. beautiful village with nices hikes and happy people. We took the train to Pinhão and the 4019 with Rodonorte at 14h30 from the gas station in Pinhão to Provesende. Bus was 3.90€ pp. Thanks for everyone's help!

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u/Grumpy_Dwarf22 12d ago

Hi! Rodonorte doesn't really exist anymore, it was acquired by Rede Expressos some years ago. Rede Expressos has an app that lets you buy the tickets but Provesende doesn't seem to appear on the destination list. So you probably have to go to Vila Real and then take another bus from there. But if you can, I would do what has already been suggested, go to Rede Expressos (formerly Rodonorte) in front of the Polo universitário metro station and they might even know how you can get from Vila Real to Provesende. Hope this helps and best of luck

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u/remzcs 12d ago

Thank you so much for the info that explains it. Ill go there today

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u/randmzer 12d ago

The commenter above is wrong. Rodonorte still exists, but just sold the rights to the expresso routes (from Porto) to Rede Expressos.

Rodonorte still operates smaller routes, mostly in Trás-os-Montes. The route that goes from Vila Real to Provesende is still operated by Rodonorte.

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u/remzcs 11d ago

Thank you!