Starting this week, Megabus passengers will be picked up and dropped off at VIA's Crossroads Transit station, allowing them to easily transfer to a city bus.VIA Metropolitan Transit and Megabus have finalized an agreement that will allow the commercial intercity bus service to use VIA’s Crossroads Transit station.
Located next to the Wonderland of Americas mall near Interstate 10 and Loop 410, the Crossroads Transit station has an air-conditioned waiting area, bathrooms and vending machines. It services seven routes and around one thousand riders on an average weekday, according to the transit agency. This will be the first intercity bus service to operate outside of downtown. Greyhound’s station is located at North St. Mary’s and East Martin streets, while the pickup spot for FlixBus is on Urban Loop, on the western edge of downtown.
“We used to try to get from city center to city center, but found it’s actually best to get closest to the home-based rider,” Waters said. “In San Antonio, there’s lots of customers in the suburbs, and so this should be a convenient service.”“It should be convenient and cheap.” About 20,000 riders rode with Megabus in 2021, less than half of its ridership from 2019, according to the company. to Austin that the City of San Antonio is piloting with Bexar, Comal, Hays and Travis counties, which will connect at VIA’s Randolph Park and Ride, though that project’s development is not yet finalized.