Expressways have been built linking various cities and in the downtown area of Guangzhou, viaducts, a tunnel under the river, and so on, have been constructed. At present, there are 15 bus stations are in Guangzhou, operating frequent buses to and from the cities in and around Guangdong Province. Among them, the Provincial Bus Station and Guangzhou Passenger Station provide more bus routes. Besides, Fangcun Bus Station, Tianhe Bus Station and Yuexiu South Bus Station are also frequented by passengers. Especially, Yuexiu South Bus Station boasts the routes from Guangzhou to Hong Kong, and Guangzhou to Macau. Here lists the information of the bus stations that passengers often use for your reference:

Provincial Bus Station
Location: No.145-149, Huanshi Xi Lu, Guangzhou
Bus routes: 254, 805, 823, 31, 7, 225, 46, 175, 20, Night14, Night15
With a history of more than 30 years, this station is one of the largest transportation hubs in south China. Presently, it provides a great number of bus lines to cities in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Guizhou, Hunan, Henan, Jiangxi, Shanxi and Jiangsu.

To:	Departure Time	Frequency	Ticket Fare
Dongguan	06:15-19:55	15 minutes	CNY30
Shenzhen	06:10-23:00	25minutes	CNY65
Zhongshan	06:30-21:30	25 minutes	CNY46
Foshan	06:40-23:00	20 minutes	CNY14
Zhuhai	06:30-21:00	20 minutes	CNY65
Jiangmen	06:20-22:00	20minutes	CNY44
Chaozhou	09:20; 15:20	-----	CNY160
Shantou	06:30-22:00	14 buses	CNY150
Zhaoqing	06:30-21:00	25	CNY46

Guangzhou Passenger Transport Station
Location: No.158, Huanshi Xi Lu, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou
Bus routes: 7, 225, 290, 545, 530, 256, 228, 30, 543, 34, 238, Night15
At present, Guangzhou Passenger Transport Station provides more than 100 bus routes, which mainly go to the cities in Pearl River Delta and Hainan, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Hubei and Guizhou. During a day, over 2300 buses start from there. 

To:		Departure Time	Ticket Fare
Shenzhen	Bao'an	06:00-20:00 every 20 minutes	CNY55
	Luohu	06:00-22:00 every 20 minutes	CNY60
Dongguan	Qingxi Town	05:50-22:30 every40 minutes	CNY50
	Chang'an Town	06:30-19:20 every 30 minutes	CNY48
	Dongguan Bus Terminal	05:50-20:00 every 20 minutes	CNY30
	Shipai Town	06:00-19:30 every 40 minutes	CNY40
Zhuhai	Gongbei	05:30-22:00 every 15 minutes	CNY60
Foshan	Shiwan	05:30-22:30 every 30 minutes	CNY17
	Foshan Bus Station	06:15-20:30 every 15 minutes	CNY15

Tianhe Bus Station
Location: No.633Yanling Lu, Guangzhou
Bus Inquiry Number: 020-37090062
Complaints Number: 020-37085070
Bus routes: 65, 126, 235, 290, 564, 236, 252, 257, 297, 534, 535, 135, 84, 28, 39, 54, 884, 46
Tianhe Bus Station operates the routes to the Pearl River Delta areas, the west and the north of Guangdong. Also it offers buses to other provinces, such as Fujian, Zhejiang and Macau. It boasts more than 100 interprovince routes and 90 routes to the cities inside Guangdong. Guangzhou Subway Line 3 connects to Tianhe Bus Station directly. This station is also not far from Guangzhou East Railway Station. Those passengers who go to Macau need to go through the entry formalities at Tianhe Bus Station.

Tianhe Bus Station → Macau
Departure Time: 07:40, 08:10, 08:55, 09:40, 10:10, 11:25, 11:55, 13:10, 13:40,14:40, 15:40, 16:55, 18:20, 19:00, 20:20
Ticket Fare: CNY70/71

Fangcun Bus Station
Location: No.251 Huadi Dadao (Central), Guangzhou
Bus routes: 181, 219, 552, 556, Night26
Fangcun Bus Station mainly operates the routes to go to the south and west of the Pearl River Delta, and Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Hubei, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shanghai and Guizhou. 1250 buses depart there each day. The bus station provides special tour buses as well as various services of tourism. At present, there are ten tour bus lines, such as Panyu Lianhua Mountain Tour Bus Line and Foshan Ancestral Temple Tour Bus Line. 

Hereunder is the information of part tour buses for your reference: 

To	Departure Time	Frequency	Ticket Fare
Ancestors' Temple	07:55-17:32	9 buses in a day	CNY14
Lianhua Mountain	06:20-21:00	15 minutes	CNY10
Seven Star Cliff	07:05-20:55	20 minutes	CNY30
Guilin i	19:30	--	CNY120
Wuyi Mountain	14:00	--	CNY300

Yuexiu South Bus Station
Location: at the crossing of Yuexiu Nan Lu and Dongyuan Heng Lu, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou
Bus routes: 7, 11, 12, 16, 35, 36, 54, 61, 65, 80, 101, 104, 125, 182, 184, 194, 264, 519, 541, Night 12, Night 16, Night 39
Yuexiu South Bus Station is a state-owned coach bus station with a history of more than 50 years. Located on the Yuexiu Nan Lu, it can be reached by more than 20 city bus routes. The bus station mainly operates the routes to the cities inside Guangdong Province and many other provinces like Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Guangxi. Now, it has opened the high-speed through bus routes to Hong Kong, Macau, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Zhongshan. It is estimated that Yuexiu South Bus Station will be developed to be an important transportation hub between Guangzhou and Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Macau.

Yuexiu South Bus Station → Hong Kong
Departure Time: 08:00, 16:00
Ticket Fare: CNY80
Stopover: Metropark Hotel Mong Kok, Shun Tak Centre Sheung Wan, Central Harbour Government Building, Wan Chai Subway Station, Ocean Park

Yuexiu South Bus Station → Macau
Departure Time: 07:10 – 19:50 every 30 minutes
Stopover: Gongbei Qiguan Bus Station
Ticket Fare: CNY70
Those passengers who go to Hong Kong or Macau need to go through entry formalities at Yuexiu South Bus Station.

Guangyuan Bus Station
Location: 283 Guangyuan Zhong Lu, Guangzhou
Bus Routes: 24, 36, 46, 60, 175, 179, 181, 189, 241, 257, 273, 298, 540
Guangyuan Bus Station is situated at the junction of 'Guangzhou – Shenzhen' Expressway, 'Guangzhou – Foshan' Expressway, Baiyun Dadao and Guangyuan Lu. It mainly offers buses to go to Shenzhen and Dongguan. Additionally, it provides passenger transport services to go to the west and the north of Guangdong Province.

Tips for ticket purchase:
1. The bus stations in Guangzhou sell tickets in cooperation. You can purchase the ticket you want at any bus station.
2. When the Spring Festival and other national holidays are coming, most of the bus stations sell tickets in advance. But how many days in advance the tickets are sold are not the same. You'd better inquiry the bus station in person as early as possible. Usually, the tickets for interprovince routes can be purchased in advance of 8 days, while the tickets for the inner Guangdong routes are sold in advance of 3 to 5 days. For example, Fangcun Bus Station can sell tickets 6 days in advance; Guangyuan Bus Station start to sell 5 days in advance; Yuexiu South Bus Station sell tickets 4 to 5 days in advance.