Bus lines in Bordeaux are managed by the Urban Community of Bordeaux Public Transport System (Transports Bordeaux Métropole) and Keolis company.
Their network comprises 124 lines:
There are lines with high level of service (LIgne A Niveau Elevé de Service). These lines constitute with the tram, the main axes of the network. They function from 5 am to midnight or 1 am with a 10- to 15-minute fréquency between 5:30 am and midnight, with an identical service the Saturday morning and a connection to 2 lines of tram at least. On board service is available after 10 pm.
| Course | Link | Exploitant | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bordeaux-Gare Saint Jean <=> Mérignac-Beaudésert | 1 | Keolis | |
| 2 | Bordeaux-Quinconces <=> Le Taillan-La Boétie | 2 | Keolis | |
| 3 | Bordeaux-Quinconces <=> Saint-Médard-Issac or Saint-Aubin-Villepreux | 3 | Keolis | |
| 4 | Bordeaux-Palais de Justice <=> Pessac-Cap de Bos | 4 | Keolis | |
| 5 | Bordeaux-Bassins à flots <=> Villenave-Chambéry or -Courréjean | 5 | Keolis | |
| 7 | Bordeaux-Centre commercial du Lac <=> Ambarès-Parabelle | 7 | Cars de Bordeaux | |
| 8 | Bordeaux-Pellegrin <=> Gradignan-Centre | 8 | Keolis | |
| 9 | 9 | Keolis | ||
| 15 | Bordeaux-Centre commercial du Lac <=> Villenave-Courréjean | 15 | Keolis | |
| 16 | 16 | Keolis | ||
| 31 | Pessac-Photonique or Gradignan-Beausoleil <=> Ambès-Saint Exupéry or Ambarès-Centre or Bassens-Quai Français | 31 | Keolis | |
| 35 | 35 | Keolis | ||
| 39 | Eysines-Cantinolle or Saint-Médard-ZA Picot <=> Villenave-Pyrénées or Pessac-Photonique | 39 | Keolis |
The main lines have a frequency from 15 to 30 minutes. They function from 5 am to midnight. On board service is available after 10 pm.
| Course | Link | Exploitant | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Bordeaux-Brulatour <=> Mérignac-Cimetière Intercommunal | 20 | Keolis |
| 21 | Talence-Peixotto <=> Gradignan-Beausoleil | 21 | Keolis |
| 22 | Blanquefort-Frankton <=> Parempuyre-Fontanieu | 22 | Keolis |
| 23 | Le Bouscat-Hippodrome <=> Bègles-Rives d'Arcins | 23 | Keolis |
| 24 | 24 | Keolis | |
| 25 | Bordeaux-Cité du Vin <=> Bouliac-Belle Etoile or -Centre commercial | 25 | Citram |
| 26 | Martignas-Les Pins <=> Mérignac-Lycée Daguin | 26 | Keolis |
| 27 | 27 | Keolis | |
| 28 | 28 | Keolis | |
| 29 | Carbon-Blanc-La Gardette <=> St-Louis-Belle Rive or Ambarès-Bernatet | 29 | Keolis |
These lines connect the peripheric cities to another ones and Bordeaux. They function from 6 am to 9 pm.
| Course | Link | Exploitant | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Mérignac-BA 106 or Pessac-Centre <=> Saint-Médard-Galaxie | 30 | Keolis | |
| 32 | 32 | Citram | ||
| 33 | 33 | Keolis | ||
| 34 | 34 | Keolis | ||
| 37 | Bordeaux-Parc des Expositions <=> Saint-Aubin-Lycée Sud Médoc or -Villepreux | 37 | Keolis | |
| 38 | Mérignac-Phare <=> Blanquefort-Caychac | 38 | Keolis | |
| 60 | Bordeaux-Stalingrad <=> Bassens-La Chênaie | 60 | Keolis | |
| 61 | Bordeaux-Jardin Botanique <=> Ambès-Escarraguel | 61 | Keolis | |
| 64 | 64 | Keolis | ||
| 65 | Bordeaux-Stalingrad <=> Artigues-Tout Y Faut | 65 | Keolis | |
| 66 | 66 | Keolis | ||
| 67 | Lormont-Buttinière (circular line near Buttinière) | 67 | Keolis | |
| 69 | Ambarès-Max Linder <=> Ambarès-Quinsus | 69 | Keolis | |
| 70 | Bordeaux-Gambetta Mériadeck <=> Eysines-Lycée Charles Péguy | 70 | Keolis | |
| 71 | Le Taillan-Lycée Sud Médoc <=> Mérignac-Barbusse | 71 | Keolis | |
| 72 | Le Haillan-Collège Emile Zola <=> Bruges-Gare or Bruges-Zone de Fret | 72 | Keolis | |
| 73 | Le Bouscat-Hippodrome <=> Bègles-Rives d'Arcins | 73 | TBM | |
| 74 | Mérignac-Fontaine d'Arlac <=> Gradignan-Stade Ornon | 74 | Keolis | |
| 75 | 75 | Keolis | ||
| 76 | Bordeaux-Brandenburg <=> Parempuyre-Landegrand | 76 | Keolis | |
| 77 | Pessac-Bougnard <=> Pessac-Candau | 77 | Keolis | |
| 78 | Mérignac-Fontaine d'Arlac <=> Pessac-Toctoucau | 78 | Keolis | |
| 79 | Blanquefort-Gare <=> Blanquefort-Ecoparc | 79 | Keolis | |
| 80 | Bordeaux-Palais de Justice <=> Gradignan-Stade Ornon | 80 | Keolis | |
| 81 | Eysines-Cantinolle <=> Le Taillan-Stade Municipal | 81 | Keolis | |
| 82 | Bordeaux-Patinoire <=> Le Bouscat-Hôpital Suburbain | 82 | Keolis | |
| 83 | Eysines-Cantinolle <=> Saint-Aubin-Pinsolles | 83 | Keolis | |
| 84 | Le Haillan-Rostand <=> Saint-Médard-ZA Picot | 84 | Keolis | |
| 85 | Villenave-Chambéry <=> Bègles-Salengro | 85 | Keolis | |
| 86 | 86 | Keolis | ||
| 87 | Pessac-Centre <=> Villenave-Piscine Chambéry | 87 | Keolis | |
| 89 | 89 | Keolis | ||
| 90 | 90 | Keolis |
Direct lines are set in order to make some courses faster, skipping several stops.
| Course | Link | Exploitant | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Bordeaux-Gambetta <=> Mérignac-IMA | 51 | Keolis | |
| 52 | Blanquefort-Gare <=> Parempuyre-Fontanieu | 52 | Keolis | |
| 53 | Bordeaux-Cracovie <=> Ambès-Escarraguel | 53 | Keolis | |
| 55 | Bordeaux-République <=> Pessac-ZA Magellan | 55 | Keolis | |
| 57 | Bassens-Carbon-Blanc-La Gardette <=> Ambarès-Centre | 57 | Keolis |
Scodi lines serve schools and function only in school period. Reserved for pupils, inscriptions to take these lines are set every summer.
| Course | Link | Exploitant | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | Cenon-Collège Jean jaurès <=> Artigues-Fontderode | s1 | - | |
| s2 | Cenon-Collège Jean jaurès <=> Artigues-Fontderode | s2 | - | |
| s3 | Cenon-Collège Jean jaurès <=> Artigues-Parc du Peyrou | s3 | - | |
| s4 | Bègles-Collège Berthelot <=> Bègles-Noutary | s4 | - | |
| s5 | Floirac-Collège Mandela <=> Bouliac-Belle Etoile | s5 | - | |
| s7 | Lormont-Collège Lapierre <=> Lormont-Palombes | s7 | - | |
| s8 | Saint-Aubin-Lycée Sud Médoc <=> Saint-Aubin-Genêts | s8 | - | |
| s9 | Saint-Aubin-Lycée Sud Médoc <=> Saint-Aubin-Segonnes | s9 | - | |
| s10 | Saint-Aubin-Lycée Sud Médoc <=> Saint-Aubin-Quatre Lagunes | s10 | - | |
| s11 | Le Haillan-Collège Le Haillan <=> Saint-Médard-Avenue du Haillan | s11 | - | |
| s12 | Saint-Médard-Collège d'Hastignan <=> Saint-Médard-Robespierre | s12 | - | |
| s13 | Saint-Médard-Collège d'Hastignan <=> Saint-Médard-Ambroise Paré | s13 | - | |
| s14 | Saint-Médard-Collège d'Hastignan <=> Saint-Médard-Julien | s14 | - | |
| s15 | Saint-Médard-Collège François Mauriac <=> Saint-Médard-Place Corbiac | s15 | - | |
| s16 | Saint-Médard-Collège François Mauriac <=> Saint-Médard-Villagexpo | s16 | - | |
| s17 | Le Haillan-Collège Le Haillan <=> Saint-Médard-Mazeau | s17 | - | |
| s20 | Eysines-Collège Albert Camus <=> Le Taillan-Foin | s20 | - | |
| s21 | Le Taillan-Lycée Sud Médoc <=> Eysines-Le Grand Caillou | s21 | - | |
| s22 | Saint-Médard-Lycée Sud Médoc <=> Le Taillan-Tanaïs | s22 | - | |
| s24 | Carbon-Blanc-Collège Simone Veil <=> Ambès-Fort Lajard | s24 | - | |
| s25 | Carbon-Blanc-Collège Simone Veil <=> Ambès-Saint Exupéry | s25 | - | |
| s26 | Carbon-Blanc-Collège Simone Veil <=> Ambès-Fort Lajard | s26 | - | |
| s27 | Lormont-Allende <=> Ambès-Fort Lajard | s27 | - | |
| s28 | Lormont-Iris <=> Ambarès-Parabelle | s28 | - | |
| s29 | Ambarès-Collège Claude Massé <=> Ambarès-Parabelle | s29 | - | |
| s30 | Lormont-Iris <=> St-Louis-Belle Rive | s30 | - | |
| s32 | Lormont-Esplanade François Mitterrand <=> Artigues-La Cascade | s32 | - | |
| s33 | Mérignac-Collège Les Eyquems <=> Mérignac-Rue de Lyon | s33 | - | |
| s34 | Mérignac-Collège Les Eyquems <=> Mérignac-Bazin | s34 | - | |
| s35 | Mérignac-Collège Les Eyquems <=> Pessac-Zoo de Pessac | s35 | - | |
| s36 | Mérignac-Collège Les Eyquems <=> Mérignac-Bellonte | s36 | - | |
| s37 | Mérignac-Collège de Bourran <=> Mérignac-Vallon | s37 | - | |
| s38 | Pessac-Collège Noës <=> Pessac-Cartier | s38 | - | |
| s39 | Pessac-Collège Noës <=> Pessac-Guilbaud | s39 | - | |
| s40 | Pessac-Collège François Mitterrand <=> Pessac-Lucildo | s40 | - | |
| s42 | Pessac-Collège Alouette <=> Pessac-Hameaux de l'Alouette | s42 | - | |
| s43 | Pessac-Collège Alouette <=> Pessac-Domaniales du Golf | s43 | - | |
| s44 | Pessac-Collège Alouette <=> Pessac-Les Chênes | s44 | - | |
| s45 | Pessac-Collège Alouette <=> Pessac-Fauvettes | s45 | - | |
| s46 | Pessac-Collège Alouette <=> Pessac-Cartier | s46 | - | |
| s47 | Talence-Henri Brisson <=> Talence-Stade Suzon | s47 | - | |
| s48 | Villenave-Collège Pont de la Maye <=> Villenave-Coin | s48 | - | |
| s49 | Villenave-Collège Pont de la Maye <=> Villenave-Place Pontac | s49 | - | |
| s53 | Mérignac-Lycée Daguin <=> Martignas-Les Pins | s53 | - | |
| s55 | Gradignan-Lycée des Graves <=> Gradignan-Malartic | s55 | - | |
| s56 | Mérignac-Lycée Daguin <=> Martignas-Souge | s56 | - | |
| s57 | Bordeaux-Gabriel Fauré <=> Bordeaux-Roger Allo | s57 | - | |
| s58 | Blanquefort-Lycée du Bâtiment <=> Parempuyre-Landegrand | s58 | - | |
| s59 | Mérignac-Collège Les Eyquems <=> Mérignac-Campana | s59 | - | |
| s60 | Mérignac-Collège Les Eyquems <=> Mérignac-Happy Parc | s60 | - | |
| s61 | Lormont-Allende <=> Ambès-Fort Lajard | s61 | - | |
| s62 | Lormont-Iris <=> Ambarès-Parabelle | s62 | - | |
| s63 | Lormont-Iris <=> St-Louis-Belle Rive | s63 | - | |
| s64 | Mérignac-Lycée Daguin <=> Martignas-Girard | s64 | - |
The line TBNight functions from 1:30 am to 5:50 am, in order to substitute the whole network between campus, Victoire place and other nightclub districts on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays night.
| Course | Link | Exploitant | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gradignan-Village 5 <=> Bordeaux-Base sous marine | TBNight | Keolis |
Flex' lines have a route fix which leads in a geographical area. In these zones, there are stops served automatically and stops on request.
There exists 4-day flex' lines, which have a regular frequency, and 7-evening ones which have only 2 departures at 2:00 am and 4:00 am from Quinconces station.
All details here.[1]
| Service | Course, zone | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| flex' Aéro | Mondays to Fridays | Mérignac-Aéroport <=> St-Médard <=> St-Aubin | |
| flex' Artigues | Saturdays | Lormont-Buttinière <=> Artigues-près-Bordeaux-Echangeur du Moulinat <=> zone including 64, 66 and 67 bus stops | |
| flex' Bouliac | Mondays to Saturdays | Bouliac-Centre Commercial <=> Bouliac zone <=> Floirac-Arena | |
| flex' Gare | Mondays to Fridays | Parempuyre, La Gorp, Bassens, Carbon-Blanc and Ambarès train stations <=> each zone around <=> Bec d'Ambès zone | |
| flex' N1 | Thursdays to Saturdays (2 bus) | Bordeaux-Quinconces <=> Bordeaux-Ravezies <=> Zones of Blanquefort, Bordeaux-nord, Bruges, Eysines, Parempuyre, Le Taillan | |
| flex' N2 | Thursdays to Saturdays (2 bus) | Bordeaux-Quinconces <=> Bordeaux-Barrière du Médoc <=> Zones of Bordeaux-Caudéran, Le Bouscat, Le Haillan, Saint-Aubin, Saint-Médard | |
| flex' N3 | Thursdays to Saturdays (2 bus) | Bordeaux-Quinconces <=> Bordeaux-Barrière Judaïque <=> Zones of Bordeaux-Ouest, Mérignac, Martignas | |
| flex' N4 | Thursdays to Saturdays (2 bus) | Bordeaux-Quinconces <=> Bordeaux-Barrière de Pessac <=> Zones of Bordeaux-Médoquine, Pessac, Gradignan | |
| flex' N5 | Thursdays to Saturdays (2 bus) | Bordeaux-Quinconces <=> Bordeaux-Barrière de Bègles <=> Zones of Bègles, Talence, Villenave | |
| flex' N6 | Thursdays to Saturdays (2 bus) | Bordeaux-Quinconces <=> Bordeaux-Galin <=> Zones of Artigues, Bouliac, Cenon, Floirac | |
| flex' N7 | Thursdays to Saturdays (2 bus) | Bordeaux-Quinconces <=> Bordeaux-Aristide Briand <=> Zones of Ambarès, Ambès, Bassens, Carbon-Blanc, Lormont, Saint-Louis, Saint-Vincent |
When there are events at Arkéa Arena or at Matmut Atlantique, shuttles are set up by TBM.
| Course | Link | Exploitant | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena | Bordeaux-Porte de Bourgogne <=> Floirac-Arkéa Arena | Arena | Keolis | |
| Stade | Cenon-Gare <=> Bordeaux-Parc des Expositions-Stade Matmut Atlantique | Stade | Keolis |
To replace tram service in maintenance, there are Relais bus line for each tramway line.
| Course | Link | Exploitant | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bus A | Same as Tramway A course | A | - | |
| Bus B | Same as Tramway B course | B | - | |
| Bus C | Same as Tramway C course | C | - | |
| Bus D | Same as Tramway D course | D | - |