12Go
ground transport
A multi-modal ground and sea transport booking platform with particularly deep coverage across Southeast Asia.
Buses, Trains & Multi-Modal Transport
Ground transport between cities — bus, train, or a mix of both — is usually the cheapest and often the most scenic way to cover regional distances, but it's also the segment where booking is most fragmented: a route might be run by several competing operators, each selling tickets mainly through their own site, in a local language, on a domestic payment method a foreign traveller can't always use.
The platforms in this category exist to paper over that fragmentation — searching across multiple bus and rail operators in one place, in English, on a card that works internationally. Coverage still varies a lot by region: a platform that's excellent for searching buses across Southeast Asia isn't necessarily the strongest option for European rail, so it's worth checking which one actually covers the route you need before assuming any of them is universal.
None of these replace booking directly with a national rail operator when one exists and sells its own tickets easily online — they're most useful exactly where that isn't the case.
The right choice here mostly comes down to which region and route you're travelling, and whether the platform's coverage actually reaches the specific operator you need. Provider pages below go into what each one is actually built for, and where two options genuinely overlap, a comparison page puts them side by side.
3 providers
Providers
Busbud
ground transport
A bus ticket search and booking platform aggregating routes from operators across the Americas, Europe, and beyond.
Omio
ground transport
A multi-modal transport search platform comparing train, bus, and flight options for the same route, with particularly strong European rail coverage.
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Frequently asked questions
Ground transport between cities is often the most fragmented segment to book — a route might be run by several competing operators, each selling tickets mainly through their own site, in a local language, on a domestic payment method a foreign traveller can't always use.
No — coverage varies a lot by region. A platform that's excellent for searching buses across Southeast Asia isn't necessarily the strongest option for European rail, so it's worth checking which one actually covers the route you need.
Yes, when one exists and sells its own tickets easily online — these platforms are most useful exactly where that isn't the case.
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