Bus lines in Bordeaux

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:

13 high frequency (10–15 minute) services (LIANES),
10 main lines which have a service frequency from 15 to 30 minutes,
33 other lines,
54 special lines reserved for school, called Scodi
5 direct lines,
1 Night Line (called TBNight)
10 Flex' lines (flexible services which follow fixed routes to a location and then pick up or set down on demand in that location),
2 shuttles for events in Arkea Arena or Matmut Atlantique stadium,
4 lines for tramway maintenance (Relais).

History

The network was fully reviewed on 4 September 2023 in order to match with new supply and demand (extension of tram lines, express bus lines, demands in peripheric lines ...).
Changes between old network (which commenced operation on 22 September 2010) and new are still available here for a while.

Current Network lines

Lianes

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.


N.	Course	Link	Exploitant
1	Bordeaux-Gare Saint Jean <=> Mérignac-Beaudésert	1	TBM
2	Bordeaux-Quinconces <=> Le Taillan-La Boétie	2	TBM
3	Bordeaux-Quinconces <=> Saint-Médard-Issac or Saint-Aubin-Villepreux	3	TBM
4	Bordeaux-Palais de Justice <=> Pessac-Cap de Bos	4	TBM
5	Bordeaux-Bassins à flots <=> Villenave-Chambéry or -Courréjean	5	TBM
7	Bordeaux-Centre commercial du Lac <=> Ambarès-Parabelle	7	TBM
8	Bordeaux-Pellegrin <=> Gradignan-Centre	8	TBM
9	Bordeaux-Gare Saint Jean <=> Bordeaux-Brandenburg	9	TBM
15	Bordeaux-Centre commercial du Lac <=> Villenave-Courréjean	15	TBM
16	Bouliac-Centre commercial <=> Mérignac-Les Pins	16	TBM
31	Pessac-Photonique or Gradignan-Beausoleil <=> Ambès-Saint Exupéry or Ambarès-Centre or Bassens-Quai Français	31	TBM
35	Bordeaux-Cracovie <=> Bordeaux-Gare Saint Jean	35	TBM
39	Eysines-Cantinolle or Saint-Médard-ZA Picot <=> Villenave-Pyrénées or Pessac-Photonique	39	TBM

Main lines

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.


N.	Course	Link	Exploitant
20	Bordeaux-Brulatour <=> Mérignac-Cimetière Intercommunal	20	TBM
21	Talence-Peixotto <=> Gradignan-Beausoleil	21	TBM
22	Blanquefort-Frankton <=> Parempuyre-Fontanieu	22	TBM
23	Le Bouscat-Hippodrome <=> Bègles-Rives d'Arcins	23	TBM
24	Pessac-Romainville <=> Bordeaux-Porte de Bourgogne	24	TBM
25	Bordeaux-Cité du Vin <=> Bouliac-Belle Etoile or -Centre commercial	25	TBM
26	Martignas-Les Pins <=> Mérignac-Lycée Daguin	26	TBM
27	Lormont-Buttinière or Cenon-Gare <=> Le Bouscat-Place Ravezies	27	TBM
28	Bordeaux-Galin <=> Bordeaux-Stalingrad	28	TBM
29	Carbon-Blanc-La Gardette <=> St-Louis-Belle Rive or Ambarès-Bernatet	29	TBM

Lines

These lines connect the peripheric cities to another ones and Bordeaux. They function from 6 am to 9 pm.


N.	Course	Link	Exploitant
30	Mérignac-BA 106 or Pessac-Centre <=> Saint-Médard-Galaxie	30	TBM
32	Bouliac-Centre commercial <=> Bordeaux-Brandenburg	32	TBM
33	Bordeaux-Cracovie <=> Mérignac-Aéroport	33	TBM
34	Mérignac-Les Pins <=> Pessac-Unitec	34	TBM
37	Bordeaux-Parc des Expositions <=> Saint-Aubin-Lycée Sud Médoc or -Villepreux	37	TBM
38	Mérignac-Phare <=> Blanquefort-Caychac	38	TBM
60	Bordeaux-Stalingrad <=> Bassens-La Chênaie	60	TBM
61	Bordeaux-Jardin Botanique <=> Ambès-Escarraguel	61	TBM
64	Artigues-Fonteraude <=> Lormont-Buttinière	64	TBM
65	Bordeaux-Stalingrad <=> Artigues-Tout Y Faut	65	TBM
66	Lormont-Lauriers <=> Lormont-Buttinière	66	TBM
67	Lormont-Buttinière (circular line near Buttinière)	67	TBM
69	Ambarès-Max Linder <=> Ambarès-Quinsus	69	TBM
70	Bordeaux-Gambetta Mériadeck <=> Eysines-Lycée Charles Péguy	70	TBM
71	Le Taillan-Lycée Sud Médoc <=> Mérignac-Barbusse	71	TBM
72	Le Haillan-Collège Emile Zola <=> Bruges-Gare or Bruges-Zone de Fret	72	TBM
73	Le Bouscat-Hippodrome <=> Bègles-Rives d'Arcins	73	TBM
74	Mérignac-Fontaine d'Arlac <=> Gradignan-Stade Ornon	74	TBM
75	Bordeaux-Brandenburg <=> Bruges-Gare	75	TBM
76	Bordeaux-Brandenburg <=> Parempuyre-Landegrand	76	TBM
77	Pessac-Bougnard <=> Pessac-Candau	77	TBM
78	Mérignac-Fontaine d'Arlac <=> Pessac-Toctoucau	78	TBM
79	Blanquefort-Gare <=> Blanquefort-Ecoparc	79	TBM
80	Bordeaux-Palais de Justice <=> Gradignan-Stade Ornon	80	TBM
81	Eysines-Cantinolle <=> Le Taillan-Stade Municipal	81	TBM
82	Bordeaux-Patinoire <=> Le Bouscat-Hôpital Suburbain	82	TBM
83	Eysines-Cantinolle <=> Saint-Aubin-Pinsolles	83	TBM
84	Le Haillan-Rostand <=> Saint-Médard-ZA Picot	84	TBM
85	Villenave-Chambéry <=> Bègles-Salengro	85	TBM
86	Bordeaux-Patinoire <=> Bègles-Terres Neuves	86	TBM
87	Pessac-Centre <=> Villenave-Piscine Chambéry	87	TBM
89	Villenave-Pyrénées <=> Bègles-Lycée Vaclav Havel	89	TBM
90	Villenave-Gare <=> Bègles-Lycée Vaclav Havel	90	TBM

Direct lines

Direct lines are set in order to make some courses faster, skipping several stops.


N.	Course	Link	Exploitant
51	Bordeaux-Gambetta <=> Mérignac-IMA	51	TBM
52	Blanquefort-Gare <=> Parempuyre-Fontanieu	52	TBM
53	Bordeaux-Cracovie <=> Ambès-Escarraguel	53	TBM
55	Bordeaux-République <=> Pessac-ZA Magellan	55	TBM
57	Bassens-Carbon-Blanc-La Gardette <=> Ambarès-Centre	57	TBM

Scodi

Scodi lines serve schools and function only in school period. Reserved for pupils, inscriptions to take these lines are set every summer.


N.	Course	Link	Exploitant
s1	Cenon-Collège Jean jaurès <=> Artigues-Fontderode	s1	TBM
s2	Cenon-Collège Jean jaurès <=> Artigues-Fontderode	s2	TBM
s3	Cenon-Collège Jean jaurès <=> Artigues-Parc du Peyrou	s3	TBM
s4	Bègles-Collège Berthelot <=> Bègles-Noutary	s4	TBM
s5	Floirac-Collège Mandela <=> Bouliac-Belle Etoile	s5	TBM
s7	Lormont-Collège Lapierre <=> Lormont-Palombes	s7	TBM
s8	Saint-Aubin-Lycée Sud Médoc <=> Saint-Aubin-Genêts	s8	TBM
s9	Saint-Aubin-Lycée Sud Médoc <=> Saint-Aubin-Segonnes	s9	TBM
s10	Saint-Aubin-Lycée Sud Médoc <=> Saint-Aubin-Quatre Lagunes	s10	TBM
s11	Le Haillan-Collège Le Haillan <=> Saint-Médard-Avenue du Haillan	s11	TBM
s12	Saint-Médard-Collège d'Hastignan <=> Saint-Médard-Robespierre	s12	TBM
s13	Saint-Médard-Collège d'Hastignan <=> Saint-Médard-Ambroise Paré	s13	TBM
s14	Saint-Médard-Collège d'Hastignan <=> Saint-Médard-Julien	s14	TBM
s15	Saint-Médard-Collège François Mauriac <=> Saint-Médard-Place Corbiac	s15	TBM
s16	Saint-Médard-Collège François Mauriac <=> Saint-Médard-Villagexpo	s16	TBM
s17	Le Haillan-Collège Le Haillan <=> Saint-Médard-Mazeau	s17	TBM
s20	Eysines-Collège Albert Camus <=> Le Taillan-Foin	s20	TBM
s21	Le Taillan-Lycée Sud Médoc <=> Eysines-Le Grand Caillou	s21	TBM
s22	Saint-Médard-Lycée Sud Médoc <=> Le Taillan-Tanaïs	s22	TBM
s24	Carbon-Blanc-Collège Simone Veil <=> Ambès-Fort Lajard	s24	TBM
s25	Carbon-Blanc-Collège Simone Veil <=> Ambès-Saint Exupéry	s25	TBM
s26	Carbon-Blanc-Collège Simone Veil <=> Ambès-Fort Lajard	s26	TBM
s27	Lormont-Allende <=> Ambès-Fort Lajard	s27	TBM
s28	Lormont-Iris <=> Ambarès-Parabelle	s28	TBM
s29	Ambarès-Collège Claude Massé <=> Ambarès-Parabelle	s29	TBM
s30	Lormont-Iris <=> St-Louis-Belle Rive	s30	TBM
s32	Lormont-Esplanade François Mitterrand <=> Artigues-La Cascade	s32	TBM
s33	Mérignac-Collège Les Eyquems <=> Mérignac-Rue de Lyon	s33	TBM
s34	Mérignac-Collège Les Eyquems <=> Mérignac-Bazin	s34	TBM
s35	Mérignac-Collège Les Eyquems <=> Pessac-Zoo de Pessac	s35	TBM
s36	Mérignac-Collège Les Eyquems <=> Mérignac-Bellonte	s36	TBM
s37	Mérignac-Collège de Bourran <=> Mérignac-Vallon	s37	TBM
s38	Pessac-Collège Noës <=> Pessac-Cartier	s38	TBM
s39	Pessac-Collège Noës <=> Pessac-Guilbaud	s39	TBM
s40	Pessac-Collège François Mitterrand <=> Pessac-Lucildo	s40	TBM
s42	Pessac-Collège Alouette <=> Pessac-Hameaux de l'Alouette	s42	TBM
s43	Pessac-Collège Alouette <=> Pessac-Domaniales du Golf	s43	TBM
s44	Pessac-Collège Alouette <=> Pessac-Les Chênes	s44	TBM
s45	Pessac-Collège Alouette <=> Pessac-Fauvettes	s45	TBM
s46	Pessac-Collège Alouette <=> Pessac-Cartier	s46	TBM
s47	Talence-Henri Brisson <=> Talence-Stade Suzon	s47	TBM
s48	Villenave-Collège Pont de la Maye <=> Villenave-Coin	s48	TBM
s49	Villenave-Collège Pont de la Maye <=> Villenave-Place Pontac	s49	TBM
s53	Mérignac-Lycée Daguin <=> Martignas-Les Pins	s53	TBM
s55	Gradignan-Lycée des Graves <=> Gradignan-Malartic	s55	TBM
s56	Mérignac-Lycée Daguin <=> Martignas-Souge	s56	TBM
s57	Bordeaux-Gabriel Fauré <=> Bordeaux-Roger Allo	s57	TBM
s58	Blanquefort-Lycée du Bâtiment <=> Parempuyre-Landegrand	s58	TBM
s59	Mérignac-Collège Les Eyquems <=> Mérignac-Campana	s59	TBM
s60	Mérignac-Collège Les Eyquems <=> Mérignac-Happy Parc	s60	TBM
s61	Lormont-Allende <=> Ambès-Fort Lajard	s61	TBM
s62	Lormont-Iris <=> Ambarès-Parabelle	s62	TBM
s63	Lormont-Iris <=> St-Louis-Belle Rive	s63	TBM
s64	Mérignac-Lycée Daguin <=> Martignas-Girard	s64	TBM

TBNight

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.


N.	Course	Link	Exploitant
	Gradignan-Village 5 <=> Bordeaux-Base sous marine	TBNight	TBM

Flex'

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]


N.	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

Shuttles

When there are events at Arkéa Arena or at Matmut Atlantique, shuttles are set up by TBM.


Line	Course	Link	Exploitant
Arena	Bordeaux-Porte de Bourgogne <=> Floirac-Arkéa Arena	Arena	TBM
Stade	Cenon-Gare <=> Bordeaux-Parc des Expositions-Stade Matmut Atlantique	Stade	TBM

Relais

To replace tram service in maintenance, there are Relais bus line for each tramway line.


Line	Course	Link	Exploitant
Bus A	Same as Tramway A course	A	TBM
Bus B	Same as Tramway B course	B	TBM
Bus C	Same as Tramway C course	C	TBM
Bus D	Same as Tramway D course	D	TBM

References

All about flex' network

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