For residents · Getting around

Which bus do I take?

Great people have already mapped El Salvador’s buses. Instead of copying their work, here are the best tools — with credit to who built them.

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Independent sites — we checked each one is up and does what it says.

Route finderbus.svExplains which bus to take to reach your destination. Search the whole country or by department, plus international buses.
Routes by departmentCARTORUXCollects bus and microbus routes across the 14 departments: where each starts, where it ends, the fare and a map of key stops.
Government · data last updated Dec 2020VMT official dashboardPublic-transport routes by department from the Vice-Ministry of Transport’s planning office (SERTRACEN data). Official, but older.

Open source · AGPL-3.0Website offline

ChivoMap

An interactive public-transport map of El Salvador by Eliseo Arévalo and contributors: explore more than 3,000 bus routes, find nearby stops and plan trips across the whole country.

3,000+ routes nationwide
Urban, inter-urban and inter-departmental, colour-coded
Nearby routes and stops from your location
Trip planner: bus + walking, with transfers, time and distance

chivomap.com was not reachable when we last checked (Oct 3, 2026). We re-check every hour and will link to it as soon as it’s back. The project’s code is still public.

Source code on GitHub

Not sure where to start?

Ask ia.sv where you’re going — it will point you to the right route finder.

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ia.sv is not affiliated with these projects. Routes, schedules and fares change — confirm locally before travelling.

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