- Autobuses de Oriente
Autobuses de Oriente, S.A. de C.V. (Autobuses of the East, Inc.; usually known as "A.D.O.") is one of the most important Mexican bus companies, running first-class and executive-class buses. It was founded with six buses on
December 23 ,1939 on the routeMexico City -Puebla-Perote -Jalapa-Veracruz. Its first buses wereBentley Continentals. It was not an easy beginning. In 1939 there was relatively little demand for transport, the roads were dangerous, there were no terminals or repair shops. Each of the founding partners had to serve as driver, baggage handler, mechanic, administrator, etc.Initially the company covered only the one route, but in the 1950s it added a route to
Villahermosa . Other cities served today includeCancún , Oaxaca, Campeche, Cuautla,Huatulco , Mérida andCoatzacoalcos . In Mexico City A.D.O. serves the T.A.P.O. ("Terminal de Pasajeros de Oriente") station.A.D.O.'s motto since 1939 has been "Siempre primera" (Always first), because it has always used the most modern buses possible, such as the DINA Avante, the DINA Olímpico and the DINA Flexible "Jorobado". At the present time the line uses
Mercedes Benz ,Volvo orBusscar buses, painted silver with a red wave the length of the bus containing the letters "ADO" in white.A.D.O. GL (Gran Linea) is the executive class (luxury) service of A.D.O. The company also runs Autotour, a charter bus service, and Multipack, a package express service.
ource
This article is a free translation of the [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobuses_de_Oriente article] in the Spanish Wikipedia, with some additional information.
External links
*es icon [http://www.ado.com.mx/ Official site]
*es icon [http://autobusesdemexico.tripod.com/historia_de_ado.html History of A.D.O.]
*es icon [http://autobusesdemexico.tripod.com/galeria_especial_de_ado.html Gallery of photos of the buses]
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