Greyhound Bus Lines

Why did this station close? It was far bigger and nicer than the North Hollywood station, and a lot cleaner than the downtown LA one. Stupid decision, Greyhound — really stupid.

After trying other LA/​SF shuttles like Megabus, I am never leaving Greyhound again. The Greyhound is always reliable. They are ALWAYS on-​time. They have lots of staff, and the staff is always very very nice and helpful.
The buses are always clean. Their wi-​fi and power outlets actually work.
My ticket is only $ 26.00. If I change my mind, I can change that ticket before the bus leaves for FREE. I missed my bus one time and they did charge me a change-​fee, but they didn’t make me buy a whole new ticket. They have buses that leave every three hours, so even if you do miss your bus, it’s not a 10 or 12 hour wait for the next one. And you can check bags without a bunch of hassle.
People complain that the Greyhound is unsafe. In probably 20 different rides in the past 4 years, I have never experienced that. I am a white woman. I’m obviously not rich or I wouldn’t be taking the bus, but I’m not poor and don’t look like I am. I have never been approached by weirdos on this bus or at the station. It’s safer than walking around the street in downtown LA or San Francisco. I have many more problems on the street than at the Greyhound station.
To take a bus service like the CA Shuttle, or Megabus instead of Greyhound is totally insane to me. This company has stations that sell food so you can wait inside, have a snack and watch TV — no waiting on a dodgy street corner. The Greyhound is a real company. They have been around for decades. They know what they are doing.
Greyhound has a bad rap, but YOU’RE TAKING A BUS! If you want to feel fancy, buy a plane ticket. Don’t be an idiot and take some sheisty broken-​down bus that picks you up on a street corner, no matter what color their seats are, or how many bars of wi-​fi they promise you. Be a real (wo)man. Take a real bus.

You guys are horrible! Horrible service! You have ONE person working, and that one person working is chit-​chatting with other workers while people are trying to make their buses. It’s Christmas Eve and you guys couldn’t even let me on the bus because YOUR idiot workers screwed up?! Horrible people! Horrible services! You people have made me miss Christmas with my family because of YOUR IDIOT WORKERS!!! You have certainly lost a long time customer!!! NEVER AGAIN am I taking the greyhound! Absolutely THE WORST!

NIGHTMARE, I took the Greyhound bus from LA to SF in early December, it turned out I did not print out all the tickets because when I arrived to the LA station from the Long Beach station I was not allowed to continue by a Greyhonud representative, I asked him what I could do to fix this dilemma and he told me «nothing». Are u serious? nothing? I checked my Email and it turns out the ticket from LA to SF never came through, and I did not catch it cause the ticket from Long Beach to SF was so damn complicated to comprehend, it had LB SF LA written all over it. Greyhound employees have no costumer service skills whatsoever. I then asked a private security guard if he had any recommendations and he pointed me to a line which barely moved, I finally got to a female representative and she told me that I can take a bus at 9am when the bus that I was supposed to go on leaves at 11:35pm and It was only 10:30pm, she told me some BS that in order to print out a ticket she would have to put me on the next bus, In a polite manner I finally convinced her to let me board the bus I paid for and she gave in and printed out the ticket. As I took my seat this Skinny dark skinned, greasy curly haired Greyhound employee gets on the bus with a card in his hand and yells CHANG! CHAAAAANG are you on this bus!!! and comments to the driver I found this card and it sounds CHINESE, WTF does it matter what it sounds like, rude monkey zoo thats all I thought of Greyhound and this is definitely was my first and last trip with them. There private security guards where a better source of info and had far superior costumer service skills, I took the MEGABUS back to LA from SF and it was incredible, big roomy 2 story bus, free wifi, and charging stations. ⁵⁄₅ for MEGABUS!!!

I give it 3 stars for giving me the most interesting ride EVER!
I went from LA to New Mexico which took foreeeeever (at least 20 hours) some years back. It was cramped and the bathroom was worse than any portapotty I’ve ever been in — pee everywhere, as if the men couldn’t aim and toilet paper stuck the walls. And the smell… don’t get me started on the smell.
On the bus though, I sat next to an ex-​con who had just gotten out of Federal prison (he was a cool cat though — still talk to him every once in a while to this day). We argued about religion, horoscopes and clouds.
Sitting behind me were 2 marines who’d just gotten back from Afghanistan and kept telling us their gritty shooting stories — 1 of them was trying to hit on this beautiful pregnant girl who was running away from her abusive husband. We had to tell them to stop talking because the bus driver threatened to stop the bus if they kept being loud and annoying.
Then there was the drug dealer who offered everyone weed from his secret shoe compartments while we were out on one of our stops. He claimed he was a professional boxer but I know better. Thank god he was sitting at the very back of the bus!
Then, in front of me, was one of the nicest men I’ve ever met who’d been diagnosed with HIV. He even gave me one of his hardcore painkillers when I started getting a migraine. I wonder to this day how he’s doing…
You couldn’t make up a better story or more interesting characters than that!
If I ever decide to become a writer and need inspiration, I’ll be riding the Greyhound around the States, that’s for sure!

I took the greyhound bus from hollywood it ran almost 4 hours late and on top of that they said I can get half my ticket refunded lol hahah I hope they go out of buisness asap!

I was trying to book travel for my German friend from Hollywood, CA to San Francisco. It was a nightmare and I can’t imagine what a traveler who doesn’t speak English could have ever done about this (this can’t be rare, right?).
Late Friday, first tried to book tickets from the website. This was for a trip on Saturday morning. If this were the problem, we should have been notified of this much but we were allowed to book. The website is not at all user friendly and just finding the right station to book from was an ordeal.
We finally found the Hollywood station to be best, booked our tickets and tried to print. The «Print Tickets» link simply didn’t work. I tried 3 different web browsers, 2 different computers and I printed several documents just to test my own connections. I could not print my ticket. I was able to get a screenshot of the confirmation which is important later.
The following morning, I called to report the problem. I was given a number by the agent to call. The automated system there gave me a 2^nd number to call for customer assistance. I called this number, only to be put on HOLD before ANOTHER automated system told me the customer assistance office was closed.
I called the 2^nd number again and spoke with an agent in some other department, was shuffled again only to be told I had to BUY A SECOND TICKET and get a refund on Monday. For the sake of time, I did as much and we headed to the station. I actually met the first agent I spoke to and nearly blew up in her face. She told me the first printed confirmation was valid and that I could refund the 2^nd on Monday. WHAT?
My friend was able to get to SF. This morning, I called to get the refund and was initially told the ticket was non-​refundable! It took some «stern» language and multiple calls before I finally got my refund.
This was the most stressful situation I’ve ever had traveling and I’ve backpacked to 21 countries over the last 5 years.
SKIP THE GREYHOUND! I’m not sure who’s in charge but it’s a hassle just to NOT have your money stolen and no one seems to truly want to help.

this was most def one of the most interesting rides that I have ever taken on a bus.
I went on the bus from LA to Lemoore/​Hanford.
my friend totally had the most boringest ride up to the cow area.
must say that it was best to travel with my laptop and some DVDs and another person because I proally would have killed myself at the end of the bus ride if I were by myself.

What’s that old saying? Something like,
«Fuck Greyhound with a thousand fires.»