AzoresBus line 315 · South coast and Ponta Delgada suburbs
Ponta Delgada to Vila Franca do Campo bus (line 315)
Every printed trip on line 315, stop by stop, in both directions. The weekday, Saturday and Sunday/holiday columns are shown as separate tables, exactly as AzoresBus prints them; nothing is merged or averaged.
At a glance
First and last printed departure per direction and day-type column. A departure is the first printed time of a trip, which for short workings is not the line's first stop.
- Printed running time
- 60 min longest printed trip (either direction)
- Printed trips
- 42 across 4 day-type columns
- Single fare
- Not published per line; day passes from €7.00
- Operator
- AzoresBus · 296 097 097
Running time is the difference between the first and last printed times of the longest trip (Ponta Delgada → Vila Franca do Campo: 50 min, 07:00–07:50) (Vila Franca do Campo → Ponta Delgada: 60 min, 20:15–21:15). AzoresBus prints no frequency and no journey time; both are read from the table, not stated by the operator.
Next printed departure today
What goes wrong on this line
The weekday column is dense but two of its entries are short workings: the 17:10 outbound covers twelve stops only, and the 07:50 and 08:20 returns from the Vila Franca terminal run ten stops [source]. Sundays and holidays have three outbound trips (10:00, 12:30, 17:30) and four returns (08:10, 10:50, 15:00, 16:30) [source].
Complete printed timetable
Source: AzoresBus (Vale do Ave Açores), Line 315 timetable PDF — Ponta Delgada - Vila Franca do Campo, edition effective . One table per direction and day-type column; open each heading to show its table. A dash means the stop is not served by that trip.
Season codes in the column headers: A = All year (Anual) · FE = School holidays only (Férias Escolares) · E = School days only (Escolar). Day-type digits (e.g. 2345, 6, 35) are labelled with the Portuguese weekday numbering the operator uses (2ª = Monday … 6ª = Friday). This is an interpretation of the printed code, not a printed legend; the raw code is always shown.
3 printed trips are short workings: the trip covers only part of the line, and its first printed time is not at the line's first stop. The tables show exactly which stops each trip serves.
Legend as printed on the PDF
- A-U | Anual - Dias Úteis | Business Days
- A-S | Anual - Sábados | Saturdays
- A-DF | Anual - Domingos e Feriados | Sundays and Bank Holidays
- E-2356 | Escolar - Segundas, Terças, Quintas e Sextas | School Days - Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
- E-U | Escolar - Dias Úteis | School Days - Business Days
- FE-U | Férias Escolares - Dias Úteis | School Holidays - Business Days
Fares on this line
From the AzoresBus tariff feed dated and the passes leaflet. AzoresBus publishes single on-board fares only as a table of fare-unit bands, with no origin-to-destination mapping, so no single fare is stated for line 315.
| Pass | Price | Validity as published |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Dia | €7.00 | Válido para toda a rede, durante 24h após a primeira validação |
| 2 Dias | €12.00 | Válido para toda a rede, durante 48 horas após a primeira validação |
| 3 Dias | €16.00 | Válido para toda a rede, durante 72 horas após a primeira validação |
| 5 Dias | €25.00 | Válido para toda a rede, durante 120 horas após a primeira validação |
- Half fare on board for children aged 4 to 11
Meio Bilhete Simples de Bordo — 1 viagem — 4-11 anos (inclusive).
- Pre-purchased single and stored-value card: 10% off the on-board single
Bilhete Pré-Comprado — 1 viagem — -10% sobre o bilhete simples; Cartão Valor — -10% sobre o bilhete simples.
- Card issue costs
A aquisição do cartão do passe terá um custo de 6€. A aquisição do cartão pré-comprado terá um custo de 2€. Emissão do cartão valor: 2€. Emissão título de transporte: 6€.
- Monthly pass, valid for one origin–destination pair
Passe Mensal — válido para o mês e Origem/Destino para o qual foi adquirido, com nº de viagens ilimitadas.
Not published by AzoresBus: single on-board ticket prices per origin/destination; payment methods on board (cash/card) for single tickets; luggage or bicycle rules. All published fares and passes · Where to buy and how to pay
Places with printed stops on line 315
In printed order of the outbound table. Each name groups the stops the PDF prints under it; linked places have their own page with every line that serves them.
Good to know
- Outbound weekdays from Alfândega: 07:00, 07:25, 09:00, 11:00, 12:35, 15:00, 17:10, 17:40 and 19:00 all year, plus 08:10 in school holidays and 10:00 and 17:30 on school days [source].
- Saturdays: 08:00, 11:00, 12:40 and 17:30 out; 07:10, 08:10, 10:00, 15:00 and 20:15 back [source].
- Night line N04 adds 21:15 and 23:15 from P. Delgada (Piscinas) and 22:15 back from the terminal every day [source].
Quick answers
How long is the bus from Ponta Delgada to Vila Franca do Campo?
50 minutes on the full trips (07:00 to 07:50) [source].
Carry the timetable
Keep line 315 offline
The Azores Bus app stores the operator-sourced São Miguel timetables, so the last bus back is on your phone when the crater has no signal.