AzoresBus line 318 · South coast and Ponta Delgada suburbs
Ponta Delgada to Povoação bus (line 318)
Every printed trip on line 318, 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
- 110 min longest printed trip (either direction)
- Printed trips
- 27 across 5 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 → Povoação: 110 min, 09:00–10:50) (Povoação → Ponta Delgada: 110 min, 11:00–12:50). 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 318 prints a Monday-to-Thursday column (2345) at 18:10 and a Friday column (6) at 18:30, a school-holiday-only (FE) 10:00, and June-to-September (JS) short trips at 08:30 and 16:45 at weekends that end at Furnas (Polícia) rather than Povoação [source]. The return table starts at Furnas (Polícia), reaches the Povoação terminal and passes back through Furnas before the south coast, so a return "from Furnas" is printed at Furnas (Polícia) about twenty minutes after the Povoação departure [source].
Complete printed timetable
Source: AzoresBus (Vale do Ave Açores), Line 318 timetable PDF — Ponta Delgada - Povoação, 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) · JS = June to September only. 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.
8 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-2345 | Anual - Segundas, Terças, Quartas e Quintas | Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
- A-6 | Anual - Sextas | Fridays
- A-U | Anual - Dias Úteis | Business Days
- A-S | Anual - Sábados | Saturdays
- A-DF | Anual - Domingos e Feriados | Sundays and Bank Holidays
- FE-U | Férias Escolares - Dias Úteis | School Holidays - Business Days
- JS-S | De Junho a Setembro - Sábados | From June to September - Saturdays
- JS-DF | De Junho a Setembro - Domingos e Feriados | From June to September - Sundays and Bank Holidays
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 318.
| 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 318
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.
- Ponta Delgada
- São Roque
- Livramento
- Atalhada
- Lagoa
- Água de Pau
- Ribeira Chã
- Água d'Alto
- Vila Franca do Campo
- Ribeira Seca
- Ponta Garça
- Ribeira das Tainhas
- Furnas
- Ribeira Quente
- Redondo da Ribeira Quente
- Lomba do Cavaleiro
- Povoação
Good to know
- Outbound from Alfândega: weekdays 09:00, 13:45 and 16:00 (plus 10:00 in school holidays); weekends 09:00 and 15:00 all year, 08:30 and 16:45 in June to September [source].
- Printed at V. Franca do Campo (Terminal) 50 minutes after Alfândega and at Furnas (Largo Marquês da Praia) 88 minutes after [source].
- Returns from the Povoação terminal: weekdays 06:40, 08:30, 10:15, 16:00 (and 15:00 in school holidays); weekends 11:00 and 17:00; all end at P. Delgada (Forte S. Brás) [source].
Quick answers
Does the 318 go to Furnas?
Yes, via the south coast: it is printed at Furnas (Lagoa), Largo Marquês da Praia, Águas Quentes, Parque Terra Nostra, Polícia and Caldeiras before Ribeira Quente and Povoação [source].
What is the last 318 back from Furnas?
16:19 from Furnas (Polícia) on weekdays (Forte S. Brás 17:50) and 17:18 at weekends (18:50), with a 19:15 in June to September [source].
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Keep line 318 offline
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