Luxury bus operator Vonlane is adding new routes across Texas for 2026, including bringing back crack-of-dawn rides between San Antonio and Houston.
According to a release, effective February 16, Vonlane will run new early-morning and evening departures in four Texas cities on high-demand travel days. Six additional weekly departures have been added in each city as follows:
NEW Houston Galleria to and from San Antonio:
6 am and 6 pm Monday, Thursday, and Friday
NEW Fort Worth to and from Austin:
7 am and 7 pm Monday, Thursday, and Friday
As of February 16, the schedule to and from these Texas cities will be as follows:
San Antonio to Houston Galleria:
6 am, 10 am, 2 pm, 6 pm Monday, Thursday, and Friday10 am and 2 pm Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday1 pm Saturday
Houston Galleria to San Antonio:
6 am, 10 am, 2 pm, 6 pm Monday, Thursday, and Friday10 am and 2 pm Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday9 am Saturday
Fort Worth to Austin:
7 am, 11 am, 3 pm, 7 pm Monday, Thursday, and Friday11 am and 3 pm Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday9 am Saturday
Austin to Fort Worth:
7 am, 11 am, 3 pm, 7 pm Monday, Thursday, and Friday11 am and 3 pm Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday1 pm Saturday
Vonlane introduced San Antonio to Houston service in 2019, briefly pausing service in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, it expanded with San Antonio to Dallas routes, but that has since been suspended. There’s sadly no service between San Antonio and Austin — which would be oh so handy.
Vonlane says the expanded schedules aim to help facilitate day trips, allowing regional business travelers to arrive in time for morning meetings and return home the same evening.
“Business travelers are telling us they want schedules that actually work,” said Alex Danza, founder and CEO of Vonlane, in a statement. “These new departures make it possible to take a morning meeting without a 4 am alarm, stay productive on the road, and still be home by dinner. That flexibility is exactly what Vonlane was built to deliver.”
Dallas-based Vonlane launched its high-end bus service in 2014 to cater to business travelers. Each bus, which holds fewer than two dozen passengers, features amenities like Wi-Fi, satellite TV and radio, snack and drink service, sleep masks, and leather seats. Their fares are flat-rate, one-way or round-trip, with no taxes, baggage fees, or change fees.
Vonlane now offers more than 500 departures weekly across nine cities, in Texas and beyond. Routes run in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio, Texas; between Atlanta, Georgia, and Nashville, Tennessee; and between Nashville and Memphis, and Nashville and Knoxville.
In San Antonio, buses depart in front of the San Antonio Marriott Riverwalk at 889 E. Market St. Reservations can be booked online, and may be canceled and fully refunded up to 24 hours before departure.
Vonlane also just launched an app to make booking and managing trips easier for passengers; it is available for Apple and Android devices.