Greyhound set to resume bus service to Canada as U.S. border reopens

After a nearly two year-long service disruption due to pandemic restrictions, one of thelargest cross-border bus services is set to resume passenger trips to and from Canada.

On its website, Greyhound announced it would restartservice by Nov. 8, though it said customers couldstart booking tickets for trips as of Tuesday, but only out of three centres Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto.

Anyone hoping to travel across the border into U.S. cities will be required to be fully vaccinated and have a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours before arrival at the border, it said.

Travelers will also be required toregister with ArriveCAN online or through the app to provide all mandatory travel information.

The company said itsgoal is to providepassengers with affordable fares and stress-free transportation as they return to normal travel, especially around the holidays.

Greyhoundpulledout of Western Canada in 2018.

It putits remaining routes in Ontario and Quebec on pause when COVID-19 hit in 2020before announcing in May it was closing its bus service in Canada permanently except for cross border routes.