This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing bus passenger transportation over regular routes and on regular schedules, principally outside a single metropolitan area and its adjacent nonurban areas.

• Bus line operation, intercity
• Intercity bus line operation
• Interstate bus line operation
• Interurban bus line operation
• Motor coach operation, interurban and rural
• Rural bus services

• Providing scenic and sightseeing transportation using buses--are classified in Industry 487110, Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land;
• Providing buses for charter--are classified in Industry 485510, Charter Bus Industry;
• Operating local and suburban bus transit systems--are classified in U.S. Industry 485113, Bus and Other Motor Vehicle Transit Systems; and
• Operating independent bus terminals--are classified in Industry 488490, Other Support Activities for Road Transportation.