Damascus intercity bus stations: where to catch a bus to each city

Buses and minibuses from Damascus to other provinces leave in 2026 from four official departure centres: the Pullman Centre and the North, West and South departure centres. According to a Damascus governorate report, 62595 trips left these four centres in the second quarter of the year. Two older garages moved in the same year, so part of the directions circulating online are now wrong. This page sets out, with dates, which garages are current, which have moved, and how to get from one to another. The general picture of coaches, minibuses and shared taxis is on the page about getting around Syria.

How many departure centres does Damascus have?

Four. A governorate report published by the Al-Watan newspaper in July 2026 lists them by their official names. Trips from April to June: the Pullman Centre 14399, the North departure centre 8130, the West departure centre 25683 and the South departure centre 14383. The West centre is by far the busiest.

The report leaves out two things: which garage on the ground each official name refers to, and which province’s buses leave from which centre. On the street the old names live on, and a taxi driver needs the name of the garage’s district. The list below covers only garages whose name and location can be confirmed.

Where are the garages known by name?

• The Pullman garage: at the north-eastern edge of the city, between Harasta and Qaboun, on 6 Tishreen Street. In Syria a large intercity coach is called a pullman.
• The Abbasiyyin garage: on Faris al-Khoury Street. Minibuses for the Qalamoun and the northern Damascus countryside leave from here, including the lines to Nabek, Qara, Deir Atiyah, Jayroud and Qutayfah. Since January 2026 drivers have been asked for a 1000-pound collection receipt per trip at the departure gate.
• The Sumariyeh garage: at the western end of Mezzeh. No dated source was found showing which provincial lines leave from here; ask before you go.
• The South departure centre: on Thalathin Street. Two old garages moved here in 2026.

Are the Bab Musalla and Sayyida Zaynab garages still in use?

No; both are moving to the centre on Thalathin Street. The move of the Sayyida Zaynab garage began on 29 March 2026, and the governorate said the transfer would happen gradually over the following days. More than 1000 minibuses worked from that garage, and drivers said they feared the new centre could not take that many vehicles and that trips would get longer.

The Daraa and Suwayda lines moved from Bab Musalla to the same centre from 1 July 2026. There was a protest at the old garage on the day of the move, and officials said this transfer too would be gradual. In practice, some vehicles may or may not still be at the old garage in a given week. If an older guide says to take the Daraa bus from Bab Musalla, the directions are out of date; details for the road south are on the page about how to get to Bosra.

Which garage for Aleppo, Homs or Latakia?

There is no dated, official answer. The governorate report gives trip numbers for the four centres but does not assign provincial lines to them, and the pairings found online were either written before the 2026 moves or have no source. This page does not guess either.

What works is asking. Where you are staying, or as you get into a taxi, ask which garage the bus for your destination leaves from; once a driver hears the name of the city, he usually knows the garage. At the garage, buying the ticket at the company counter secures the seat. Shared taxis to Beirut run on a separate system, covered on the page about Beirut to Damascus overland.

How do you get from one garage to another?

The garages sit at different edges of the city, linked by city minibus lines. The governorate’s November 2025 fare list names three lines that serve a garage directly: Sumariyeh–Baramkeh, Tadamon–Sumariyeh, and Sumariyeh–Karajat by the ring road. Minibuses marked Karajat, meaning the garages, go to the intercity terminals; ask the driver which garage he stops at. One of the busiest city lines, Mezzeh Jabal–Karajat, runs the same way.

With luggage, a taxi is easier for changing between two garages. How to use the city minibuses is on the page about getting around Damascus, and how to agree a taxi fare is on the page about taxis in Syria.

Why is there no ticket price here?

Because no valid figure exists right now. On 13 September 2026 the price of a litre of diesel rose from 125 to 175 new pounds. The Ministry of Energy said the rise was temporary, linked to a maintenance shutdown of the Baniyas refinery expected to last about two months. That same day, drivers in Damascus and Aleppo raised fares on their own before any official decision. The November 2025 fare for the Sumariyeh–Karajat minibus was 4500 old pounds, or 45 new pounds, and that figure is also out of date.

Ask the price at the counter and check which pound it is quoted in: two zeros were removed from the currency in January 2026, and people still talk in both. Notes and small change are covered on the page about money and cash in Syria.

Final checks before you go

• Garage: ask where the line for your destination is leaving from that week.
• Southern lines: the Thalathin Street centre for Daraa and Suwayda.
• Fare: ask at the counter and confirm old or new pounds.
• Changing garages: take a taxi if you have luggage.