Ecuador has a variety of bus services.^[1]

The general types of service include:

• luxury buses — autobús de lujo, which travel the main routes between cities.^[2]
• standard buses — these travel more local routes and will stop for any passengers that hails them.^[2]
• minibuses — busetas which service the outer fringes of the bus networks^[2]
• rancheras — trucks which have been converted to buses by adding wooden benches. These service the poorer, rural areas, along with camionetas, which are converted pickup trucks.^[2]

In the capital, Quito, boarding platforms are used to put passengers at the same level as the entrance to the bus.^[3]