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Brazilian intercity bus ticket numbers explained

In Brazil, intercity and interstate bus travel — transporte rodoviário interestadual de passageiros — is operated by hundreds of private carriers such as Itapemirim, Cometa, Catarinense, Garcia, Eucatur, Andorinha, Útil and Pluna. Each operator issues its own ticket numbers, traditionally as a sequential integer per series. Until around 2018 the tax document covering the trip was the paper CRT — Conhecimento Rodoviário de Transporte de Passageiros. Between 2018 and 2020 most Brazilian states migrated to the electronic equivalent, the BP-e — Bilhete de Passagem Eletrônico, model 63 of the national tax framework.

The BP-e carries a 44-digit access key built almost identically to the NF-e key: UF + AAMM + CNPJ + mod(63) + serie + nNF + tpEmis + cNF + cDV. The carrier signs the XML with an A1/A3 digital certificate, transmits it to the state SEFAZ, and only then prints (or emails) the DABPE — the human-readable receipt with a QR Code that the passenger uses for boarding.

What is printed on a Brazilian bus ticket

• Número sequencial and série assigned by the carrier;
• Issue date and time, carrier CNPJ, business name;
• Origem / destino (terminals), boarding gate (plataforma) and departure time;
• Poltrona (seat number) and service class;
• Fare amount, taxes (pedágio, seguro, taxa de embarque) and total paid;
• BP-e access key plus QR Code for SEFAZ lookup.

Service classes and pricing

Carriers offer multiple service tiers, each with its own fare table approved by ANTT — Agência Nacional de Transportes Terrestres on interstate routes. The most common are convencional (basic reclining seat, cheapest), semileito (wider seat, more recline), executivo (mid-tier, often with onboard restroom) and leito-cama (nearly flat sleeper, premium). On long-distance routes such as São Paulo–Recife or Porto Alegre–Belém, leito tickets can cost 2–3x a convencional ticket.

Online resellers and aggregators

Most Brazilians today buy bus tickets through online marketplaces — ClickBus, Buser, Bookbus, 99passagens, Maxbus — instead of the carrier counter. These platforms add their own internal locator code on top of the carrier's ticket number, and the BP-e access key is normally shown in the confirmation email or PDF voucher.

FAQ

Is the BP-e mandatory across Brazil? Yes in the large majority of states. The migration began in 2018; by 2020 nearly every interstate route required BP-e. A few municipal lines and small intermunicipal carriers still operate with legacy paper CRT, but for sites like ClickBus and Buser BP-e is universal.

Can I cancel a ticket online? Often yes. Federal Decree 2.521/1998 and Law 10.671/2003 grant a refund of up to 80% of the fare if you cancel at least three hours before departure; rescheduling is usually cheaper (around 5% fee). Buser, ClickBus and the larger carriers all support online cancellation.

Do paper tickets still exist? Technically yes — some small operators still issue a paper DABPE — but the underlying tax document is the electronic BP-e. The paper version is a printed representation, not the legal record.

Are the numbers from this tool real? No. They follow the visual format of a carrier-issued ticket number and series, but they are not registered in any SEFAZ. Use them for mock data, UI prototypes, automated tests and onboarding screens — never to bypass a fare or impersonate a real booking.