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New bus routes for the Bayou City will travel from Houston both north and west. You can get from the city to The Woodlands to Dallas-Fort Worth; and Katy to San Antonio.

A ground transportation service company plans to add Houston into its lineup of daily charter bus routes connecting metropolitan hubs across Texas.

GOGO Charters officials, who announced planned routes between San Antonio and Dallas last Monday, said Wednesday that Houston and Corpus Christi will see routes launch later this year.

Read Octavia Johnson's full report on the new bus routes.

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Brandon Scott, Audience Producer

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