Buses and trains go to Bulgaria and beyond to the east. To the south one can catch a bus or train to Skopje or Thessaloniki. There is frequent bus and train service to Belgrade and many other locations within Serbia. One can catch bus to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro or Croatia. For going down to Kosovo, there is only one direct bus, departing Niš twice daily, and going over Novi Pazar Serbia to Kosovska Mitrovica, where one should change bus if going to Priština or somewhere else.Companies like Eurolines-Lasta, Touring, Jedinstvo or Niš-Ekspres, have long-distance buses to almost any bigger city in western Europe, with Germany, Swiss and France especially good covered.As with most of Europe it is usually recommended that one travels by train for safety, cost and speed. The trains are old and there have been delays. However, trains will be more comfortable and almost always more scenic.All buses depart from the central bus station, just behind the fortress and the green market. Same is for trains, but central train station is located a bit far from the bus station, so calculate at least good 20 minutes of walking to reach one from another.
