Orange County travelers can now book Megabus rides to Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose.

The express bus company, known for its fares as low as $1, is selling tickets for service that begins at the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center on Dec. 6, the company announced earlier this week.

Megabus, a subsidiary of Coach USA, estimates the routes will generate 40,000 visitors to Anaheim in the first year, according to Mike Alvich, Megabus spokesman. Alvich didn’t have an estimate for those originating from Anaheim.

The new Anaheim service will consist of two to five daily trips each way to and from each city. All rides include stops in Los Angeles and other cities, according to Alvich.

A search Friday on the Megabus.com website for a one-way Jan. 8 fare from Anaheim to San Francisco showed a price range of $5 to $39.

Every bus – even the most prized times and routes – has at least one $1 fare, Alvich said. It’s just a matter of getting to it first. Usually the closer you get to the ride date, the more the ticket costs, Alvich explained. He added that you have a better chance for a $1 seat on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.

The 81-seat, double-decker buses come from a Belgian company, Van Hool, and are equipped with restrooms, free WiFi, and power outlets in every seat. Riders will get the option to pay a small premium – $1 to $5 extra – to get one of the 10 top seats on the bus: the four upper-deck seats closest to the front window, four laptop-friendly table seats behind the driver, and two balcony seats near the stairs.

Megabus’s first venture into California in 2007 ended shortly after it started. Alvich cited an unresponsive market – a market that has changed drastically since then, he said. The company re-launched service in California in 2012, with more brand recognition, Alvich said.

Anaheim is the eighth California city the company serves, in addition to Los Angeles, Burbank, San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Riverside and Sacramento. Megabus, which started U.S. routes in Chicago in 2006, operates service to and from more than 120 cities in the U.S. and Canada.

“We took another look at the market. And we’ve always wanted to be in California,” Alvich said. “It’s meeting our expectations.”