Bristol to Newcastle upon Tyne bus

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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Bristol to Newcastle upon Tyne on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.

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• 5h 59mDoor to door
• 5h 15mMoving
• €19.98 to €43.63From
• 06:50 to 17:03First and last departure
• 3Per day
• 10.7 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 28 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€19.98 to €43.63 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.

Operator	From	Fastest	Typical speed	Flexibility	On board
FlixBus	€19.98	5h 56m	72 km/h	Changeable	Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi

When to book Bristol to Newcastle upon Tyne

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

1. €21.0890 days
2. €18.3360 days
3. €23.2845 days
4. €16.6830 days
5. €22.1821 days
6. €19.9814 days
7. €24.937 days
8. €37.583 days
9. €33.181 days

Cheapest lead time

Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €16.68.

How much it moves

The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 125 percent. The dearest point is €37.58, 3 days out.

What that means

Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

1. €30.98Sun
2. €22.18Mon
3. €26.03Tue
4. €23.83Wed
5. €36.48Thu
6. €26.58Fri
7. €30.98Sat

Where you leave from and where you arrive

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting

67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.

How far it really runs

The route covers 397 km against 397 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

Where the change is

Connections are made at Bradford, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.

If the connection is missed

The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.

First and last departure

The first service of the day leaves Bristol at 06:50 and the last at 17:03, across 3 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

Questions about Bristol to Newcastle upon Tyne

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

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