Bus tickets to Madison
36 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.
36 places connect to Madison by Buses, across 1 country, run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €10.07. Origins run from 93 km away to 687 km, with a median of 398 km.
Arriving in Madison
Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee to Madison bus | €10.07 | 2h 44m | 122 km |
| Rockford to Madison bus | €10.07 | 2h 13m | 93 km |
| Chicago to Madison bus | €11.73 | 3h 24m | 198 km |
| Naperville to Madison bus | €11.73 | 3h 46m | 176 km |
| Joliet to Madison bus | €12.83 | 4h 14m | 203 km |
| Cedar Rapids to Madison bus | €13.93 | 4h 34m | 219 km |
| Grand Rapids to Madison bus | €17.78 | 5h 23m | 304 km |
| Saint Paul to Madison bus | €21.08 | 6h 14m | 361 km |
| Des Moines to Madison bus | €21.63 | 6h 58m | 383 km |
| Fort Wayne to Madison bus | €23.28 | 6h 21m | 413 km |
| Detroit to Madison bus | €24.93 | 7h 41m | 526 km |
| Toledo to Madison bus | €27.13 | 8h 22m | 505 km |
| Warren to Madison bus | €28.23 | 9h | 525 km |
| Sterling Heights to Madison bus | €28.23 | 9h 18m | 522 km |
| Omaha to Madison bus | €30.43 | 9h 22m | 575 km |
| Cleveland to Madison bus | €31.53 | 9h 34m | 657 km |
| Sioux Falls to Madison bus | €31.53 | 9h 55m | 595 km |
| Akron to Madison bus | €35.93 | 11h 5m | 687 km |
- 36Places you can arrive from
- 36Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
The coach gets you into Madison. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

Where to sleep in Madison
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How far people travel to get here
Every origin we sell by Buses, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 8 | 22% | Rockford, 93 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 24 | 67% | Joliet, 203 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 4 | 11% | Cleveland, 657 km |
Which countries you can arrive from
Countries with at least one route into Madison that we sell.
| Country | Routes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 36 | 100% |
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | None | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
Stations, airports and ports in Madison
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Madison
- Madison - Dutch Mill
- UW-Madison Intercity Bus
Leaving Madison
Common questions about Bus tickets to Madison
Where can I travel to Madison by Buses from?
36 places connect to Madison by Buses on our network, across 1 countries. The nearest is 93 km away in a straight line and the furthest 687 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.
How much does the Buses to Madison cost?
The cheapest Buses fare into Madison is €10.07 for one passenger, across 36 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 398 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.
How long does the Buses to Madison take?
The fastest Buses journey into Madison is 2h 13m door to door. The median origin sits 398 km away in a straight line, so most journeys on this list take considerably longer than the fastest one quoted here.
Which operators run the Buses to Madison?
1 operators run Buses services into Madison on our network: PARTA. Each has its own fares and its own conditions, and every one of them is a real carrier from the published operator catalogue rather than a name we generated.
Which terminal does the Buses to Madison use?
Buses services into Madison use 2 named terminals, among them Madison - Dutch Mill, UW-Madison Intercity Bus. The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.
Where these numbers come from
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door
Other ways to reach Madison
We cannot promise Madison station (C&NW) still has a left luggage office, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage near Madison station (C&NW)
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