Três Rios to Fortaleza bus

Buses from Três Rios to Fortaleza start at €133.83 and take 36h 19m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Três Rios to Fortaleza starts at €133.83 and takes 36h 19m door to door, run by 1 operator over 2,423 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 36h 19mDoor to door
  • 35h 35mMoving
  • €133.83 to €291.68From
  • 06:52 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 65.4 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 29 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€133.83 to €291.68 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.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €246.03Tue15
  2. about €216.33Wed16
  3. about €291.68Thu17
  4. about €227.33Fri18
  5. about €208.63Sat19
  6. about €188.83Sun20
  7. about €155.28Mon21
  8. about €133.83Tue22
  9. about €136.58Wed23
  10. about €178.38Thu24
  11. about €154.18Fri25
  12. about €150.88Sat26
  13. about €155.83Sun27
  14. about €134.93Mon28

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026

Cheapest€106.88
  1. Transportadora Turistica Suzano TT905806:5235h 35m18:27Terminal Rodoviário MunicipalTerminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé

Door to door 36h 19mCO2 65.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€139.33
  1. Expresso Guanabara EG365107:304h 37m12:07Terminal Rodoviário MunicipalTerminal Rodoviário Carlos Alberto de Matos
  2. Expresso Guanabara EG559313:3527h 14m16:49Terminal Rodoviário Carlos Alberto de MatosTerminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé

Changes at Caratinga, with 88 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 34h 3mCO2 65.6 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Transportadora Turistica Suzano€106.8832h 6m72 km/hChangeablePower sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi

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A room in Fortaleza for the night the coach gets in

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Booking window

When to book Três Rios to Fortaleza

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

  1. €110.7390 days
  2. €97.5360 days
  3. €115.1345 days
  4. €109.6330 days
  5. €106.8821 days
  6. €134.9314 days
  7. €155.287 days
  8. €291.683 days
  9. €246.031 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €97.53.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 199 percent. The dearest point is €291.68, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

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

  1. €155.83Sun
  2. €134.93Mon
  3. €133.83Tue
  4. €136.58Wed
  5. €178.38Thu
  6. €154.18Fri
  7. €150.88Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Três Rios

Coach
  • Terminal Rodoviário Municipal

Fortaleza

Coach
  • Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
  • Terminal Lagoa
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,423 km against 2,107 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Vitória da Conquista, Petrolina, Salgueiro, Caratinga. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Três Rios at 06:52 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Três Rios to Fortaleza

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.

How long does the Coach from Três Rios to Fortaleza take?

The Coach from Três Rios to Fortaleza takes 36h 19m door to door, of which 35h 35m is spent moving. The route runs 2,423 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Três Rios to Fortaleza cost?

The Coach from Três Rios to Fortaleza starts at €133.83 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €124.48. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Três Rios to Fortaleza?

1 operators run the Coach from Três Rios to Fortaleza: Transportadora Turistica Suzano. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Três Rios to Fortaleza use?

The Coach from Três Rios to Fortaleza leaves from Terminal Rodoviário Municipal and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Coach from Três Rios to Fortaleza?

Fares for the Coach from Três Rios to Fortaleza bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €97.53. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 199 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Três Rios to Fortaleza produce?

The Coach from Três Rios to Fortaleza produces about 65.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2423 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Três Rios to Fortaleza?

Operators on the Coach from Três Rios to Fortaleza publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 36h 19m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Três Rios to Fortaleza on 14 September 2026: 2423 km of route against 2107 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €133.83, and 36h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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