Västerås to Linköping bus

Buses from Västerås to Linköping start at €11.18 and take 3h 1m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Västerås to Linköping starts at €11.18 and takes 3h 1m door to door, run by 7 operators over 166 km, with around 28 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked 9 September 2026Priced for 28 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 1mDoor to door
  • 2h 17mMoving
  • €11.18From
  • 4.5 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€10.08
  1. FlixBus FB723210:082h 24m12:32Våsterås CentralstationResecentrum

Door to door 3h 8mCO2 4.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
FlixBus€10.082h 58m
Masexpressen€10.632h 58m
Örebro€10.082h 58m
Tågab€10.632h 59m
Värmlandstrafik€10.632h 58m
Vy Bus4You€10.632h 58m
Vy Flygbussarna€10.632h 58m

That is the travelling done. What happens after you walk out into Linköping is not something we sell.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Linköping Central Station

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Booking window

When to book Västerås to Linköping

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

  1. €10.0790 days
  2. €10.0760 days
  3. €10.0845 days
  4. €10.0830 days
  5. €10.6321 days
  6. €12.2814 days
  7. €13.937 days
  8. €18.883 days
  9. €22.731 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 126 percent. The dearest point is €22.73, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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. €12.83Sun
  2. €11.73Mon
  3. €11.18Tue
  4. €12.28Wed
  5. €13.93Thu
  6. €13.38Fri
  7. €13.38Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Västerås

Coach
  • Våsterås Centralstation
  • stenby station

Linköping

Coach
  • Resecentrum
  • Fjärrbussterminalen
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 166 km against 144 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Västerås at 06:05 and the last at 18:47, across 28 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train1h 56m1h 12m44m€22.345.5 kg8
Coach3h 1m2h 17m44m€11.184.5 kg28

Questions about Västerås to Linköping

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 Västerås to Linköping take?

The Coach from Västerås to Linköping takes 3h 1m door to door, of which 2h 17m is spent moving. The route runs 166 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 Västerås to Linköping cost?

The Coach from Västerås to Linköping starts at €11.18 for one passenger, checked on 28 September 2026. A typical fare is €12.28. 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 Västerås to Linköping?

7 operators run the Coach from Västerås to Linköping: FlixBus, Masexpressen, Örebro, Tågab, Värmlandstrafik. Between them they file around 28 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 Västerås to Linköping use?

The Coach from Västerås to Linköping leaves from Våsterås Centralstation and arrives at Resecentrum. 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.

Is the Coach the best way from Västerås to Linköping?

Travelling from Västerås to Linköping by Train costs €22.34 and takes 1h 56m door to door, against 3h 1m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Västerås to Linköping?

Fares for the Coach from Västerås to Linköping bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 126 percent, measured on 28 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Västerås to Linköping produce?

The Coach from Västerås to Linköping produces about 4.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 166 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 Västerås to Linköping?

Operators on the Coach from Västerås to Linköping publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 7 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 1m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

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 Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Västerås to Linköping on 9 September 2026: 166 km of route against 144 km in a straight line, 28 services a day, 7 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.18, and 3h 1m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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