Sant Martí to Bilbao runs about 8 times a day, with the first departure around 06:12 and the last around 14:13. One passenger pays between €24.38 and €59.19, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 24m over 539 km, on services run by 4 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€24.38 to €59.19
- 146%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Sant Martí
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:12First departure
- 14:13Last departure
- 8Services per day
- 50%Run direct
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Buying this journey
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BlaBlaCar runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Sant Martí to Bilbao on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €41.98Tue15
- about €51.88Wed16
- about €51.88Thu17
- about €46.38Fri18
- about €50.78Sat19
- about €40.88Sun20
- about €29.88Mon21
- about €35.93Tue22
- about €33.73Wed23
- about €39.78Thu24
- about €37.03Fri25
- about €38.68Sat26
- about €35.38Sun27
- about €26.58Mon28
- about €24.38Tue29
- about €27.68Wed30
- about €32.63Thu1
- about €27.68Fri2
- about €29.88Sat3
- about €26.58Sun4
- about €24.38Mon5
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.
The coach gets you into Bilbao. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Bilbao for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Sant Martí to Bilbao
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €27.6890 days
- €24.9360 days
- €29.3345 days
- €21.0830 days
- €24.3821 days
- €26.5814 days
- €29.887 days
- €51.883 days
- €41.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €21.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 146 percent. The dearest point is €51.88, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Sant Martí to Bilbao and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
539 km
468 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
235,719 → 347,342
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- 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 539 km against 468 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 Gasteiz / Vitoria, Lleida, Pamplona, Donostia / San Sebastián. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
The fare from BIO into Bilbao is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Bilbao
Settled in advance, so the ride into Bilbao costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The coach gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Bilbao Abando
Most of the points near Bilbao Abando open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Sant Martí to Bilbao
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 it take to get from Sant Martí to Bilbao?
The fastest journey from Sant Martí to Bilbao takes 4h 24m door to door, of which 3h 50m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 6h 30m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Sant Martí to Bilbao?
The cheapest fare from Sant Martí to Bilbao is €24.38, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €61.51. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Sant Martí to Bilbao?
The cheapest way from Sant Martí to Bilbao is by coach, at €26.58 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 8h 22m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
What is the fastest way to get from Sant Martí to Bilbao?
The fastest way from Sant Martí to Bilbao is by train, at 4h 34m door to door. Only 3h 50m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €58.09.
When should I book Sant Martí to Bilbao?
Fares from Sant Martí to Bilbao bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €21.08. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 146 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Sant Martí to Bilbao?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Sant Martí to Bilbao, at €26.58. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Sant Martí to Bilbao?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Sant Martí to Bilbao, at €22.73 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Sant Martí to Bilbao?
4 operators sell services from Sant Martí to Bilbao across 2 modes: BlaBlaCar, Buses in Cantabria, Renfe, SNCF. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Sant Martí to Bilbao?
67 percent of the services we sell from Sant Martí to Bilbao are direct. The rest connect at Gasteiz / Vitoria, Lleida, Pamplona, Donostia / San Sebastián, with about 61 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Sant Martí to Bilbao produce?
Travelling from Sant Martí to Bilbao by coach produces about 14.6 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 17.8 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Sant Martí to Bilbao use?
Services from Sant Martí to Bilbao by train leave from Sant Martí station and arrive at Bilbao Abando. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Sant Martí to Bilbao?
4 of the 4 operators we sell from Sant Martí to Bilbao allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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.
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.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Sant Martí to Bilbao on 14 September 2026: 539 km of route against 468 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €24.38, and 4h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Bilbao a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Bilbao and across Spain
Day trips that leave Bilbao in the morning and cover a good part of Spain by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Sant Martí reaches 42 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 82 to 909 km. Bilbao reaches 148 places in 24 countries, from 24 to 3,759 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Sant Martí
- 42Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 11Operators
Arriving in Bilbao
Leaving Bilbao
- 148Places you can leave for
- 24Countries
- 45Operators