Bacabal to Fortaleza bus

Buses from Bacabal to Fortaleza start at €40.88 and take 11h 18m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Bacabal to Fortaleza starts at €40.88 and takes 11h 18m door to door, run by 3 operators over 799 km, with around 13 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 11h 18mDoor to door
  • 10h 34mMoving
  • €40.88From
  • 21.6 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

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

Cheapest€34.83
  1. Transportadora Turistica Suzano TT729911:3011h 27m22:57Bacabal bus stationTerminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé

Door to door 12h 11mCO2 21.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€49.68
  1. Expresso Satélite Norte ES117706:2410h 34m16:58Bacabal bus stationTerminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé

Door to door 11h 18mCO2 21.6 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
Expresso Guanabara€35.3811h 7m
Expresso Satélite Norte€36.4811h 9m
Transportadora Turistica Suzano€34.8311h 7m

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Booking window

When to book Bacabal to Fortaleza

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

  1. €40.3390 days
  2. €27.6860 days
  3. €32.6345 days
  4. €35.9330 days
  5. €43.6321 days
  6. €54.0814 days
  7. €69.487 days
  8. €82.683 days
  9. €89.281 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €27.68.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 223 percent. The most expensive point is €89.28, 1 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. €48.58Sun
  2. €42.53Mon
  3. €40.88Tue
  4. €45.28Wed
  5. €54.08Thu
  6. €51.33Fri
  7. €51.33Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Fortaleza

Bus
  • Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé
  • Terminal Lagoa
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.

Direct or connecting
69% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 31% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 799 km against 694 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 Campo Maior, Piracuruca, Buriti dos Lopes, Piripiri. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Bacabal at 06:08 and the last at 17:33, across 13 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Bacabal to Fortaleza

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Bacabal to Fortaleza take?

The Coach from Bacabal to Fortaleza takes 11h 18m door to door, of which 10h 34m is spent moving. The route runs 799 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 Bacabal to Fortaleza cost?

The Coach from Bacabal to Fortaleza starts at €40.88 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €45.83. 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 Bacabal to Fortaleza?

3 operators run the Coach from Bacabal to Fortaleza: Expresso Guanabara, Expresso Satélite Norte, Transportadora Turistica Suzano. Between them they file around 13 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 Bacabal to Fortaleza use?

The Coach from Bacabal to Fortaleza leaves from Bacabal bus station 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 Bacabal to Fortaleza?

Fares for the Coach from Bacabal to Fortaleza bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €27.68. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 223 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Bacabal to Fortaleza produce?

The Coach from Bacabal to Fortaleza produces about 21.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 799 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Bacabal to Fortaleza?

Operators on the Coach from Bacabal to Fortaleza publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 11h 18m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

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

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 modeled 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 Bacabal to Fortaleza on September 10, 2026: 799 km of route against 694 km in a straight line, 13 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €40.88, and 11h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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