Banja Luka to Ilidža bus

Buses from Banja Luka to Ilidža start at €11.18 and take 2h 57m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Banja Luka to Ilidža starts at €11.18 and takes 2h 57m door to door, run by 3 operators over 158 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 57mDoor to door
  • 2h 13mMoving
  • €11.18From
  • 4.3 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€10.07
  1. Babić B730406:392h 13m08:52Bus station Banja LukaIlidža bus station

Door to door 2h 57mCO2 4.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Lowest CO2€16.66
  1. Babić B113307:301h 22m08:52Bus station Banja LukaAutobuska stanica Zenica
  2. Babić B856009:4155m10:36Autobuska stanica ZenicaIlidža bus station

Changes at Zenica, with 49 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 3h 50mCO2 4.2 kgChanges 1Changeable 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
Babić€10.072h 52m
Centrotrans€11.182h 52m
FlixBus€10.082h 53m

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Booking window

When to book Banja Luka to Ilidža

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

  1. €11.1890 days
  2. €10.0760 days
  3. €10.0745 days
  4. €10.0730 days
  5. €11.7321 days
  6. €13.3814 days
  7. €15.037 days
  8. €16.133 days
  9. €21.081 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 109 percent. The most expensive point is €21.08, 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. €12.28Sun
  2. €12.28Mon
  3. €11.18Tue
  4. €12.28Wed
  5. €13.38Thu
  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.

Banja Luka

Bus
  • Bus station Banja Luka
  • Malta bus terminal
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
60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 158 km against 137 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 Bugojno, Zenica, Slavonski Brod, Tuzla. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Banja Luka at 06:26 and the last at 14:26, across 10 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Banja Luka to Ilidža

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 Banja Luka to Ilidža take?

The Coach from Banja Luka to Ilidža takes 2h 57m door to door, of which 2h 13m is spent moving. The route runs 158 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 Banja Luka to Ilidža cost?

The Coach from Banja Luka to Ilidža starts at €11.18 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €12.01. 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 Banja Luka to Ilidža?

3 operators run the Coach from Banja Luka to Ilidža: Babić, Centrotrans, FlixBus. Between them they file around 10 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 Banja Luka to Ilidža use?

The Coach from Banja Luka to Ilidža leaves from Bus station Banja Luka and arrives at Ilidža bus station. 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 Banja Luka to Ilidža?

Fares for the Coach from Banja Luka to Ilidža bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 109 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Banja Luka to Ilidža produce?

The Coach from Banja Luka to Ilidža produces about 4.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 158 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 Banja Luka to Ilidža?

Operators on the Coach from Banja Luka to Ilidža publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 57m 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 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 Banja Luka to Ilidža on September 12, 2026: 158 km of route against 137 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.18, and 2h 57m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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