Cheapest€23.83
- PARTA PA295006:436h 56m13:39DART Central StationPace Joliet Transportation Center
Door to door 7h 40mCO2 14.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Des Moines to Joliet bus
Buses from Des Moines to Joliet start at €30.43 and take 7h 40m at their fastest.
The Buses from Des Moines to Joliet starts at €30.43 and takes 7h 40m door to door, run by 1 operator over 529 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 7h 40mDoor to door
- 6h 56mMoving
- €30.43From
- 14.3 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 PARTA | €23.83 | 7h 39m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The trip ends at Joliet. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Joliet for the night the bus gets in
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Des Moines to Joliet
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €34.2890 days
- €24.3860 days
- €22.7345 days
- €26.5830 days
- €32.6321 days
- €37.5814 days
- €37.037 days
- €38.683 days
- €58.481 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €22.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 157 percent. The most expensive point is €58.48, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €42.53Sun
- €30.43Mon
- €35.93Tue
- €33.18Wed
- €45.28Thu
- €37.03Fri
- €38.13Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Des Moines
Bus
- DART Central Station
- Dart Ride Share
Joliet
Bus
- Pace Joliet Transportation Center
- Pace Plainfield Park-N-Ride
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 529 km against 460 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 Cedar Rapids, Cicero, Davenport, Rockford. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Des Moines at 06:43 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 4h 29m | 3h 45m | 44m | €74.04 | 17.5 kg | 3 |
| Coach | 7h 40m | 6h 56m | 44m | €30.43 | 14.3 kg | 3 |
Questions about Des Moines to Joliet
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 Des Moines to Joliet take?
The Coach from Des Moines to Joliet takes 7h 40m door to door, of which 6h 56m is spent moving. The route runs 529 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 Des Moines to Joliet cost?
The Coach from Des Moines to Joliet starts at €30.43 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €30.43. 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 Des Moines to Joliet?
1 operators run the Coach from Des Moines to Joliet: PARTA. Between them they file around 3 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 Des Moines to Joliet use?
The Coach from Des Moines to Joliet leaves from DART Central Station and arrives at Pace Joliet Transportation Center. 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 Des Moines to Joliet?
Traveling from Des Moines to Joliet by Train costs €74.04 and takes 4h 29m door to door, against 7h 40m 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 Des Moines to Joliet?
Fares for the Coach from Des Moines to Joliet bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €22.73. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 157 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Des Moines to Joliet produce?
The Coach from Des Moines to Joliet produces about 14.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 529 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 Des Moines to Joliet?
Operators on the Coach from Des Moines to Joliet publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 40m 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 Des Moines to Joliet on September 11, 2026: 529 km of route against 460 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €30.43, and 7h 40m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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