Franca to Riacho de Santana bus

Buses from Franca to Riacho de Santana start at €45.82 and take 14h 16m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Franca to Riacho de Santana starts at €45.82 and takes 14h 16m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,040 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 14h 16mDoor to door
  • 13h 32mMoving
  • €61.78 to €123.93From
  • 06:47 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 28.1 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€61.78 to €123.93 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Empresa Gontijo de Transportes runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Franca to Riacho de Santana 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

  1. about €123.93Fri18
  2. about €105.23Sat19
  3. about €106.88Sun20
  4. about €88.73Mon21
  5. about €74.43Tue22
  6. about €82.13Wed23
  7. about €87.63Thu24
  8. about €72.78Fri25
  9. about €76.63Sat26
  10. about €69.48Sun27
  11. about €61.78Mon28
  12. about €67.83Tue29
  13. about €71.68Wed30
  14. about €71.68Thu1

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026

Cheapest€45.82
  1. Gte Locadora Turistica GL678707:301h 57m09:27Rodoviária de FrancaTerminal Rodoviário de Araxá
  2. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG238010:1412h 7m22:21Terminal Rodoviário de AraxáRiacho de Santana bus station

Changes at Araxá, with 47 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 15h 35mCO2 28.1 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€56.83
  1. Empresa Gontijo de Transportes EG431506:4713h 32m20:19Rodoviária de FrancaRiacho de Santana bus station

Door to door 14h 16mCO2 28.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Empresa Gontijo de Transportes€48.0314h 16m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • Empresa Gontijo de Transportes

The bus gets you into Riacho de Santana. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Riacho de Santana for the night the bus gets in

Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.

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Booking window

When to book Franca to Riacho de Santana

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

  1. €46.9390 days
  2. €39.2360 days
  3. €45.8345 days
  4. €48.5730 days
  5. €55.7321 days
  6. €71.6814 days
  7. €87.637 days
  8. €106.883 days
  9. €123.931 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €39.23.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 216 percent. The most expensive point is €123.93, 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. €69.48Sun
  2. €61.78Mon
  3. €67.83Tue
  4. €71.68Wed
  5. €71.68Thu
  6. €72.78Fri
  7. €76.63Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Franca

Bus
  • Rodoviária de Franca
  • Parada Chico Julio
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,040 km against 905 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 Araxá, Patos de Minas, Montes Claros, Pirapora. 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 Franca at 06:47 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Franca to Riacho de Santana

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 Franca to Riacho de Santana take?

The Coach from Franca to Riacho de Santana takes 14h 16m door to door, of which 13h 32m is spent moving. The route runs 1,040 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 Franca to Riacho de Santana cost?

The Coach from Franca to Riacho de Santana starts at €45.82 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €46.38. 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 Franca to Riacho de Santana?

1 operators run the Coach from Franca to Riacho de Santana: Empresa Gontijo de Transportes. Between them they file around 5 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 Franca to Riacho de Santana use?

The Coach from Franca to Riacho de Santana leaves from Rodoviária de Franca and arrives at Riacho de Santana 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 Franca to Riacho de Santana?

Fares for the Coach from Franca to Riacho de Santana bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €39.23. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 216 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Franca to Riacho de Santana produce?

The Coach from Franca to Riacho de Santana produces about 28.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1040 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 Franca to Riacho de Santana?

Operators on the Coach from Franca to Riacho de Santana publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 14h 16m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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.

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

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Franca to Riacho de Santana on September 17, 2026: 1040 km of route against 905 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €45.82, and 14h 16m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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