Cheapest€10.07
- Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr VR938417:021h 57m18:59Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof/ZOBZOB
Door to door 2h 41mCO2 3.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Gelsenkirchen to Bielefeld bus
Buses from Gelsenkirchen to Bielefeld start at €10.07 and take 2h 32m at their fastest.
The Buses from Gelsenkirchen to Bielefeld starts at €10.07 and takes 2h 32m door to door, run by 5 operators over 132 km, with around 15 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 2h 32mDoor to door
- 1h 48mMoving
- €10.07From
- 3.6 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 22, 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.
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When to book Gelsenkirchen to Bielefeld
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0790 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0821 days
- €11.7314 days
- €14.487 days
- €16.133 days
- €17.231 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 71 percent. The most expensive point is €17.23, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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.
- €10.63Sun
- €10.08Mon
- €10.07Tue
- €10.08Wed
- €11.73Thu
- €11.18Fri
- €11.18Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Gelsenkirchen
Bus
- Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof/ZOB
Bielefeld
Bus
- ZOB
- Milse
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 132 km against 115 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Gelsenkirchen at 06:09 and the last at 17:29, across 15 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 | 1h 43m | 59m | 44m | €18.49 | 4.4 kg | 18 |
| Coach | 2h 32m | 1h 48m | 44m | €10.07 | 3.6 kg | 15 |
Questions about Gelsenkirchen to Bielefeld
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 Gelsenkirchen to Bielefeld take?
The Coach from Gelsenkirchen to Bielefeld takes 2h 32m door to door, of which 1h 48m is spent moving. The route runs 132 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 Gelsenkirchen to Bielefeld cost?
The Coach from Gelsenkirchen to Bielefeld starts at €10.07 for one passenger, checked on September 22, 2026. A typical fare is €12.28. 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 Gelsenkirchen to Bielefeld?
5 operators run the Coach from Gelsenkirchen to Bielefeld: BlaBlaCar, bodo Verkehrsverbund, NVBW, Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr, VPE. Between them they file around 15 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 Gelsenkirchen to Bielefeld use?
The Coach from Gelsenkirchen to Bielefeld leaves from Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof/ZOB and arrives at ZOB. 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 Gelsenkirchen to Bielefeld?
Traveling from Gelsenkirchen to Bielefeld by Train costs €18.49 and takes 1h 43m door to door, against 2h 32m 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 Gelsenkirchen to Bielefeld?
Fares for the Coach from Gelsenkirchen to Bielefeld bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 71 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Gelsenkirchen to Bielefeld produce?
The Coach from Gelsenkirchen to Bielefeld produces about 3.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 132 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 Gelsenkirchen to Bielefeld?
Operators on the Coach from Gelsenkirchen to Bielefeld publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 32m 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 Gelsenkirchen to Bielefeld on September 10, 2026: 132 km of route against 115 km in a straight line, 15 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 2h 32m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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