Cheapest€19.98
- Viacao Continental de Transportes VC841606:425h 5m11:47RodoviáriaRodoviária de Franca
Door to door 5h 49mCO2 10.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
João Pinheiro to Franca bus
Buses from João Pinheiro to Franca start at €19.98 and take 5h 49m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price João Pinheiro to Franca on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from João Pinheiro to Franca starts at €19.98 and takes 5h 49m door to door, run by 1 operator over 387 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 49mDoor to door
- 5h 5mMoving
- €23.83 to €46.93From
- 06:42 to 07:30First and last departure
- 2Per day
- 10.4 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.
€23.83 to €46.93 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.
Viacao Continental de Transportes runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for João Pinheiro to Franca 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
- about €40.88Fri18
- about €46.93Sat19
- about €40.33Sun20
- about €32.08Mon21
- about €34.28Tue22
- about €35.38Wed23
- about €28.78Thu24
- about €33.18Fri25
- about €27.13Sat26
- about €32.08Sun27
- about €27.13Mon28
- about €27.13Tue29
- about €23.83Wed30
- about €24.93Thu1
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.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viacao Continental de Transportes | €19.98 | 5h 49m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The bus gets you into Franca. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Franca for the night the bus gets in
Sort by distance from Rodoviária de Franca and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book João Pinheiro to Franca
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €25.4890 days
- €16.1360 days
- €19.4345 days
- €19.9830 days
- €22.1821 days
- €24.9314 days
- €28.787 days
- €40.333 days
- €40.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.13.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 153 percent. The most expensive point is €40.88, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €32.08Sun
- €27.13Mon
- €27.13Tue
- €23.83Wed
- €24.93Thu
- €33.18Fri
- €27.13Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
João Pinheiro
Bus
- Rodoviária
Franca
Bus
- Rodoviária de Franca
- Parada Chico Julio
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 387 km against 337 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 Cristalina. The gap between arriving and leaving is 63 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 João Pinheiro at 06:42 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about João Pinheiro to Franca
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 João Pinheiro to Franca take?
The Coach from João Pinheiro to Franca takes 5h 49m door to door, of which 5h 5m is spent moving. The route runs 387 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 João Pinheiro to Franca cost?
The Coach from João Pinheiro to Franca starts at €19.98 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €26.03. 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 João Pinheiro to Franca?
1 operators run the Coach from João Pinheiro to Franca: Viacao Continental de Transportes. Between them they file around 2 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 João Pinheiro to Franca use?
The Coach from João Pinheiro to Franca leaves from Rodoviária and arrives at Rodoviária de Franca. 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 João Pinheiro to Franca?
Fares for the Coach from João Pinheiro to Franca bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.13. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 153 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from João Pinheiro to Franca produce?
The Coach from João Pinheiro to Franca produces about 10.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 387 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 João Pinheiro to Franca?
Operators on the Coach from João Pinheiro to Franca publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 49m 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 João Pinheiro to Franca on September 17, 2026: 387 km of route against 337 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €19.98, and 5h 49m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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