La Plata to Balvanera bus

Buses from La Plata to Balvanera start at €10.07 and take 1h 38m at their fastest.

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The Buses from La Plata to Balvanera starts at €10.07 and takes 1h 38m door to door, run by 3 operators over 61 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 12, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 38mDoor to door
  • 54mMoving
  • €10.07From
  • 1.6 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 12, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€10.07
  1. Transporte Automotor La Plata TA326006:151h07:15Union PlatenseBalvanera bus station

Door to door 1h 44mCO2 1.6 kgChanges 0Changeable 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.
OperatorFastest
La Nueva Metropol1h 37m
Misión Buenos Aires1h 37m
Transporte Automotor La Plata1h 38m

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Balvanera is not something we sell.

A hotel room

A room in Balvanera 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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Booking window

When to book La Plata to Balvanera

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

  1. €10.0790 days
  2. €10.0760 days
  3. €10.0745 days
  4. €10.0730 days
  5. €10.0721 days
  6. €10.0714 days
  7. €10.077 days
  8. €10.073 days
  9. €10.631 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 6 percent. The most expensive point is €10.63, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
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. €10.07Sun
  2. €10.07Mon
  3. €10.07Tue
  4. €10.07Wed
  5. €10.07Thu
  6. €10.07Fri
  7. €10.07Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

La Plata

Bus
  • Union Platense
  • Bus company 273
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
89% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 11% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 61 km against 53 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 San Vicente. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 La Plata at 06:04 and the last at 14:45, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train1h 16m32m44m€11.882.0 kg3
Coach1h 38m54m44m€10.071.6 kg6

Questions about La Plata to Balvanera

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 La Plata to Balvanera take?

The Coach from La Plata to Balvanera takes 1h 38m door to door, of which 54m is spent moving. The route runs 61 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 La Plata to Balvanera cost?

The Coach from La Plata to Balvanera starts at €10.07 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €10.08. 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 La Plata to Balvanera?

3 operators run the Coach from La Plata to Balvanera: La Nueva Metropol, Misión Buenos Aires, Transporte Automotor La Plata. Between them they file around 6 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 La Plata to Balvanera use?

The Coach from La Plata to Balvanera leaves from Union Platense and arrives at Balvanera 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.

Is the Coach the best way from La Plata to Balvanera?

Traveling from La Plata to Balvanera by Train costs €11.88 and takes 1h 16m door to door, against 1h 38m 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 La Plata to Balvanera?

Fares for the Coach from La Plata to Balvanera bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 6 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from La Plata to Balvanera produce?

The Coach from La Plata to Balvanera produces about 1.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 61 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 La Plata to Balvanera?

Operators on the Coach from La Plata to Balvanera publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 38m 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 La Plata to Balvanera on September 10, 2026: 61 km of route against 53 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 1h 38m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

Our job ends at the platform. What fills the days in Balvanera afterward does not belong to us.

A guided tour group

Anything to book in Balvanera before you go?

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Balvanera, with free cancellation on most of it.

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