Cheapest€14.48
- FlixBus FB942806:313h 44m10:15ResecentrumGoteborg Nils Ericson
Door to door 4h 28mCO2 7.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Linköping to Gothenburg bus
Buses from Linköping to Gothenburg start at €16.68 and take 4h 14m at their fastest.
The Buses from Linköping to Gothenburg starts at €16.68 and takes 4h 14m door to door, run by 2 operators over 263 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 4h 14mDoor to door
- 3h 30mMoving
- €16.68From
- 7.1 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 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 |
|---|---|---|
 FlixBus | €14.48 | 4h 13m |
| Vy Bus4You | €16.68 | 4h 14m |
The bus gets you into Gothenburg. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Gothenburg
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 Linköping to Gothenburg
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.6890 days
- €13.3860 days
- €11.7345 days
- €13.9330 days
- €18.8821 days
- €23.2814 days
- €30.437 days
- €23.833 days
- €33.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €11.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 183 percent. The most expensive point is €33.18, 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.
- €18.88Sun
- €18.88Mon
- €16.68Tue
- €18.88Wed
- €19.98Thu
- €23.28Fri
- €21.08Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Linköping
Bus
- Resecentrum
- Fjärrbussterminalen
Gothenburg
Bus
- Goteborg Nils Ericson
- Åkareplatsen
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
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 263 km against 229 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 Örebro, Västerås, Borås, Jönköping. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Linköping at 06:28 and the last at 06:31, across 2 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 | 2h 47m | 2h 3m | 44m | €41.58 | 8.7 kg | 5 |
| Coach | 4h 14m | 3h 30m | 44m | €16.68 | 7.1 kg | 2 |
Questions about Linköping to Gothenburg
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 Linköping to Gothenburg take?
The Coach from Linköping to Gothenburg takes 4h 14m door to door, of which 3h 30m is spent moving. The route runs 263 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 Linköping to Gothenburg cost?
The Coach from Linköping to Gothenburg starts at €16.68 for one passenger, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare is €16.68. 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 Linköping to Gothenburg?
2 operators run the Coach from Linköping to Gothenburg: FlixBus, Vy Bus4You. 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 Linköping to Gothenburg use?
The Coach from Linköping to Gothenburg leaves from Resecentrum and arrives at Goteborg Nils Ericson. 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 Linköping to Gothenburg?
Traveling from Linköping to Gothenburg by Train costs €41.58 and takes 2h 47m door to door, against 4h 14m 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 Linköping to Gothenburg?
Fares for the Coach from Linköping to Gothenburg bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €11.73. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 183 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Linköping to Gothenburg produce?
The Coach from Linköping to Gothenburg produces about 7.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 263 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 Linköping to Gothenburg?
Operators on the Coach from Linköping to Gothenburg publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 14m 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 Linköping to Gothenburg on September 11, 2026: 263 km of route against 229 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €16.68, and 4h 14m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Gothenburg and elsewhere in Sweden. None of it is ours to sell.
Things to do in Gothenburg
Day trips that leave Gothenburg in the morning and cover a good part of Sweden by evening.
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