Cheapest€10.07
- PARTA PA887106:312h 11m08:42Madison - Dutch MillFirst Student
Door to door 2h 55mCO2 3.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Madison to Milwaukee bus
Buses from Madison to Milwaukee start at €10.63 and take 2h 55m at their fastest.
The Buses from Madison to Milwaukee starts at €10.63 and takes 2h 55m door to door, run by 1 operator over 140 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 2h 55mDoor to door
- 2h 11mMoving
- €10.63From
- 3.8 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 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 | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 PARTA | €10.07 | 2h 39m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
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Rooms within reach of Milwaukee Intermodal Station
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When to book Madison to Milwaukee
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0790 days
- €10.6360 days
- €10.0845 days
- €10.0830 days
- €11.7321 days
- €13.9314 days
- €16.137 days
- €17.783 days
- €22.181 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 120 percent. The most expensive point is €22.18, 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.
- €13.93Sun
- €10.63Mon
- €12.28Tue
- €13.93Wed
- €14.48Thu
- €12.83Fri
- €12.83Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Madison
Bus
- Madison - Dutch Mill
- UW-Madison Intercity Bus
Milwaukee
Bus
- First Student
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 140 km against 122 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 Rockford, Waukegan, Elgin, Kenosha. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Madison at 06:31 and the last at 06:31, across 1 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 50m | 1h 6m | 44m | €21.24 | 4.6 kg | 5 |
| Coach | 2h 55m | 2h 11m | 44m | €10.63 | 3.8 kg | 1 |
Questions about Madison to Milwaukee
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 Madison to Milwaukee take?
The Coach from Madison to Milwaukee takes 2h 55m door to door, of which 2h 11m is spent moving. The route runs 140 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 Madison to Milwaukee cost?
The Coach from Madison to Milwaukee starts at €10.63 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €10.07. 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 Madison to Milwaukee?
1 operators run the Coach from Madison to Milwaukee: PARTA. Between them they file around 1 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 Madison to Milwaukee use?
The Coach from Madison to Milwaukee leaves from Madison - Dutch Mill and arrives at First Student. 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 Madison to Milwaukee?
Traveling from Madison to Milwaukee by Train costs €21.24 and takes 1h 50m door to door, against 2h 55m 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 Madison to Milwaukee?
Fares for the Coach from Madison to Milwaukee bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 120 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Madison to Milwaukee produce?
The Coach from Madison to Milwaukee produces about 3.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 140 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 Madison to Milwaukee?
Operators on the Coach from Madison to Milwaukee publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 55m 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 Madison to Milwaukee on September 9, 2026: 140 km of route against 122 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €10.63, and 2h 55m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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What to book in Milwaukee before you go
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