Niterói to Leopoldina bus

Buses from Niterói to Leopoldina start at €11.73 and take 3h 29m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Niterói to Leopoldina starts at €11.73 and takes 3h 29m door to door, run by 2 operators over 181 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 22, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 29mDoor to door
  • 2h 45mMoving
  • €11.73From
  • 4.9 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 22, 2026

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

Cheapest€11.73
  1. Viacao Riodoce VR548606:402h 45m09:25Terminal de ItaipuaçuLeopoldina bus station

Door to door 3h 29mCO2 4.9 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.
OperatorFrom
JS Turismo€12.28
Viacao Riodoce€11.73

The bus gets you into Leopoldina. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Leopoldina for the night the bus gets in

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Booking window

When to book Niterói to Leopoldina

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

  1. €15.5890 days
  2. €10.0760 days
  3. €10.0745 days
  4. €10.6330 days
  5. €14.4821 days
  6. €13.3814 days
  7. €17.777 days
  8. €16.133 days
  9. €19.981 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 98 percent. The most expensive point is €19.98, 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.
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. €15.03Sun
  2. €13.38Mon
  3. €13.38Tue
  4. €13.38Wed
  5. €16.68Thu
  6. €13.93Fri
  7. €14.48Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Niterói

Bus
  • Terminal de Itaipuaçu
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
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 181 km against 158 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 Petrópolis, Nova Friburgo, Volta Redonda, Teresópolis. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 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 Niterói at 06:36 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Niterói to Leopoldina

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 Niterói to Leopoldina take?

The Coach from Niterói to Leopoldina takes 3h 29m door to door, of which 2h 45m is spent moving. The route runs 181 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 Niterói to Leopoldina cost?

The Coach from Niterói to Leopoldina starts at €11.73 for one passenger, checked on September 22, 2026. A typical fare is €16.67. 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 Niterói to Leopoldina?

2 operators run the Coach from Niterói to Leopoldina: JS Turismo, Viacao Riodoce. 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 Niterói to Leopoldina use?

The Coach from Niterói to Leopoldina leaves from Terminal de Itaipuaçu and arrives at Leopoldina 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.

When should I book the Coach from Niterói to Leopoldina?

Fares for the Coach from Niterói to Leopoldina bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 98 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Niterói to Leopoldina produce?

The Coach from Niterói to Leopoldina produces about 4.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 181 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 Niterói to Leopoldina?

Operators on the Coach from Niterói to Leopoldina publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 29m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

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 Niterói to Leopoldina on September 12, 2026: 181 km of route against 158 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.73, and 3h 29m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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