Cheapest€10.07
- PARTA PA270506:511h 32m08:23Van Galder BusMadison - Dutch Mill
Door to door 2h 16mCO2 2.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rockford to Madison bus
Buses from Rockford to Madison start at €10.07 and take 2h 16m at their fastest.
The Buses from Rockford to Madison starts at €10.07 and takes 2h 16m door to door, run by 1 operator over 107 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 16mDoor to door
- 1h 32mMoving
- €10.07From
- 2.9 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 21, 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 13m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The bus gets you into Madison. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Madison
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When to book Rockford to Madison
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.1890 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €11.7314 days
- €12.287 days
- €12.283 days
- €16.681 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 66 percent. The most expensive point is €16.68, 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.
- €11.18Sun
- €10.07Mon
- €10.08Tue
- €11.73Wed
- €12.83Thu
- €11.73Fri
- €10.63Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Rockford
Bus
- Van Galder Bus
- RMTD East Side Transfer Center (Lyford Station)
Madison
Bus
- Madison - Dutch Mill
- UW-Madison Intercity Bus
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 107 km against 93 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 Kenosha, Milwaukee, Elgin, Waukegan. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Rockford at 06:51 and the last at 06:51, 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 40m | 56m | 44m | €16.29 | 3.5 kg | 5 |
| Coach | 2h 16m | 1h 32m | 44m | €10.07 | 2.9 kg | 1 |
Questions about Rockford to Madison
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 Rockford to Madison take?
The Coach from Rockford to Madison takes 2h 16m door to door, of which 1h 32m is spent moving. The route runs 107 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 Rockford to Madison cost?
The Coach from Rockford to Madison starts at €10.07 for one passenger, checked on September 21, 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 Rockford to Madison?
1 operators run the Coach from Rockford to Madison: 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 Rockford to Madison use?
The Coach from Rockford to Madison leaves from Van Galder Bus and arrives at Madison - Dutch Mill. 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 Rockford to Madison?
Traveling from Rockford to Madison by Train costs €16.29 and takes 1h 40m door to door, against 2h 16m 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 Rockford to Madison?
Fares for the Coach from Rockford to Madison bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 66 percent, measured on September 21, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Rockford to Madison produce?
The Coach from Rockford to Madison produces about 2.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 107 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 Rockford to Madison?
Operators on the Coach from Rockford to Madison publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 16m 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 Rockford to Madison on September 11, 2026: 107 km of route against 93 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 2h 16m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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