Cheapest€11.73
- Expresso Adamantina EA872618:383h 10m21:48EcoTerminal Rodoviário Urbano de Volta Redonda
Door to door 3h 54mCO2 6.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
São José dos Campos to Volta Redonda bus
Buses from São José dos Campos to Volta Redonda start at €11.73 and take 3h 48m at their fastest.
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The Buses from São José dos Campos to Volta Redonda starts at €11.73 and takes 3h 48m door to door, run by 3 operators over 226 km, with around 16 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 48mDoor to door
- 3h 4mMoving
- €13.93 to €27.13From
- 06:25 to 18:41First and last departure
- 16Per day
- 6.1 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€13.93 to €27.13 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Expresso Adamantina runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for São José dos Campos to Volta Redonda on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €23.83Fri18
- about €27.13Sat19
- about €19.43Sun20
- about €16.68Mon21
- about €17.23Tue22
- about €18.33Wed23
- about €17.78Thu24
- about €17.23Fri25
- about €17.23Sat26
- about €16.13Sun27
- about €15.03Mon28
- about €13.93Tue29
- about €15.03Wed30
- about €14.48Thu1
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026
Fastest€12.83
- Viação Sampaio VS235906:283h 4m09:32EcoTerminal Rodoviário Urbano de Volta Redonda
Door to door 3h 48mCO2 6.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Expresso Adamantina | €11.73 | 3h 44m |
| Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo | €11.73 | 3h 44m |
| Viação Sampaio | €12.28 | 3h 45m |
The bus gets you into Volta Redonda. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Volta Redonda for the night the bus gets in
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When to book São José dos Campos to Volta Redonda
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.8390 days
- €10.0860 days
- €11.1845 days
- €13.3830 days
- €14.4821 days
- €14.4814 days
- €17.787 days
- €19.433 days
- €23.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 136 percent. The most expensive point is €23.83, 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.
- €16.13Sun
- €15.03Mon
- €13.93Tue
- €15.03Wed
- €14.48Thu
- €17.23Fri
- €17.23Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
São José dos Campos
Bus
- Eco
- Terminal Central
Volta Redonda
Bus
- Terminal Rodoviário Urbano de Volta Redonda
- Rodoviária Prefeito Francisco Torres
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 226 km against 197 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 Mogi das Cruzes, Nova Iguaçu, Caxambu, Itaguaí. The gap between arriving and leaving is 76 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 São José dos Campos at 06:25 and the last at 18:41, across 16 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about São José dos Campos to Volta Redonda
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 São José dos Campos to Volta Redonda take?
The Coach from São José dos Campos to Volta Redonda takes 3h 48m door to door, of which 3h 4m is spent moving. The route runs 226 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 São José dos Campos to Volta Redonda cost?
The Coach from São José dos Campos to Volta Redonda starts at €11.73 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €13.93. 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 São José dos Campos to Volta Redonda?
3 operators run the Coach from São José dos Campos to Volta Redonda: Expresso Adamantina, Util - Uniao Transporte Interestadual de Luxo, Viação Sampaio. Between them they file around 16 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 São José dos Campos to Volta Redonda use?
The Coach from São José dos Campos to Volta Redonda leaves from Eco and arrives at Terminal Rodoviário Urbano de Volta Redonda. 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 São José dos Campos to Volta Redonda?
Fares for the Coach from São José dos Campos to Volta Redonda bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.08. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 136 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from São José dos Campos to Volta Redonda produce?
The Coach from São José dos Campos to Volta Redonda produces about 6.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 226 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 São José dos Campos to Volta Redonda?
Operators on the Coach from São José dos Campos to Volta Redonda publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 48m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for São José dos Campos to Volta Redonda on September 17, 2026: 226 km of route against 197 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €11.73, and 3h 48m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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