Subic to Manila bus

Buses from Subic to Manila start at €19.96 and take 3h 19m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Subic to Manila starts at €19.96 and takes 3h 19m door to door, run by 2 operators over 141 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 24, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 19mDoor to door
  • 1h 34mMoving
  • €21.07 to €34.82From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 3Per day
  • 4.9 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 13, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€21.07 to €34.82 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €34.82Fri25
  2. about €30.97Sat26
  3. about €32.07Sun27
  4. about €27.67Mon28
  5. about €29.32Tue29
  6. about €29.32Wed30
  7. about €29.32Thu1
  8. about €26.57Fri2
  9. about €23.27Sat3
  10. about €26.57Sun4
  11. about €23.82Mon5
  12. about €21.07Tue6
  13. about €22.72Wed7
  14. about €23.82Thu8

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 13, 2026

Cheapest€19.96
  1. Victory Liner VL468907:3053m08:23Philtranco - Subic TerminalMarisol - Pampang Terminal
  2. Philippine National Railways PN790309:2441m10:05Clark stationLerma station

Changes at Angeles City, with 61 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 3h 19mCO2 4.7 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Victory Liner72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
Philippine National Railways140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

The bus gets you into Manila. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Manila for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Lerma station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Subic to Manila

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

  1. €21.0790 days
  2. €19.9660 days
  3. €21.0745 days
  4. €20.5230 days
  5. €26.0221 days
  6. €23.8214 days
  7. €29.327 days
  8. €32.073 days
  9. €34.821 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.96.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 74 percent. The most expensive point is €34.82, 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. €26.57Sun
  2. €23.82Mon
  3. €21.07Tue
  4. €22.72Wed
  5. €26.02Thu
  6. €26.57Fri
  7. €23.27Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Subic

Bus
  • Philtranco - Subic Terminal

Manila

Bus
  • Manila Multi-modal Terminal
  • GV Florida Manila Bus Station
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 141 km against 86 km in a straight line, a detour of 70 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Angeles City, Santol, Mabalacat City. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 minutes, of which about 14 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 Subic at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Subic to Manila

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 Subic to Manila take?

The Coach from Subic to Manila takes 3h 19m door to door, of which 1h 34m is spent moving. The route runs 141 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 Subic to Manila cost?

The Coach from Subic to Manila starts at €19.96 for one passenger, as of September 24, 2026. A typical fare is €19.96. 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 Subic to Manila?

2 operators run the Coach from Subic to Manila: Victory Liner, Philippine National Railways. Between them they file around 3 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 Subic to Manila use?

The Coach from Subic to Manila leaves from Philtranco - Subic Terminal and arrives at Lerma 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 Subic to Manila?

Fares for the Coach from Subic to Manila bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.96. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 74 percent, measured on September 24, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Subic to Manila produce?

The Coach from Subic to Manila produces about 4.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 141 km, which works out at roughly 35 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 Subic to Manila?

Operators on the Coach from Subic to Manila publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 19m 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Subic to Manila on September 24, 2026: 141 km of route against 86 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €19.96, and 3h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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