Telêmaco Borba to São José dos Campos bus

Buses from Telêmaco Borba to São José dos Campos start at €26.58 and take 8h 18m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Telêmaco Borba to São José dos Campos starts at €26.58 and takes 8h 18m door to door, run by 2 operators over 572 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 14, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 18mDoor to door
  • 7h 34mMoving
  • €26.58 to €57.38From
  • 06:22 to 14:43First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 15.4 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€26.58 to €57.38 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.

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €51.88Tue15
  2. about €48.03Wed16
  3. about €49.68Thu17
  4. about €49.13Fri18
  5. about €57.38Sat19
  6. about €45.28Sun20
  7. about €30.98Mon21
  8. about €30.43Tue22
  9. about €37.58Wed23
  10. about €39.78Thu24
  11. about €37.03Fri25
  12. about €40.33Sat26
  13. about €38.13Sun27
  14. about €26.58Mon28

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026

Cheapest€24.38
  1. Expresso Joia Transporte de Passageiros EJ906006:307h 48m14:18Terminal Rodoviario de Telêmaco BorbaEco

Door to door 8h 32mCO2 15.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Fastest€28.78
  1. Empresa Princesa do Norte EP962206:227h 34m13:56Terminal Rodoviario de Telêmaco BorbaEco

Door to door 8h 18mCO2 15.4 kgChanges 0Changeable 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.
OperatorFrom
Empresa Princesa do Norte€28.23
Expresso Joia Transporte de Passageiros€24.38

The bus gets you into São José dos Campos. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in São José dos Campos for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from São José dos Campos railway 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 Telêmaco Borba to São José dos Campos

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

  1. €28.7890 days
  2. €26.0360 days
  3. €33.7345 days
  4. €23.8330 days
  5. €24.3821 days
  6. €26.5814 days
  7. €30.987 days
  8. €49.683 days
  9. €51.881 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €23.83.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 118 percent. The most expensive point is €51.88, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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. €38.13Sun
  2. €26.58Mon
  3. €30.43Tue
  4. €37.58Wed
  5. €39.78Thu
  6. €37.03Fri
  7. €40.33Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Telêmaco Borba

Bus
  • Terminal Rodoviario de Telêmaco Borba
  • Terminal Rodoviário de Imbaú

São José dos Campos

Bus
  • Eco
  • Terminal Central
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
80% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 20% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 572 km against 498 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 São Paulo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Telêmaco Borba at 06:22 and the last at 14:43, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Telêmaco Borba to São José dos Campos

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 Telêmaco Borba to São José dos Campos take?

The Coach from Telêmaco Borba to São José dos Campos takes 8h 18m door to door, of which 7h 34m is spent moving. The route runs 572 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 Telêmaco Borba to São José dos Campos cost?

The Coach from Telêmaco Borba to São José dos Campos starts at €26.58 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €28.78. 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 Telêmaco Borba to São José dos Campos?

2 operators run the Coach from Telêmaco Borba to São José dos Campos: Empresa Princesa do Norte, Expresso Joia Transporte de Passageiros. Between them they file around 5 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 Telêmaco Borba to São José dos Campos use?

The Coach from Telêmaco Borba to São José dos Campos leaves from Terminal Rodoviario de Telêmaco Borba and arrives at Eco. 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 Telêmaco Borba to São José dos Campos?

Fares for the Coach from Telêmaco Borba to São José dos Campos bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €23.83. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 118 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Telêmaco Borba to São José dos Campos produce?

The Coach from Telêmaco Borba to São José dos Campos produces about 15.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 572 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 Telêmaco Borba to São José dos Campos?

Operators on the Coach from Telêmaco Borba to São José dos Campos publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 18m 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 Telêmaco Borba to São José dos Campos on September 14, 2026: 572 km of route against 498 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €26.58, and 8h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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