Bus tickets to Madison

36 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.

36 places connect to Madison by Buses, across 1 country, run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €10.07. Origins run from 93 km away to 687 km, with a median of 398 km.

Checked September 28, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

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Arriving in Madison

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Madison, over the next three weeks.
Route	From	Fastest	Distance
Milwaukee to Madison bus	€10.07	2h 44m	122 km
Rockford to Madison bus	€10.07	2h 13m	93 km
Chicago to Madison bus	€11.73	3h 24m	198 km
Naperville to Madison bus	€11.73	3h 46m	176 km
Joliet to Madison bus	€12.83	4h 14m	203 km
Cedar Rapids to Madison bus	€13.93	4h 34m	219 km
Grand Rapids to Madison bus	€17.78	5h 23m	304 km
Saint Paul to Madison bus	€21.08	6h 14m	361 km
Des Moines to Madison bus	€21.63	6h 58m	383 km
Fort Wayne to Madison bus	€23.28	6h 21m	413 km
Detroit to Madison bus	€24.93	7h 41m	526 km
Toledo to Madison bus	€27.13	8h 22m	505 km
Warren to Madison bus	€28.23	9h	525 km
Sterling Heights to Madison bus	€28.23	9h 18m	522 km
Omaha to Madison bus	€30.43	9h 22m	575 km
Cleveland to Madison bus	€31.53	9h 34m	657 km
Sioux Falls to Madison bus	€31.53	9h 55m	595 km
Akron to Madison bus	€35.93	11h 5m	687 km

36Places you can arrive from
36Places you can leave for
1Countries
1Operators

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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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Buses, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
Distance	Routes	Share	Nearest of them
Under 200 km	8	22%	Rockford, 93 km
200 to 600 km	24	67%	Joliet, 203 km
600 to 1,500 km	4	11%	Cleveland, 657 km

Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Madison that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
Country	Routes	Share
United States	36	100%

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.
Operator	From	Fastest	Typical speed	Flexibility	On board
PARTA	None	None	72 km/h	Changeable	Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Madison

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

Madison

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Madison - Dutch Mill
UW-Madison Intercity Bus

Leaving

Leaving Madison

Madison to Chicago bus Madison to Cleveland bus Madison to Detroit bus Madison to Milwaukee bus Madison to Saint Paul bus Madison to Rockford bus Madison to Cedar Rapids bus Madison to Omaha bus Madison to Toledo bus Madison to Fort Wayne bus Madison to Des Moines bus Madison to Akron bus Madison to Grand Rapids bus Madison to Sioux Falls bus Madison to Joliet bus Madison to Naperville bus

Where can I travel to Madison by Buses from?

36 places connect to Madison by Buses on our network, across 1 countries. The nearest is 93 km away in a straight line and the furthest 687 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Buses to Madison cost?

The cheapest Buses fare into Madison is €10.07 for one passenger, across 36 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 398 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Buses to Madison take?

The fastest Buses journey into Madison is 2h 13m door to door. The median origin sits 398 km away in a straight line, so most journeys on this list take considerably longer than the fastest one quoted here.

Which operators run the Buses to Madison?

1 operators run Buses services into Madison on our network: PARTA. Each has its own fares and its own conditions, and every one of them is a real carrier from the published operator catalog rather than a name we generated.

Which terminal does the Buses to Madison use?

Buses services into Madison use 2 named terminals, among them Madison - Dutch Mill, UW-Madison Intercity Bus. The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door

Other ways to reach Madison

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Baggage storage near Madison station (C&NW)

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