Cartagena to Albacete runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 06:24 and the last around 06:24. One passenger pays €12.28, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 25m over 198 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €12.28, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 4, 2026
€12.28
- 191%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Cartagena
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:24First departure
- 06:24Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
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Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Cartagena to Albacete 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 €29.33Sat19
- about €22.18Sun20
- about €18.33Mon21
- about €18.33Tue22
- about €16.13Wed23
- about €25.48Thu24
- about €23.83Fri25
- about €18.88Sat26
- about €15.58Sun27
- about €13.38Mon28
- about €16.68Tue29
- about €13.93Wed30
- about €19.98Thu1
- about €18.88Fri2
- about €16.13Sat3
- about €12.28Sun4
- about €12.83Mon5
- about €12.83Tue6
- about €12.28Wed7
- about €17.23Thu8
- about €16.68Fri9
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 bus gets you into Albacete. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Albacete for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Cartagena to Albacete
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €13.9390 days
- €10.0760 days
- €11.7345 days
- €12.2830 days
- €16.6821 days
- €18.8814 days
- €23.837 days
- €18.333 days
- €29.331 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 191 percent. The most expensive point is €29.33, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Cartagena to Albacete and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
198 km
173 km as the crow flies, 14% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
213,943 → 173,050
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 198 km against 173 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Elche, Valencia, Alicante, Murcia. The gap between arriving and leaving is 71 minutes, of which about 14 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.
Who runs this route
The bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Albacete-Los Llanos
Most of the points near Albacete-Los Llanos open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Cartagena to Albacete
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 it take to get from Cartagena to Albacete?
The fastest journey from Cartagena to Albacete takes 3h 25m door to door, of which 2h 59m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 3h 35m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Cartagena to Albacete?
The cheapest fare from Cartagena to Albacete is €12.28, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €16.68. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Cartagena to Albacete?
The cheapest way from Cartagena to Albacete is by coach, at €12.28 for one passenger on October 4, 2026. That journey takes 3h 43m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Cartagena to Albacete?
Fares from Cartagena to Albacete bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €10.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 191 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Cartagena to Albacete?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Cartagena to Albacete, at €13.38. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Cartagena to Albacete?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Cartagena to Albacete, at €10.07 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Cartagena to Albacete?
No operator record names Cartagena to Albacete directly. Samar publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Cartagena to Albacete?
20 percent of the services we sell from Cartagena to Albacete are direct. The rest connect at Elche, Valencia, Alicante, Murcia, with about 71 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Cartagena to Albacete use?
Services from Cartagena to Albacete by coach leave from Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena and arrive at Estación de Autobuses de Albacete. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Cartagena to Albacete?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Cartagena to Albacete allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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.
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.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Cartagena to Albacete on September 18, 2026: 198 km of route against 173 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €12.28, and 3h 25m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Albacete is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Albacete and across Spain
Day trips that leave Albacete in the morning and cover a good part of Spain by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Cartagena reaches 33 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 45 to 553 km. Albacete reaches 35 places in 1 countries, from 129 to 597 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Cartagena
- 33Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Albacete
Leaving Albacete
- 35Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators