Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza runs about 16 times a day, with the first departure around 06:05 and the last around 18:48. One passenger pays between €93.13 and €102.48, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 33h 7m over 2,509 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€93.13 to €102.48
- 243%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Duque de Caxias
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.
- 06:05First departure
- 18:48Last departure
- 16Services per day
- 75%Run direct
Real Maia Transportes Terrestres runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza 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 €271.88Fri18
- about €238.88Sat19
- about €222.93Sun20
- about €157.48Mon21
- about €155.28Tue22
- about €164.08Wed23
- about €203.13Thu24
- about €153.63Fri25
- about €155.83Sat26
- about €144.28Sun27
- about €123.38Mon28
- about €123.38Tue29
- about €129.98Wed30
- about €159.13Thu1
- about €130.53Fri2
- about €123.38Sat3
- about €116.23Sun4
- about €103.03Mon5
- about €93.13Tue6
- about €101.93Wed7
- about €130.53Thu8
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 Fortaleza. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Fortaleza for the night the bus gets in
Sort by distance from Estação Ferroviária João Felipe and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €109.0890 days
- €79.3860 days
- €91.4845 days
- €105.2330 days
- €130.5321 days
- €159.1314 days
- €203.137 days
- €222.933 days
- €271.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €79.38.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 243 percent. The most expensive point is €271.88, 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 Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza 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
2,509 km
2,182 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
866,347 → 2,400,000
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
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
- 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 2,509 km against 2,182 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 Juazeiro do Norte, Governador Valadares, Capim Grosso, Senhor do Bonfim. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 5 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.
Fortaleza is large, and the road in from FOR can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Fortaleza
Settled in advance, so the ride into Fortaleza costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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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 Estação Ferroviária João Felipe
Most of the points near Estação Ferroviária João Felipe open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza
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 Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza?
The fastest journey from Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza takes 33h 7m door to door, of which 33h 3m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 35h 46m, 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 Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza?
The cheapest fare from Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza is €93.13, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €172.33. 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 Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza?
The cheapest way from Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza is by coach, at €93.13 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 33h 47m 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 Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza?
Fares from Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €79.38. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 243 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza, at €123.38. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza, at €79.93 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 Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza?
3 operators sell services from Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza across 1 mode: Expresso Guanabara, Expresso Satélite Norte, Real Maia Transportes Terrestres. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza?
75 percent of the services we sell from Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza are direct. The rest connect at Juazeiro do Norte, Governador Valadares, Capim Grosso, Senhor do Bonfim, with about 60 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 Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza use?
Services from Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza by coach leave from Terminal BRT Metropolitano Pedro Fernandes and arrive at Terminal Rodoviário de Fortaleza Engenheiro João Tomé. 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 Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza?
3 of the 3 operators we sell from Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza 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.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Duque de Caxias to Fortaleza on September 17, 2026: 2509 km of route against 2182 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €93.13, and 33h 7m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Fortaleza a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Fortaleza and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Fortaleza in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Duque de Caxias reaches 208 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 2,444 km. Fortaleza reaches 171 places in 8 countries, from 211 to 7,448 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Duque de Caxias
- 208Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 30Operators
Arriving in Fortaleza
Leaving Fortaleza
- 171Places you can leave for
- 8Countries
- 18Operators