Lucena City to San Jose runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:04 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €12.83 and €14.48, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 34m over 213 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€12.83 to €14.48
- 99%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Lucena City
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.
- 06:04First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
ALPS the runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Lucena City to San Jose 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 €25.47Mon14
- about €23.27Tue15
- about €24.92Wed16
- about €26.58Thu17
- about €19.98Fri18
- about €19.98Sat19
- about €23.27Sun20
- about €16.13Mon21
- about €14.48Tue22
- about €16.68Wed23
- about €19.98Thu24
- about €18.88Fri25
- about €17.78Sat26
- about €18.33Sun27
- about €15.03Mon28
- about €12.83Tue29
- about €14.48Wed30
- about €18.32Thu1
- about €15.03Fri2
- about €13.38Sat3
- about €15.58Sun4
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 San Jose. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in San Jose for the night the bus gets in
Sort by distance from San Jose North Bus Terminal and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Lucena City to San Jose
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €13.9390 days
- €14.4860 days
- €12.8345 days
- €12.8330 days
- €15.5821 days
- €18.3314 days
- €23.277 days
- €24.923 days
- €25.471 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €12.83.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 99 percent. The most expensive point is €25.47, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Lucena City to San Jose 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
213 km
185 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
228,758 → 143,495
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 actually 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 213 km against 185 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 Lipa City, Los Baños, Rosario, Batangas. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
The fare from SJI into San Jose is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in San Jose
Settled in advance, so the ride into San Jose 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 San Jose North Bus Terminal
Most of the points near San Jose North Bus Terminal open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Lucena City to San Jose
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 Lucena City to San Jose?
The fastest journey from Lucena City to San Jose takes 3h 34m door to door, of which 2h 55m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 3h 49m, 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 Lucena City to San Jose?
The cheapest fare from Lucena City to San Jose is €12.83, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €18.33. 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 Lucena City to San Jose?
The cheapest way from Lucena City to San Jose is by coach, at €14.48 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 3h 39m 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 Lucena City to San Jose?
Fares from Lucena City to San Jose bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €12.83. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 99 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Lucena City to San Jose?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Lucena City to San Jose, at €14.48. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Lucena City to San Jose?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Lucena City to San Jose, at €10.63 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 Lucena City to San Jose?
1 operators sell services from Lucena City to San Jose across 1 mode: ALPS the. 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 Lucena City to San Jose?
20 percent of the services we sell from Lucena City to San Jose are direct. The rest connect at Lipa City, Los Baños, Rosario, Batangas, with about 47 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 Lucena City to San Jose use?
Services from Lucena City to San Jose by coach leave from Supreme Lucena City Terminal and arrive at San Jose North Bus Terminal. 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 Lucena City to San Jose?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Lucena City to San Jose 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 Lucena City to San Jose on September 13, 2026: 213 km of route against 185 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €12.83, and 3h 34m 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 San Jose a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of San Jose and across Philippines
Day trips that leave San Jose in the morning and cover a good part of Philippines by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Lucena City reaches 40 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 474 km. San Jose reaches 16 places in 1 countries, from 143 to 251 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Lucena City
- 40Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 19Operators
Arriving in San Jose
Leaving San Jose
- 16Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators