Rio das Ostras to Campinas runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:24 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €30.98 and €34.28, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 8h 41m over 605 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
€30.98 to €34.28
- 115%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Rio das Ostras
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
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Expresso União runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Rio das Ostras to Campinas 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 €60.68Mon14
- about €49.13Tue15
- about €57.93Wed16
- about €54.63Thu17
- about €48.03Fri18
- about €61.23Sat19
- about €45.83Sun20
- about €38.13Mon21
- about €30.98Tue22
- about €37.03Wed23
- about €48.03Thu24
- about €45.28Fri25
- about €43.08Sat26
- about €39.23Sun27
- about €33.73Mon28
- about €30.43Tue29
- about €34.28Wed30
- about €34.28Thu1
- about €30.43Fri2
- about €37.57Sat3
- about €35.93Sun4
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 Campinas. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Campinas for the night the bus gets in
Sort by distance from Campinas train station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Rio das Ostras to Campinas
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €33.7390 days
- €33.7360 days
- €29.3245 days
- €28.2330 days
- €35.9321 days
- €39.2314 days
- €45.837 days
- €57.933 days
- €60.681 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €28.23.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 115 percent. The most expensive point is €60.68, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Rio das Ostras to Campinas 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
605 km
526 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
168,099 → 1,031,554
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 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 605 km against 526 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 Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Juiz de Fora, São Paulo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.
Campinas is large, and the road in from VCP can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Campinas
Settled in advance, so the ride into Campinas 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 Campinas train station
Most of the points near Campinas train station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Rio das Ostras to Campinas
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 Rio das Ostras to Campinas?
The fastest journey from Rio das Ostras to Campinas takes 8h 41m door to door, of which 8h 9m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 9h 8m, 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 Rio das Ostras to Campinas?
The cheapest fare from Rio das Ostras to Campinas is €30.43, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €48.03. 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 Rio das Ostras to Campinas?
The cheapest way from Rio das Ostras to Campinas is by coach, at €30.98 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 8h 53m 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 Rio das Ostras to Campinas?
Fares from Rio das Ostras to Campinas bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €28.23. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 115 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 Rio das Ostras to Campinas?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Rio das Ostras to Campinas, at €30.98. 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 Rio das Ostras to Campinas?
November is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Rio das Ostras to Campinas, at €26.58 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 Rio das Ostras to Campinas?
1 operators sell services from Rio das Ostras to Campinas across 1 mode: Expresso União. 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 Rio das Ostras to Campinas?
20 percent of the services we sell from Rio das Ostras to Campinas are direct. The rest connect at Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Juiz de Fora, São Paulo, with about 62 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 Rio das Ostras to Campinas use?
Services from Rio das Ostras to Campinas by coach leave from Rodoviaria de Rio das Ostras and arrive at Parada Garcia. 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 Rio das Ostras to Campinas?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Rio das Ostras to Campinas 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 Rio das Ostras to Campinas on September 13, 2026: 605 km of route against 526 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €30.43, and 8h 41m 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 Campinas is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Campinas and across Brazil
Day trips that leave Campinas in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Rio das Ostras reaches 22 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 526 km. Campinas reaches 419 places in 11 countries, from 53 to 9,763 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Rio das Ostras
- 22Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 4Operators
Arriving in Campinas
Leaving Campinas
- 419Places you can leave for
- 11Countries
- 67Operators