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Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa. From €16.13, fastest 4h 33m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 06:22 and the last around 06:22. One passenger pays €16.13, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 33m over 288 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €16.13, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026

€16.13

  • 146%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:22First departure
  • 06:22Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

Departure times on this route

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Empresa Princesa do Norte runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €28.23Mon21
  2. about €34.28Tue22
  3. about €37.03Wed23
  4. about €34.83Thu24
  5. about €24.38Fri25
  6. about €31.53Sat26
  7. about €30.43Sun27
  8. about €19.98Mon28
  9. about €19.43Tue29
  10. about €19.43Wed30
  11. about €21.08Thu1
  12. about €25.48Fri2
  13. about €22.73Sat3
  14. about €24.38Sun4
  15. about €16.13Mon5
  16. about €17.23Tue6
  17. about €17.23Wed7
  18. about €22.18Thu8
  19. about €20.53Fri9
  20. about €23.28Sat10
  21. about €18.33Sun11

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The bus gets you into Ponta Grossa. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Ponta Grossa for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Estação Arte and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €17.2390 days
  2. €16.6860 days
  3. €16.1345 days
  4. €15.0330 days
  5. €18.3321 days
  6. €24.3814 days
  7. €30.437 days
  8. €37.033 days
  9. €28.231 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €15.03.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 146 percent. The most expensive point is €37.03, 3 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.
€37.03€15.03137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa 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

288 km

250 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.

Who lives at each end

46,442292,177

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

ParaguaySão PauloSão PauloRio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroCuritibaCuritibaCampinasCampinasSorocabaSorocabaSão José dos CamposSão José dos CamposJoinvilleJoinvilleLondrinaLondrinaJuiz de ForaJuiz de ForaJundiaíJundiaíPiracicabaPiracicabaSantosSantosBauruBauruGrajaúGrajaúCascavelCascavelCiudad del EsteCiudad del EsteSanta Cruz do Rio PardoSanta Cruz do Rio PardoPonta GrossaPonta GrossaMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 288 km against 250 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

The fare from PGZ into Ponta Grossa is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Ponta Grossa

Settled in advance, so the ride into Ponta Grossa 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.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Estação Arte

Most of the points near Estação Arte open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa

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 Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa?

The fastest journey from Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa takes 4h 33m door to door, of which 3h 49m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 4h 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 Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa?

The cheapest fare from Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa is €16.13, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €22.73. 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 Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa?

The cheapest way from Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa is by coach, at €16.13 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 4h 33m 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 Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa?

Fares from Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €15.03. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 146 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa, at €19.43. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa, at €12.83 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 Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa?

1 operators sell services from Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa across 1 mode: Empresa Princesa do Norte. 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 Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa?

Every service we sell from Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa is direct, with around 1 departure a day and a fastest journey of 4h 33m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa use?

Services from Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa by coach leave from Rodoviária de Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo and arrive at Rodoviária de Ponta Grossa. 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 Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo to Ponta Grossa on September 20, 2026: 288 km of route against 250 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €16.13, and 4h 33m 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 Ponta Grossa is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Ponta Grossa and across Brazil

Day trips that leave Ponta Grossa in the morning and cover a good part of Brazil by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo reaches 21 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 45 to 916 km. Ponta Grossa reaches 143 places in 1 countries, from 119 to 2,510 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo

  • 21Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 2Operators

Arriving in Ponta Grossa

Leaving Ponta Grossa

  • 143Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 16Operators

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