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Subic to Manila

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Subic to Manila. From €19.96, fastest 3h 15m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Subic to Manila runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €19.96, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 15m over 146 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 24, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €19.96, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026

€19.96

  • 74%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Subic

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 3Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Departure times on this route

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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 €34.82Fri25
  2. about €30.97Sat26
  3. about €32.07Sun27
  4. about €27.67Mon28
  5. about €29.32Tue29
  6. about €29.32Wed30
  7. about €29.32Thu1
  8. about €26.57Fri2
  9. about €23.27Sat3
  10. about €26.57Sun4
  11. about €23.82Mon5
  12. about €21.07Tue6
  13. about €22.72Wed7
  14. about €23.82Thu8
  15. about €23.27Fri9
  16. about €21.62Sat10
  17. about €22.17Sun11
  18. about €19.97Mon12
  19. about €19.96Tue13
  20. about €21.62Wed14
  21. about €26.02Thu15

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Manila for the night the bus gets in

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

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Booking window

When to book Subic to Manila

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

  1. €21.0790 days
  2. €19.9660 days
  3. €21.0745 days
  4. €20.5230 days
  5. €26.0221 days
  6. €23.8214 days
  7. €29.327 days
  8. €32.073 days
  9. €34.821 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.96.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 74 percent. The most expensive point is €34.82, 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.
€34.82€19.96137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Subic to Manila 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

146 km

86 km as the crow flies, 70% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

67,6641,600,000

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

The route

PhilippinesSouth China SeaCalambaCalambaAngeles CityAngeles CityTarlac CityTarlac CitySan PabloSan PabloBatangasBatangasLucena CityLucena CitySanta RosaSanta RosaLipa CityLipa CityConcepcionConcepcionNagaNagaDagupanDagupanMarivelesMarivelesRodriguezRodriguezRosarioRosarioIriga CityIriga CityPaniquiPaniquiSubicSubicManilaManilaMap 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.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 146 km against 86 km in a straight line, a detour of 70 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Angeles City, Santol, Mabalacat City. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 minutes, of which about 14 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.

Manila is large, and the road in from MNL can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Manila

Settled in advance, so the ride into Manila 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 Lerma station

Most of the points near Lerma station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Subic to Manila

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 Subic to Manila?

The fastest journey from Subic to Manila takes 3h 15m door to door, of which 1h 34m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 3h 29m, 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 Subic to Manila?

The cheapest fare from Subic to Manila is €19.96, as of September 24, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €25.47. 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 Subic to Manila?

The cheapest way from Subic to Manila is by coach, at €19.96 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 3h 19m 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 Subic to Manila?

Fares from Subic to Manila bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €19.96. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 74 percent, measured on September 24, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Subic to Manila?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Subic to Manila, at €21.07. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 24, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Subic to Manila?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Subic to Manila, at €19.97 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 Subic to Manila?

2 operators sell services from Subic to Manila across 1 mode: Philippine National Railways, Victory Liner. 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 Subic to Manila?

0 percent of the services we sell from Subic to Manila are direct. The rest connect at Angeles City, Santol, Mabalacat City, with about 61 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 Subic to Manila use?

Services from Subic to Manila by coach leave from Philtranco - Subic Terminal and arrive at Lerma station. 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 Subic to Manila?

2 of the 2 operators we sell from Subic to Manila 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 Subic to Manila on September 24, 2026: 146 km of route against 86 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €19.96, and 3h 15m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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The two ends, compared

Subic reaches 19 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 40 to 11,876 km. Manila reaches 185 places in 56 countries, from 40 to 13,750 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Subic

  • 19Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 1Operators

Arriving in Manila

Leaving Manila

  • 185Places you can leave for
  • 56Countries
  • 62Operators

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