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4.6The cheapest and fastest buses from Murcia to Cartagena
Cheapest price
$2
Average price
$5
Fastest journey
10 m
Average duration
19 m
Buses per day
20
Distance
44 km
The best way to find a cheap bus ticket from Murcia to Cartagena is to book your journey as far in advance as possible and to avoid traveling at rush hour.
The average ticket from Murcia to Cartagena will cost around $5 if you buy it on the day, but the cheapest tickets can be found for only $2.
Of the 20 buses that leave Murcia for Cartagena on Thu, Dec 18, 20 travel direct so it’s quite easy to avoid journeys where you’ll have to change along the way.
On Thu, Dec 18 the direct buses cover the 44 km distance in an average of 19 m but if you time it right, some buses will get you there in just 10 m .
On Thu, Dec 18 the slowest buses will take 45 m and usually involve a change or two along the way, but you might be able to save a few pennies if you’re on a budget.
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Compare bus and train for Murcia to Cartagena
Omio recommends booking the bus as it is the most popular option from Murcia to Cartagena among Omio's users. If you are prioritising price take the bus with prices starting from €5. For those with little time consider booking a bus which can get you there in 33m. In case you are seeking to minimise your carbon footprint the train is your best bet as it emits only 0.0 - 0.0kg. The ticket price range depends on the travel mode: a bus costs an average of €5, and a train costs an average of €6.
Distance: 27 miles (44 km)
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€5 Average price Cheapest | €6 Average price |
1h 3m Average total duration Fastest 33m Onboard + 30m Additional time* | 1h 32m Average total duration 1h 2m Onboard + 30m Additional time* |
0.0 - 0.1kg CO2 emissions | 0.0 - 0.0kg CO2 emissions Lowest |
Most popular bus company |  Most popular train company |
Direct Options | Direct Options |
Additional time: Average total travel duration to departure point, security checks and transfers.
Murcia to Cartagena Bus Timetables
| Operator | Departure Time | Arrival Time | Duration | Departure days | Cheapest price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 04:20 | Arrival Time 04:30 | Duration 0h10 | Departure days Sun | Cheapest price $3 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 06:00 | Arrival Time 06:40 | Duration 0h40 | Departure days Tue | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 06:40 | Arrival Time 06:50 | Duration 0h10 | Departure days Thu | Cheapest price $2 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 07:00 | Arrival Time 07:40 | Duration 0h40 | Departure days Tue | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator Interbus | Departure Time 07:00 | Arrival Time 07:45 | Duration 0h45 | Departure days Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 07:30 | Arrival Time 08:00 | Duration 0h30 | Departure days Mon, Tue | Cheapest price $5 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 07:40 | Arrival Time 08:10 | Duration 0h30 | Departure days Sun | Cheapest price $5 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 08:00 | Arrival Time 08:30 | Duration 0h30 | Departure days Mon, Fri | Cheapest price $5 |
Operator Interbus | Departure Time 08:00 | Arrival Time 08:55 | Duration 0h55 | Departure days Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 08:20 | Arrival Time 08:50 | Duration 0h30 | Departure days Sat | Cheapest price $5 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 08:50 | Arrival Time 09:30 | Duration 0h40 | Departure days Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator Interbus | Departure Time 09:00 | Arrival Time 09:45 | Duration 0h45 | Departure days Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator Interbus | Departure Time 10:00 | Arrival Time 10:45 | Duration 0h45 | Departure days Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator Interbus | Departure Time 10:15 | Arrival Time 11:00 | Duration 0h45 | Departure days Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator Interbus | Departure Time 11:00 | Arrival Time 11:45 | Duration 0h45 | Departure days Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator Interbus | Departure Time 12:00 | Arrival Time 13:15 | Duration 1h15 | Departure days Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator Interbus | Departure Time 12:15 | Arrival Time 13:30 | Duration 1h15 | Departure days Sun | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 12:30 | Arrival Time 12:50 | Duration 0h20 | Departure days Fri, Sat | Cheapest price $4 |
Operator Interbus | Departure Time 12:45 | Arrival Time 13:30 | Duration 0h45 | Departure days Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator Interbus | Departure Time 13:00 | Arrival Time 13:45 | Duration 0h45 | Departure days Sat | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 13:20 | Arrival Time 13:40 | Duration 0h20 | Departure days Mon | Cheapest price $5 |
Operator Interbus | Departure Time 13:45 | Arrival Time 14:30 | Duration 0h45 | Departure days Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 13:50 | Arrival Time 14:00 | Duration 0h10 | Departure days Tue, Thu | Cheapest price $4 |
Operator Interbus | Departure Time 14:00 | Arrival Time 14:45 | Duration 0h45 | Departure days Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 14:50 | Arrival Time 15:20 | Duration 0h30 | Departure days Sun | Cheapest price $5 |
Operator Interbus | Departure Time 15:00 | Arrival Time 16:15 | Duration 1h15 | Departure days Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator Interbus | Departure Time 16:00 | Arrival Time 16:45 | Duration 0h45 | Departure days Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator Interbus | Departure Time 16:45 | Arrival Time 17:30 | Duration 0h45 | Departure days Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 17:00 | Arrival Time 17:20 | Duration 0h20 | Departure days Tue | Cheapest price $5 |
Operator Interbus | Departure Time 17:00 | Arrival Time 17:45 | Duration 0h45 | Departure days Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 17:10 | Arrival Time 17:50 | Duration 0h40 | Departure days Mon | Cheapest price $5 |
Operator Interbus | Departure Time 17:45 | Arrival Time 18:30 | Duration 0h45 | Departure days Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 18:00 | Arrival Time 18:20 | Duration 0h20 | Departure days Fri | Cheapest price $5 |
Operator Interbus | Departure Time 19:00 | Arrival Time 19:45 | Duration 0h45 | Departure days Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator Interbus | Departure Time 19:45 | Arrival Time 20:30 | Duration 0h45 | Departure days Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 20:00 | Arrival Time 20:40 | Duration 0h40 | Departure days Wed | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 20:20 | Arrival Time 20:50 | Duration 0h30 | Departure days Wed, Sat | Cheapest price $5 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 20:30 | Arrival Time 21:00 | Duration 0h30 | Departure days Mon, Sun | Cheapest price $5 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 20:40 | Arrival Time 21:20 | Duration 0h40 | Departure days Wed | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator Interbus | Departure Time 21:00 | Arrival Time 21:45 | Duration 0h45 | Departure days Everyday | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 21:00 | Arrival Time 21:20 | Duration 0h20 | Departure days Fri | Cheapest price $4 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 21:50 | Arrival Time 22:10 | Duration 0h20 | Departure days Thu | Cheapest price $4 |
Operator Interbus | Departure Time 22:00 | Arrival Time 23:15 | Duration 1h15 | Departure days Everyday | Cheapest price $6 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 22:10 | Arrival Time 22:40 | Duration 0h30 | Departure days Wed | Cheapest price $5 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 22:20 | Arrival Time 22:30 | Duration 0h10 | Departure days Thu | Cheapest price $2 |
Operator BlaBlaCar | Departure Time 23:30 | Arrival Time 23:50 | Duration 0h20 | Departure days Wed | Cheapest price $4 |
Live departures
Murcia to Cartagena bus times
The table below shows live departures for Murcia to Cartagena buses for today, Wednesday, December 17. You can also manually refresh the results below to see updated bus journeys.
| Provider | Departs | Duration | Arrives | Transfers | Tickets |
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| BASE | 8:00 PM Murcia, Estacion de Autobuses | 0h45 | 8:45 PM Cartagena, Estación de Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
| BASE | 9:00 PM Murcia, Estacion de Autobuses | 1h15 | 10:15 PM Cartagena, Estación de Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
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| BASE | 6:00 AM Murcia, Estacion de Autobuses | 0h45 | 6:45 AM Cartagena, Estación de Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
| BASE | 7:00 AM Murcia, Estacion de Autobuses | 0h55 | 7:55 AM Cartagena, Estación de Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
| BASE | 8:00 AM Murcia, Estacion de Autobuses | 0h45 | 8:45 AM Cartagena, Estación de Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
| BASE | 9:00 AM Murcia, Estacion de Autobuses | 0h45 | 9:45 AM Cartagena, Estación de Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
| BASE | 10:00 AM Murcia, Estacion de Autobuses | 0h45 | 10:45 AM Cartagena, Estación de Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
| BASE | 11:00 AM Murcia, Estacion de Autobuses | 1h15 | 12:15 PM Cartagena, Estación de Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
| BASE | 11:45 AM Murcia, Estacion de Autobuses | 0h45 | 12:30 PM Cartagena, Estación de Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
| BASE | 12:45 PM Murcia, Estacion de Autobuses | 0h45 | 1:30 PM Cartagena, Estación de Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
| BASE | 1:00 PM Murcia, Estacion de Autobuses | 0h45 | 1:45 PM Cartagena, Estación de Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
| BASE | 2:00 PM Murcia, Estacion de Autobuses | 1h15 | 3:15 PM Cartagena, Estación de Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
| BASE | 3:00 PM Murcia, Estacion de Autobuses | 0h45 | 3:45 PM Cartagena, Estación de Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
| BASE | 4:00 PM Murcia, Estacion de Autobuses | 0h45 | 4:45 PM Cartagena, Estación de Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
| BASE | 6:00 PM Murcia, Estacion de Autobuses | 0h45 | 6:45 PM Cartagena, Estación de Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
| BASE | 6:45 PM Murcia, Estacion de Autobuses | 0h45 | 7:30 PM Cartagena, Estación de Autobuses | 0 transfersDirect | |
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Overview: Bus from Murcia to Cartagena
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Buses from Murcia to Cartagena run on average 15 times per day, taking around 33m. Cheap bus tickets for this journey start at $6 (€5) if you book in advance.
There are 15 buses per day. The earliest bus runs at 06:30, the last at 22:00. The fastest bus covers the 27 miles (44 km) distance in 45m.
Distance 27 miles (44 km) |
Average bus duration 33m |
Cheapest ticket price $6 (€5) |
Buses per day 15 |
Direct buses 15 |
Fastest bus 45m |
First bus 06:30 |
Last bus 22:00 |
Bus providers: Interbus, BlaBlaCar, Infobus from Murcia to CartagenaYou can travel by bus between Murcia to Cartagena with Interbus, BlaBlaCar, Infobus for as low as $6 (€5). When you search for schedules and tickets, Omio will show you the best journey
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How to get from Murcia to Cartagena by bus
The bus station of Murcia is the starting point of this route in bus Murcia-Cartagena, and the bus station of Cartagena the one of arrival. There are a total of 13 buses a day, all direct, between both cities. In order to have the tickets sufficiently in Avanza, they can be purchased from anywhere with the Omio search engine or with its exclusive application, so that the ticket is saved in electronic format and cannot be lost or damaged.
Which buses go from Murcia - Cartagena
>Lycar is the only company offering Murcia-Cartagena.
bus routes.How long does the Murcia - Cartagena bus take?
The average duration of the Murcia-Cartagena bus journey is 50 minutes , with the 45-minute journey being the most common, as almost all of them have this duration, as well as being the one that takes the least time to complete the journey. In the case of the 11.30 a.m. bus, it takes a little longer, 1 hour and 15 minutes.
At what time does the first and last bus Murcia - Cartagena of the day leave?
The first bus leaves Murcia station at 7.00, and arrives at your destination at 7.45. The last service of the day has a duration of 1 hour and 15 minutes, so it leaves Murcia at 22.00, and arrives at its destination at 23.15.
.What is the price of the bus from Murcia - Cartagena?
It doesn't matter what time the Murcia Cartagena buses are taken, their price is uniform: 4'75€.
Where does the bus Murcia - Cartagena?
leave from?Murcia's bus station is located in the western part of the city and from here the buses Murcia-Cartagena leave, very close to the Jardines de la Seda. It can be reached with trams 21 and 36. Cartagena's bus station is located in the heart of the city, close to the city's famous port. To get there, you can take, among others, the urban services 1b, 5b, L5 and L7. As it is a very well located station, you can walk to the city centre without any problem. Both facilities are prepared to receive passengers with reduced mobility or with disabilities.
FAQs: Bus from Murcia to Cartagena
Find answers to the most common questions about traveling from Murcia to Cartagena by bus. From journey times and ticket prices to direct connections, first and last departures, and even whether the route is scenic, our FAQs cover everything you need to plan your trip. Whether you’re looking for the fastest bus, the cheapest option, or tips for making the most of your visit at Cartagena, this guide helps you travel smarter and with confidence.
Passengers board the bus most frequently from Murcia, Estacion de Autobuses, which is located around 1.1 miles (1.8 km) away from the city centre, and they get off the bus at Cartagena, Estación de Autobuses, located 1.1 miles (1.7 km) away from the city centre.
- Interbus
- Assistance
- Priority seating
- Accessible restrooms.
- Infobus
- Assistance
- Priority seating
- Transport for wheelchairs and mobility aids.
- Roman Theatre Museum, an ancient Roman theater with a museum showcasing archaeological finds
- Cartagena Naval Museum, a museum highlighting the city's naval history and maritime heritage
- Concepción Castle, a medieval fortress offering panoramic views of the city and its harbor
- National Museum of Underwater Archaeology, a museum dedicated to underwater archaeological discoveries and maritime history
- Calle Mayor, a bustling pedestrian street lined with modernist architecture, shops, and cafes.
- Explore the ancient Roman city of Carthago Nova, with guided tours revealing its historical significance
- Enjoy a boat tour of Cartagena's harbor, offering unique views of the city's coastline and landmarks
- Attend a local festival or cultural event, experiencing the vibrant traditions and community spirit of Cartagena
- Visit the Regional Park of Calblanque, a natural park with beautiful beaches and hiking trails
- Discover the local cuisine with a tapas tour, sampling traditional Spanish dishes in various eateries.
- Interbus
- You can cancel your ticket up to 24 hours before departure for a full refund. Cancellations within 24 hours incur a 50% fee.
- Infobus
- You can cancel your ticket up to 24 hours before departure for a partial refund. Cancellations within 24 hours may incur a fee.
To find the cheapest bus tickets for your trip from Murcia to Cartagena, follow these tips:
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- Interbus
- One carry-on bag up to 10kg (55x40x20) and one checked bag up to 20kg (80x50x30).
- Infobus
- One carry-on bag up to 5kg (40x20x25) and one checked bag up to 20kg (50x30x80).
- Interbus
- 10€ per additional bag.
- Infobus
- 10€ per additional bag.
- Interbus
- Small pets allowed in carriers
- Larger pets must be leashed and muzzled.
- Infobus
- Small pets allowed in carriers
- Larger pets may require a separate ticket.
popular bus stations
Popular bus stations from Murcia to Cartagena
Wifi
Parking
Dining
ATM
Taxis
Accessibility
WC
Ticket Office
- 06:00-23:00
- Free Wi-Fi
- Cafetería de la estación (in the station)
- Tapas Bar El Rincón (0.3 km)
- Fast Food Express (0.4 km).
- Available outside the main entrance.
- Elevators, ramps
- Available in the station.
- Bus: 1, 6, 7, 26 Train: C1
WifiParkingDiningATMTaxisAccessibilityWCTicket Office- 06:00-22:00
- Free Wi-Fi
- Cafetería de la estación (in the station)
- Restaurante El Galeón (0.5 km)
- La Catedral (0.7 km).
- Available outside the main entrance.
- Elevators, ramps
- Available in the station.
- Bus: 2, 4, 6 Train: C-1
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