How to travel from Porto to Vigo

How to Travel from Porto to Vigo?

Travelling from northern Portugal into Spain offers a choice of public transport journeys. There are daily direct connections from Porto to Vigo by bus or train, seven days a week. Train journeys to the Galician port take around two hours and 20 minutes. Bus services are available with three companies, offering some journey times to Vigo that are slightly quicker than the train.

What is the Cheapest Way To Get from Porto to Vigo?

Prices for train and bus services from Porto to Vigo are fairly similar, although the greater frequency of bus services means it is usually easier to find a slightly cheaper bus ticket or snap up a very low priced advance fare. European bus companies Flixbus and Eurolines, along with Spanish operator Autna, provide daily direct bus connections on this international route north from Porto. Average journey times by bus are about two hours and 30 minutes. The Spanish national rail company Renfe operates two daily direct trains from Porto Campanha station to Vigo Guixar, taking two hours and 22 minutes. 

What is the Fastest Way to Travel from Porto to Vigo?

Some Autna bus services from Porto offer the fastest travel connection to Vigo, taking just over two hours to complete the 92-mile route north to the Spanish city. Most bus journeys take between two hours and 15 minutes and two hours and 45 minutes to reach Vigo, although the late-night Autna bus takes over three hours. The Renfe rail journey from Porto Campanha to Vigo Guixar takes about two hours and 20 minutes. 

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Travel from Porto to Vigo by Train

Renfe, the Spanish state rail company, offers two daily direct rail services between Porto and Vigo seven days a week, departing from Porto Campanha station on the eastern side of the city. Departure times are in the morning and early evening, with journey times to Vigo of about two hours and 20 minutes. When booking, remember that Spanish time is one hour ahead of Portuguese time. Trains arrive at Vigo Guixar station, which is located about a 20-minute walk east of the city centre. 

Travel from Porto to Vigo by Bus

Spanish bus company Autna and European operators Eurolines and Flixbus provide daily direct buses to Vigo from Porto seven days a week. Flixbus operates an overnight connection arriving in Vigo in the early morning and an afternoon service, both departing from the Casa da Música transport hub, two miles northwest of central Porto, served by the city Metro. Autna provides four or five daily departures, with morning, afternoon, and evening services leaving from the central Avenida dos Aliados. Eurolines has a daily morning and afternoon departure from Rua de Alexandre Herculano on the south side of the city centre. Journey times range from just over two hours to over three hours. Buses arrive at the Vigo Estacion de Autobuses, about two miles south of the centre, with local bus links taking around 20 minutes for the trip downtown.