Intercape Bus Tickets from Pietermaritzburg to Johannesburg

Intercape offers bus tickets from Pietermaritzburg to Johannesburg, with 1-way prices having ranged from R260 to R1,400 during 2026:

• The current cheapest one-way Intercape bus ticket from Pietermaritzburg to Johannesburg is R360 in Saver class on a Big Sky Intercity coach; taking Big Sky Intercity Big Sky DBN-HRS-PTA scheduled to depart Pietermaritzburg at 23:20 on Thu 23 Apr 2026 and scheduled to arrive in Johannesburg at 06:15 on Fri 24 Apr 2026 (duration of 6 hours 55 minutes).
  • For pensioners (60 and older), the current cheapest one-way ticket is R357 in Flexi class (with a 15% discount applied); taking Big Sky Intercity Big Sky DBN-HRS-PTA departing Pietermaritzburg at 23:20 on Thu 23 Apr 2026 and arriving in Johannesburg at 06:15 on Fri 24 Apr 2026 (duration of 6 hours 55 minutes).
• Average one-way ticket prices are Saver: R488, Flexi: R539, Full Flexi: R596. Lower Flexi and Full Flexi fares may be achieved if any discounts are applicable.
  • For pensioners the average 1-way prices are: Saver: R488, Flexi: R458, Full Flexi: R507.
• Understand the differences between Saver, Flexi and Full Flexi tickets.

Intercape Prices & Schedule from Pietermaritzburg to Johannesburg

Prices last checked and verified on: 2026-04-18 22:33:22

All prices in South African Rand (ZAR).

Price Statistics per Intercape pay class (Year 2026)

Intercape Routes from Pietermaritzburg to Johannesburg

• Big Sky Intercity Big Sky EL-MTH-PTA
• Express Mainliner DBN-PTA
• Big Sky Intercity BIG SKY NDBN-KIM-PTA
• Mainliner DBN-VRG-PTA
• Mainliner NMARG-DBN-PTA
• Mainliner MAT-KOK-PTA
• Mainliner NDBN-LDY-PTA
• Big Sky Intercity Big Sky DBN-HRS-PTA
• Mainliner NRICH-DBN-PTA
• Mainliner MTH-PMB-PTA
• Budgetliner MTH-KOK-PTA
• Mainliner EL-MTH-PTA
• Big Sky Intercity Express Big Sky DBN-PTA
• Mainliner RICH-DBN-PTA low on available seats
• Mainliner MARG-DBN-PTA low on available seats
• Mainliner DBN-PTA
• Mainliner MAP-DBN-PTA
• Mainliner MARG-DBN-PTA
• Mainliner RICH-DBN-PTA
• Mainliner MAT-KOK-PTA low on available seats
• Mainliner MTH-PMB-PTA low on available seats
• Big Sky Intercity Big Sky NRICH-LDY-PTA
• Mainliner DBN-HRS-PTA
• Intercape Bus
• Mainliner NRICH-DBN-PTA
• Mainliner NRICH-LDY-PTA
• Budgetliner DBN-PTA

Travel Time Scheduled (Year 2026)

The quickest bus takes 5h 40m, slowest 19h 10m, average 7h 54m.

Departures vary from 12:10am to 11:55pm. Arrivals from 4:00am to 7:50pm.