There are 8 ways to get from Buffalo to Merced by plane, bus, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), train, car, or shuttle
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Fly Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT)plane BUF - FAT
- Take the bus from Fresno Bus Station to Merced Bus Stopbus
12h 37m$416–1,747Fly Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport
cheapest- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE)plane BUF - MCE
9h 50m$167–731Bus
- Take the bus from Buffalo, NY to Columbus - Mound Stbus
- Take the bus from Columbus to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Mercedbus
2d 16h$440–870Train, bus
- Take the train from Buffalo Depew Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Sacramentotrain
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Mercedbus
2d 19h$635–1,572Drive 2,584.7 mi
- Drive from Buffalo to Mercedcar 2,584.7 mi
43h 1m$472–682Fly Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, bus
- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane BUF - SJC
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exibus
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stopbus
14h 19m$522–2,255Fly Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport, bus
- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Stockton Metropolitan Airport (SCK)plane BUF - SCK
- Take the bus from Stockton to Mercedbus
12h 57m$309–1,269Shuttle to Toronto Pearson International Airport, fly to Sacramento International Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Buffalo Airport to Pearson International Airport Terminal 1
- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane YYZ - SMF
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Mercedbus
14h 27m$414–929
Buffalo to Merced by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Buffalo to Merced is to fly which costs $160 - $750 and takes 9h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Buffalo to Merced is to fly which takes 9h 50m and costs $160 - $750.
No, there is no direct bus from Buffalo to Merced. However, there are services departing from Buffalo, NY and arriving at Merced via Columbus, St Louis Bus Station and Los Angeles Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 16h.
The distance between Buffalo and Merced is 2279 miles. The road distance is 2599.8 miles.
The best way to get from Buffalo to Merced without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 16h and costs $440 - $900.
It takes approximately 12h 37m to get from Buffalo to Merced, including transfers.
Buffalo to Merced bus services, operated by Barons Bus, depart from Buffalo, NY station.
The best way to get from Buffalo to Merced is to bus which takes 2 days 16h and costs $440 - $900. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $160 - $750 and takes 9h 50m.
Buffalo to Merced bus services, operated by Barons Bus, arrive at Columbus - Mound St station.
Merced is 3h behind Buffalo. It is currently 4:03 AM in Buffalo and 1:03 AM in Merced.
What companies run services between Buffalo, NY, USA and Merced, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Buffalo, NY to Merced via Columbus, St Louis Bus Station, and Los Angeles Union Station in around 2d 16h. Alternatively, Southwest Airlines, Advanced Air, LLC, and three other airlines fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE) once daily.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,800
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Chicago Midway, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,300
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,300
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
- Website
- advancedaircharters.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 34m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Detroit, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Denver, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 33m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Chicago Midway, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 39m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Minneapolis, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 48m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Denver, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Detroit, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 1m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Nashville, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 58m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Chicago Midway, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 43m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Minneapolis, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,700
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 56m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,900
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Buffalo Depew Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $110–270
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $500–1,200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Fresno Bus Station to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–17
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Columbus to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $310–600
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–12
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 888-378-3823
- info@baronsbus.com
- Website
- baronsbus.com
Bus from Buffalo, NY to Columbus - Mound St
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Website
- https://baronsbus.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–24
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Website
- stanrta.org
Bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2
- Website
- https://www.stanrta.org/
- One Day Pass
- $2
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from Stockton to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Stockton to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $7–21
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $7–21
- Titanium
- $8–21
- Phone
- 905-374-8111
- airsales@niagaraairbus.com
- Website
- niagaraairbus.com
Shuttle from Buffalo Airport to Pearson International Airport Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- https://www.niagaraairbus.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.niagaraairbus.com
- Book at
- https://www.niagaraairbus.com
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