There are 10 ways to get from Colorado Springs to Merced by bus, plane, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), train, car, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Denver, fly to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, bus
best- Take the bus from The Antlers; S. Cascade to Denver International Airportbus
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT)plane DEN - FAT
- Take the bus from Fresno Bus Station to Merced Bus Stopbus
8h 45m$177–733Fly Colorado Springs Airport to Merced Municipal Airport
cheapest- Fly from Colorado Springs Airport (COS) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE)plane COS - MCE
8h 16m$85–417Bus
- Take the bus from Colorado Springs Downtown Station to Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Denver Union Station to Sparks Transit Centerbus
- Take the bus from Sparks Transit Center to Sacramento Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Mercedbus
30h 35m$115–256Bus, train
- Take the bus from Colorado Springs to Denverbus
- Take the train from Denver to Sacramentotrain
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Mercedbus
37h 28m$190–1,596Drive 1,149.9 mi
- Drive from Colorado Springs to Mercedcar 1,149.9 mi
21h 17m$210–304Fly Colorado Springs Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, bus
- Fly from Colorado Springs Airport (COS) to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT)plane COS - FAT
- Take the bus from Fresno Bus Station to Merced Bus Stopbus
9h 50m$181–882Bus to Denver, fly to Sacramento International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from The Antlers; S. Cascade to Denver International Airportbus
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane DEN - SMF
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Mercedbus
9h 43m$205–847Bus to Denver, fly to Oakland International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from The Antlers; S. Cascade to Denver International Airportbus
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane DEN - OAK
- 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
10h 25m$200–771Bus to Denver, fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART, bus
- Take the bus from The Antlers; S. Cascade to Denver International Airportbus
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane DEN - SFO
- Take the subway from Daly City to Dublin / Pleasantonsubway
- 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
11h 13m$155–503Bus to Denver, fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from The Antlers; S. Cascade to Denver International Airportbus
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane DEN - 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
11h 26m$213–875
Colorado Springs to Merced by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Colorado Springs to Merced is to bus which costs $110 - $260 and takes 30h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Colorado Springs to Merced is to fly which takes 8h 16m and costs $85 - $420.
No, there is no direct bus from Colorado Springs station to Merced. However, there are services departing from Colorado Springs Downtown Station and arriving at Merced via Denver Union Station, Sparks Transit Center and Sacramento Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 35m.
The distance between Colorado Springs and Merced is 996 miles. The road distance is 1156.6 miles.
The best way to get from Colorado Springs to Merced without a car is to bus which takes 30h 35m and costs $110 - $260.
It takes approximately 8h 45m to get from Colorado Springs to Merced, including transfers.
Colorado Springs to Merced bus services, operated by Bustang, depart from Colorado Springs Downtown Station.
The best way to get from Colorado Springs to Merced is to bus which takes 30h 35m and costs $110 - $260. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $85 - $420 and takes 8h 16m.
Colorado Springs to Merced bus services, operated by Bustang, arrive at Union Station.
Merced is 1h behind Colorado Springs. It is currently 5:29 PM in Colorado Springs and 4:29 PM in Merced.
What companies run services between Colorado Springs, CO, USA and Merced, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Colorado Springs Downtown Station to Merced via Denver Union Station, Sparks Transit Center, and Sacramento Bus Station in around 30h 35m. Alternatively, Southwest Airlines, Advanced Air, LLC, and two other airlines fly from Colorado Springs Airport (COS) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE) twice daily.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Denver to Fresno Yosemite International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Denver to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Denver to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Colorado Springs Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–850
Flights from Colorado Springs Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from Colorado Springs Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Denver to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Denver to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Denver to Sacramento International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Denver to Oakland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Denver to Oakland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Denver to Oakland International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Denver to Oakland International Airport via Boise
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Denver to Oakland International Airport via Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Denver to Oakland International Airport via Long Beach
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Denver to Oakland International Airport via Burbank
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Denver to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–370
Flights from Denver to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–380
Flights from Denver to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Denver to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Denver to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Denver to Fresno Yosemite International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Denver to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Denver to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Colorado Springs Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from Denver to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Denver to Sacramento International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Denver to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–370
Flights from Denver to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–380
Flights from Denver to San Francisco International Airport via Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–380
Flights from Denver to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
- Website
- advancedaircharters.com
Flights from Colorado Springs Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–410
Flights from Colorado Springs Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Denver, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–430
Flights from Colorado Springs Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Salt Lake City, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–450
Flights from Colorado Springs Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Phoenix, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 54m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–450
Flights from Colorado Springs Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Dallas, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Denver to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Colorado Springs Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–850
Flights from Denver to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Denver to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Denver to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Colorado Springs Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Denver to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Denver to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–370
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Denver to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–1,500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Daly City to Dublin / Pleasanton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- Phone
- +1 719-687-3456
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Bus from The Antlers; S. Cascade to Denver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–55
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/colorado-springs/
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
- $16–26
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Denver Union Station to Sparks Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–140
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sparks Transit Center to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $18–65
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–55
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 800-900-3011
- Website
- ridebustang.com
Bus from Colorado Springs Downtown Station to Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- https://ridebustang.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 800-923-1799
- contactus@omexusa.net
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Colorado Springs to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.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
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