There are 9 ways to get from Detroit to Merced by plane, bus, 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.
Fly to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT)DTW - FAT
- Take the bus from Fresno Bus Station to Merced Bus Stop
11h 58m$199–827Fly to Merced Municipal Airport
cheapest- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE)DTW - MCE
10h 5m$98–405Bus
- Take the bus from Detroit, MI to Indianapolis, IN
- Take the bus from Indianapolis Union Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Merced
2d 9h$232–718Train, bus
- Take the train from Detroit to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Sacramento
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced
2d 12h$371–2,066Drive 2,333.2 mi
- Drive from Detroit to Merced2,333.2 mi
38h 23m$426–616Fly to Sacramento International Airport, bus
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)DTW - SMF
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced
11h 12m$208–844Fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART, bus
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)DTW - SFO
- Take the subway from Daly City to Dublin / Pleasanton
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stop
12h 34m$142–530Fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, bus
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)DTW - SJC
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stop
12h 37m$215–822Fly to Stockton Metropolitan Airport, bus
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Stockton Metropolitan Airport (SCK)DTW - SCK
- Take the bus from Stockton to Merced
11h 52m$165–642
Detroit to Merced by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Detroit to Merced is to fly which costs $95 - $410 and takes 10h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Detroit to Merced is to fly which takes 10h 5m and costs $95 - $410.
No, there is no direct bus from Detroit to Merced. However, there are services departing from Detroit, MI and arriving at Merced via Indianapolis Union Station, St Louis Bus Station and Los Angeles Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 9h.
The distance between Detroit and Merced is 2056 miles. The road distance is 2346.9 miles.
The best way to get from Detroit to Merced without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 9h and costs $230 - $750.
It takes approximately 11h 58m to get from Detroit to Merced, including transfers.
Detroit to Merced bus services, operated by Barons Bus, depart from Detroit, MI station.
The best way to get from Detroit to Merced is to bus which takes 2 days 9h and costs $230 - $750. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $95 - $410 and takes 10h 5m.
Detroit to Merced bus services, operated by Barons Bus, arrive at Indianapolis, IN station.
Merced is 3h behind Detroit. It is currently 2:10 AM in Detroit and 11:10 PM in Merced.
What companies run services between Detroit, MI, USA and Merced, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Detroit, MI to Merced via Indianapolis Union Station, St Louis Bus Station, and Los Angeles Union Station in around 2d 9h. Alternatively, Delta, Advanced Air, LLC, and Southwest Airlines fly from Detroit (DTW) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE) 5 times a week.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Detroit to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Detroit to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Detroit to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Detroit to Sacramento International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Detroit to Sacramento International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Detroit to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–450
Flights from Detroit to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–460
Flights from Detroit to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Detroit to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Detroit to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Detroit to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Detroit to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Detroit to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Detroit to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Detroit to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Detroit to Sacramento International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Detroit to Sacramento International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Detroit to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–450
Flights from Detroit to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–450
Flights from Detroit to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–460
Flights from Detroit to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Detroit to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Detroit to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Detroit to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Detroit to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Detroit to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 14m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Detroit to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Detroit to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–450
Flights from Detroit to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Detroit to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 9m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Detroit to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- advancedaircharters.com
Flights from Detroit to Merced Municipal Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–400
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Detroit to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Detroit to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–460
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Detroit to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–460
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Detroit to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–130
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $300–1,900
- 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
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
- $16–23
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Indianapolis Union Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–120
- 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
- $120–410
- 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
- +1 888-378-3823
- info@baronsbus.com
- Website
- baronsbus.com
Bus from Detroit, MI to Indianapolis, IN
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–70
- 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
- $50–120
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- 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
- $23–50
- 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
- $7–20
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $7–20
- Titanium
- $8–20
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