There are 10 ways to get from Lansing to Harlingen by bus, plane, bus (Flixbus), train, or car
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 Gerald R. Ford International Airport, fly to Rio Grande Valley International Airport
best- Take the bus from CATA Intermodal Downtown to Greyhound Grand Rapidsbus
- Fly from Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) to Rio Grande Valley International Airport (HRL)plane GRR - HRL
11h 7m$198–834Bus to Detroit, fly to Rio Grande Valley International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from East Lansing, MI to Detroit Metro Airportbus
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Rio Grande Valley International Airport (HRL)plane DTW - HRL
10h 40m$142–640Bus
- Take the bus from CATA Intermodal Downtown to South Haven Potatoes Plusbus
- Take the bus from South Haven to Chicagobus
- Take the bus from Chicago to Dallas Jeffersonbus
- Take the bus from Dallas to Harlingen Bus Stationbus
36h 44m$283–479Train, bus via Dallas
- Take the train from East Lansing Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Dallastrain
- Take the bus from Dallas to Harlingen Bus Stationbus
39h 17m$451–906Drive 1,583 mi
- Drive from Lansing to Harlingencar 1,583 mi
27h 28m$289–418Bus to Gerald R. Ford International Airport, fly to Mcallen Miller International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from CATA Intermodal Downtown to Greyhound Grand Rapidsbus
- Fly from Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) to Mcallen Miller International Airport (MFE)plane GRR - MFE
- Take the bus from McAllen Central Station to Harlingenbus
12h 1m$283–1,241Bus to Detroit, fly to Mcallen Miller International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from East Lansing, MI to Detroit Metro Airportbus
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Mcallen Miller International Airport (MFE)plane DTW - MFE
- Take the bus from McAllen Central Station to Harlingenbus
11h 58m$217–947Bus to Gerald R. Ford International Airport, fly to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from CATA Intermodal Downtown to Greyhound Grand Rapidsbus
- Fly from Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport (BRO)plane GRR - BRO
- Take the bus from Brownsville to Harlingen Bus Stationbus
12h 32m$283–1,184Bus to Detroit, fly to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from East Lansing, MI to Detroit Metro Airportbus
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport (BRO)plane DTW - BRO
- Take the bus from Brownsville to Harlingen Bus Stationbus
12h 26m$217–890Train, bus
- Take the train from East Lansing Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to San Marcos Amtraktrain
- Take the bus from San Marcos to Harlingen Bus Stationbus
46h 40m$473–1,018
Lansing to Harlingen by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lansing to Harlingen is to drive which costs $280 - $420 and takes 27h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Lansing to Harlingen is to bus and fly which takes 10h 40m and costs $140 - $650.
No, there is no direct bus from Lansing to Harlingen station. However, there are services departing from CATA Intermodal Downtown and arriving at Harlingen Bus Station via South Haven, State & 95th Street, 35th Street & Cottage Grove, Chicago and Dallas. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 44m.
The distance between Lansing and Harlingen is 1431 miles. The road distance is 1592.2 miles.
The best way to get from Lansing to Harlingen without a car is to bus which takes 36h 44m and costs $280 - $480.
It takes approximately 11h 7m to get from Lansing to Harlingen, including transfers.
Lansing to Harlingen bus services, operated by Indian Trails, depart from CATA Intermodal Downtown station.
Lansing to Harlingen bus services, operated by Indian Trails, arrive at South Haven Potatoes Plus station.
Harlingen is 1h behind Lansing. It is currently 1:16 AM in Lansing and 12:16 AM in Harlingen.
Yes, the driving distance between Lansing to Harlingen is 1592 miles. It takes approximately 27h 28m to drive from Lansing to Harlingen.
What companies run services between Lansing, MI, USA and Harlingen, TX, USA?
You can take a bus from CATA Intermodal Downtown to Harlingen Bus Station via South Haven Potatoes Plus, South Haven, Chicago, State & 95th Street, 35th Street & Cottage Grove, California & 35th Street, Chicago, Dallas Jefferson, and Dallas in around 36h 44m.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Rio Grande Valley International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Detroit to Rio Grande Valley International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Mcallen Miller International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Detroit to Mcallen Miller International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Detroit to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Rio Grande Valley International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Detroit to Rio Grande Valley International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Mcallen Miller International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Detroit to Mcallen Miller International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Detroit to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Rio Grande Valley International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Detroit to Rio Grande Valley International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Mcallen Miller International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Detroit to Mcallen Miller International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Rio Grande Valley International Airport via Nashville, Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Rio Grande Valley International Airport via Chicago Midway, Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Rio Grande Valley International Airport via Chicago Midway, Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Rio Grande Valley International Airport via Chicago Midway, Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Detroit to Rio Grande Valley International Airport via St. Louis, Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from East Lansing Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $290–650
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to San Marcos Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $360–800
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 989-725-5105
- Website
- indiantrails.com
Bus from CATA Intermodal Downtown to Greyhound Grand Rapids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–29
- Website
- https://indiantrails.com
Bus from CATA Intermodal Downtown to South Haven Potatoes Plus
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–45
- Website
- https://indiantrails.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from South Haven to Chicago
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–25
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from San Marcos to Harlingen Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 888 358 6762
- info@tornadobus.com
- Website
- tornadobus.com
Bus from Chicago to Dallas Jefferson
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–290
- Schedules at
- tornadobus.com
- Adults 11-59
- $150–290
- Phone
- +1 800-923-1799
- contactus@omexusa.net
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Dallas to Harlingen Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–120
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Brownsville to Harlingen Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
- Phone
- +1 517-333-0400
- info@michiganflyer.com
- Website
- michiganflyer.com
Bus from East Lansing, MI to Detroit Metro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–35
- Website
- https://www.michiganflyer.com/
- Child 2-16
- $9–11
- Adult
- $22–35
- Phone
- +1 956-682-3481
- ValleyMetroRGV@LRGVDC.org
- Website
- lrgvdc.org
Bus from McAllen Central Station to Harlingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2
- Website
- https://www.lrgvdc.org/valleymetro.html
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