There are 10 ways to get from Lansing to Merced by plane, bus, train, bus (Greyhound), 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 Capital Region International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Capital Region International Airport (LAN) to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT)plane LAN - FAT
- Take the bus from Fresno, CA to Mercedbus
11h 30m$166–643Bus to Gerald R. Ford International Airport, fly to Merced Municipal Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from East Lansing to Grand Rapidsbus
- Fly from Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE)plane GRR - MCE
13h 13m$150–649Train, bus
- Take the train from East Lansing Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Sacramentotrain
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Mercedbus
2d 13h$1,335–2,224Bus
- Take the bus from Lansing to Detroitbus
- Take the bus from Detroit to Indianapolisbus
- Take the bus from Indianapolis Union Station 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 Merced Bus Stopbus
2d 14h$468–750Drive 2,267.1 mi
- Drive from Lansing to Mercedcar 2,267.1 mi
37h 37m$414–598Bus to Gerald R. Ford International Airport, fly to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from East Lansing to Grand Rapidsbus
- Fly from Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT)plane GRR - FAT
- Take the bus from Fresno, CA to Mercedbus
14h 43m$156–667Bus to Detroit, fly to Sacramento International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from East Lansing, MI to Detroit Metro Airportbus
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane DTW - SMF
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Mercedbus
13h 51m$254–1,023Bus to Detroit, fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART, bus
- Take the bus from East Lansing, MI to Detroit Metro Airportbus
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane DTW - 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
14h 39m$164–523Bus to Detroit, fly to Merced Municipal Airport
- Take the bus from East Lansing, MI to Detroit Metro Airportbus
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE)plane DTW - MCE
12h 43m$201–891Train to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, bus
- Take the train from East Lansing Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT)plane ORD - FAT
- Take the bus from Fresno, CA to Mercedbus
16h 28m$325–642
Lansing to Merced by bus, train, and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lansing to Merced is to bus and fly and BART which costs $160 - $550 and takes 14h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Lansing to Merced is to fly and bus which takes 11h 30m and costs $160 - $650.
No, there is no direct bus from Lansing to Merced. However, there are services departing from Lansing and arriving at Merced Bus Stop via Detroit, Indianapolis Union Station, St Louis Bus Station and Los Angeles Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 14h.
The distance between Lansing and Merced is 1977 miles. The road distance is 2280.3 miles.
The best way to get from Lansing to Merced without a car is to train and bus which takes 2 days 13h and costs $1,300 - $2,300.
It takes approximately 11h 30m to get from Lansing to Merced, including transfers.
Lansing to Merced bus services, operated by Indian Trails, depart from Lansing station.
Lansing to Merced bus services, operated by Indian Trails, arrive at Detroit station.
Merced is 3h behind Lansing. It is currently 1:40 AM in Lansing and 10:40 PM in Merced.
Yes, the driving distance between Lansing to Merced is 2280 miles. It takes approximately 37h 37m to drive from Lansing to Merced.
What companies run services between Lansing, MI, USA and Merced, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Lansing to Merced Bus Stop via Detroit, Indianapolis Union Station, St Louis Bus Station, and Los Angeles Union Station in around 2d 14h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Capital Region International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Detroit, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 34m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Capital Region International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Detroit, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 54m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Capital Region International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Reagan Washington, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 44m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- When
- Sunday, Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Chicago Midway, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Chicago Midway, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Detroit to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Detroit to Sacramento International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Detroit to Sacramento International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Detroit to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Sunday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Detroit to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Detroit to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Capital Region International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Reagan Washington, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Detroit to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Detroit to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–450
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–490
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Detroit to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Detroit to Sacramento International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Detroit to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Detroit to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Detroit to San Francisco International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–450
- Website
- contouraviation.com
Flights from Detroit to Merced Municipal Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Detroit to Merced Municipal Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Detroit to Merced Municipal Airport via Denver, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 38m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Detroit, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 34m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Phoenix, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 6m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Denver, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Minneapolis, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Chicago Midway, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Capital Region International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Reagan Washington, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 18m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–420
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from East Lansing Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–180
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,200–2,000
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from East Lansing Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–180
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- BART
Subway from Daly City to Dublin / Pleasanton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- BART
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- Tufesa
Bus from Fresno, CA to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Schedules at
- Tufesa
- Adult One way
- $30–55
Bus from Fresno, CA to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Schedules at
- Tufesa
- Adult One way
- $30–55
Bus from Fresno, CA to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Schedules at
- Tufesa
- Adult One way
- $30–55
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Fresno, CA to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $6–20
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $6–20
- Titanium
- $7–19
Bus from Fresno, CA to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $6–20
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $6–20
- Titanium
- $7–19
Bus from Fresno, CA to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $6–20
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $6–20
- Titanium
- $7–19
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–28
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–28
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1 989-725-5105
- Website
- Indian Trails
Bus from Lansing to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- Indian Trails
Bus from East Lansing to Grand Rapids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $12–29
- Website
- Indian Trails
Bus from East Lansing to Grand Rapids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $12–29
- Website
- Indian Trails
- Phone
- +1 888-378-3823
- info@baronsbus.com
- Website
- Barons Bus
Bus from Detroit to Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–70
- Website
- Barons Bus
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Indianapolis Union Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $330–500
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–11
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 517-333-0400
- info@michiganflyer.com
- Website
- Michigan Flyer
Bus from East Lansing, MI to Detroit Metro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–35
- Website
- Michigan Flyer
- Child 2-16
- $9–11
- Adult
- $22–35
Bus from East Lansing, MI to Detroit Metro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–35
- Website
- Michigan Flyer
- Child 2-16
- $9–11
- Adult
- $22–35
Bus from East Lansing, MI to Detroit Metro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–35
- Website
- Michigan Flyer
- Child 2-16
- $9–11
- Adult
- $22–35
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