There are 10 ways to get from Modesto to Kansas City by bus, subway, plane, bus (Greyhound), train, car, or train (Amtrak)
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Bus, BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly
best- Take the bus from Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi to BART Dublin Stationbus
- Take the subway from Dublin / Pleasanton to Daly Citysubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Kansas City (MCI)plane SFO - MCI
9h 15m$167–383Bus (Greyhound)
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Sacramento Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Sparks Transit Centerbus
- Take the bus from Sparks Transit Center to Denver Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Denver Union Station to Kansas City Bus Stationbus
39h 45m$272–523Bus, train
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Los Angeles Union Stationbus Greyhound US0810 / ...
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Kansas Citytrain Southwest Chief
43h 37m$598–1,288Drive 1,713.2 mi
- Drive from Modesto to Kansas Citycar 1,713.2 mi
29h 7m$313–452Bus to Oakland International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi to BART Dublin Stationbus
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Kansas City (MCI)plane OAK - MCI
10h$247–1,111Bus to Sacramento International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Sacramento Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Kansas City (MCI)plane SMF - MCI
9h 3m$287–1,230Train to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lathrop/Manteca Station to Santa Clara Stationtrain
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Kansas City (MCI)plane SJC - MCI
11h 28m$287–1,221Bus to Stockton Metropolitan Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Modesto to Stocktonbus
- Fly from Stockton Metropolitan Airport (SCK) to Kansas City (MCI)plane SCK - MCI
9h 1m$280–987Bus via Tucson
- Take the bus from Modesto to Tucsonbus
- Take the bus from Tucson to El Pasobus
- Take the bus from El Paso to 2745 Southwest Blvd - Kansas Citybus
42h 30m$309–420Train
- Take the train from Lathrop/Manteca Station to San Jose Station Diridontrain Ace
- Take the train from San Jose to Los Angelestrain
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Kansas Citytrain
2d 3h$704–1,498
Modesto to Kansas City by bus (Greyhound)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Modesto to Kansas City is to bus and BART and fly which costs $160 - $390 and takes 9h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Modesto to Kansas City is to bus and fly which takes 9h 1m and costs $280 - $1,000.
No, there is no direct bus from Modesto to Kansas City station. However, there are services departing from Modesto Bus Stop and arriving at Kansas City Bus Station via Sacramento Bus Station, Sparks Transit Center and Denver Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Modesto station to Kansas City. However, there are services departing from Lathrop/Manteca Station and arriving at Kansas City via San Jose and Los Angeles. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 3h.
The distance between Modesto and Kansas City is 1633 miles. The road distance is 1723.2 miles.
The best way to get from Modesto to Kansas City without a car is to bus which takes 39h 45m and costs $270 - $550.
It takes approximately 9h 15m to get from Modesto to Kansas City, including transfers.
Modesto to Kansas City bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Modesto Bus Stop station.
Modesto to Kansas City train services, operated by Altamont Corridor Express, depart from Lathrop/Manteca Station.
The best way to get from Modesto to Kansas City is to bus which takes 39h 45m and costs $270 - $550. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $700 - $1,500 and takes 2 days 3h.
What companies run services between Modesto, CA, USA and Kansas City, MO, USA?
You can take a bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Kansas City Bus Station via Sacramento Bus Station, Sparks Transit Center, and Denver Union Station in around 39h 45m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi to Kansas City via ACE Lathrop Station, Lathrop/Manteca Station, San Jose Station Diridon, San Jose, and Los Angeles in around 2d 3h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kansas City via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kansas City via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kansas City via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Kansas City via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Kansas City via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 4m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Kansas City via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Kansas City via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Kansas City via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Kansas City via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Kansas City via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Kansas City via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Kansas City via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,400
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Kansas City via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Kansas City via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Kansas City via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Kansas City via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Kansas City via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Stockton Metropolitan Airport to Kansas City via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Stockton Metropolitan Airport to Kansas City via Las Vegas, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kansas City via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Kansas City via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Kansas City via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Stockton Metropolitan Airport to Kansas City via Las Vegas, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kansas City via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Kansas City via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Kansas City via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Kansas City via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Kansas City via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Kansas City via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Stockton Metropolitan Airport to Kansas City via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Stockton Metropolitan Airport to Kansas City via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 34m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Dublin / Pleasanton to Daly City
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Los Angeles to Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $550–1,200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from San Jose to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–280
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Los Angeles to Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $550–1,200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 800-411-7245
- Website
- acerail.com
Train from Lathrop/Manteca Station to Santa Clara Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–16
- Website
- https://acerail.com
Train from Lathrop/Manteca Station to San Jose Station Diridon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–16
- Website
- https://acerail.com
- Website
- stanrta.org
Bus from Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi to BART Dublin Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2
- Website
- https://www.stanrta.org/
- One Day Pass
- $2
Bus from Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi to BART Dublin Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2
- Website
- https://www.stanrta.org/
- One Day Pass
- $2
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–23
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Sparks Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sparks Transit Center to Denver Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–290
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Denver Union Station to Kansas City Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $90–170
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–90
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–23
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from Modesto to Stockton
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26–50
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Adult One way
- $26–50
Bus from Modesto to Tucson
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Adult One way
- $130–170
Bus from Tucson to El Paso
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–90
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Adult One way
- $65–90
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Modesto to Stockton
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $3–18
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $3–18
- Titanium
- $3–17
Bus from Modesto to Tucson
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–140
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $100–140
- Titanium
- $114–118
- Phone
- +1 800-923-1799
- contactus@omexusa.net
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from El Paso to 2745 Southwest Blvd - Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–190
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
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More Questions & Answers
Modesto to Kansas City bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Sacramento Bus Station.
Kansas City is 2h ahead of Modesto. It is currently 8:53 AM in Modesto and 10:53 AM in Kansas City.
Modesto to Kansas City train services, operated by Altamont Corridor Express, arrive at San Jose Station Diridon.
Yes, the driving distance between Modesto to Kansas City is 1723 miles. It takes approximately 29h 7m to drive from Modesto to Kansas City.
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