There are 11 ways to get from Modesto to Port Arthur by train, plane, bus (Greyhound), bus, car, subway, or train (Amtrak)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Jack Brooks Regional Airport
best- Take the train from Lathrop/Manteca Station to Santa Clara Stationtrain
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Jack Brooks Regional Airport (BPT)plane SJC - BPT
11h 2m$155–546Bus to Oakland International Airport, fly to William P. Hobby Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi to BART Dublin Stationbus
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to William P. Hobby Airport (HOU)plane OAK - HOU
- Take the bus from Houston Bus Station to Port Arthur Transitbus
10h 14m$135–526Bus
- Take the bus from Modesto to Tucsonbus
- Take the bus from Tucson to El Pasobus
- Take the bus from El Paso Bus Station to Houston Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Houston Bus Station to Port Arthur Transitbus
41h 45m$308–446Bus, train
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Fresno Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Fresno Bus Station to Los Angeles Downtownbus
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Houstontrain
- Take the bus from Houston Bus Station to Port Arthur Transitbus
47h 8m$915–1,506Drive 1,903.9 mi
- Drive from Modesto to Port Arthurcar 1,903.9 mi
30h 56m$348–502Bus to Sacramento International Airport, fly to William P. Hobby Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Sacramento Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to William P. Hobby Airport (HOU)plane SMF - HOU
- Take the bus from Houston Bus Station to Port Arthur Transitbus
11h 4m$137–533Train to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to William P. Hobby Airport, bus
- Take the train from Lathrop/Manteca Station to Santa Clara Stationtrain
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to William P. Hobby Airport (HOU)plane SJC - HOU
- Take the bus from Houston Bus Station to Port Arthur Transitbus
11h 37m$144–526Bus, BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- 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 George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)plane SFO - IAH
- Take the bus from Houston Bus Station to Port Arthur Transitbus
12h 5m$137–523Bus to Sacramento International Airport, fly to George Bush Intercontinental Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Sacramento Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)plane SMF - IAH
- Take the bus from Houston Bus Station to Port Arthur Transitbus
12h 19m$179–477Bus, train via Tucson
- Take the bus from Modesto to Phoenix Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport/44th Street Sky Train Station to Tucson Downtownbus
- Take the train from Tucson Amtrak Station to Houstontrain
- Take the bus from Houston - Harrisburg Blvd to Port Arthurbus
2d$721–1,117Train
- 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 Beaumont Stationtrain
2d 6h$1,199–1,948
Modesto to Port Arthur by bus, foot, train, and tram
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Modesto to Port Arthur is to bus and fly which costs $170 - $480 and takes 12h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Modesto to Port Arthur is to bus and fly which takes 10h 14m and costs $130 - $550.
No, there is no direct bus from Modesto to Port Arthur. However, there are services departing from Modesto and arriving at Port Arthur Transit via Tucson, El Paso Bus Station and Houston Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Modesto station to Port Arthur station. However, there are services departing from Lathrop/Manteca Station and arriving at Beaumont Station via San Jose and Los Angeles. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 6h.
The distance between Modesto and Port Arthur is 1793 miles. The road distance is 1915 miles.
The best way to get from Modesto to Port Arthur without a car is to bus which takes 41h 45m and costs $300 - $450.
It takes approximately 11h 2m to get from Modesto to Port Arthur, including transfers.
Modesto to Port Arthur bus services, operated by Tufesa, depart from Modesto station.
Modesto to Port Arthur train services, operated by Altamont Corridor Express, depart from Lathrop/Manteca Station.
The best way to get from Modesto to Port Arthur is to bus which takes 41h 45m and costs $300 - $450. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $1,200 - $2,000 and takes 2 days 6h.
What companies run services between Modesto, CA, USA and Port Arthur, TX, USA?
You can take a bus from Modesto to Port Arthur Transit via Tucson, El Paso, El Paso Bus Station, and Houston Bus Station in around 41h 45m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi to Port Arthur via ACE Lathrop Station, Lathrop/Manteca Station, San Jose Station Diridon, San Jose, Los Angeles, and Beaumont Station in around 2d 6h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–490
Flights from Oakland International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 24m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–490
Flights from Oakland International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Oakland International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport via Burbank
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Oakland International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–480
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–490
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport via Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–490
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $110–490
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–470
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Jack Brooks Regional Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–490
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Jack Brooks Regional Airport via Phoenix, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–490
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 34m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–470
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–420
- Phone
- +1 800-411-7245
- Website
- Ace
Train from Lathrop/Manteca Station to Santa Clara Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–16
- Website
- Ace
Train from Lathrop/Manteca Station to Santa Clara Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–16
- Website
- Ace
Train from Lathrop/Manteca Station to San Jose Station Diridon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–16
- Website
- Ace
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $850–1,400
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Tucson Amtrak Station to Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $600–950
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from San Jose to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $230–360
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to Beaumont Station
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $900–1,500
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- BART
Subway from Dublin / Pleasanton to Daly City
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- BART
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- Tufesa
Bus from Modesto to Tucson
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- Tufesa
- Adult One way
- $130–170
Bus from Tucson to El Paso
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–90
- Schedules at
- Tufesa
- Adult One way
- $65–90
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Modesto to Tucson
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $95–140
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $95–140
- Titanium
- $107–111
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from El Paso Bus Station to Houston Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–200
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Houston Bus Station to Port Arthur Transit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Fresno Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Houston Bus Station to Port Arthur Transit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Houston Bus Station to Port Arthur Transit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–22
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Houston Bus Station to Port Arthur Transit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Houston Bus Station to Port Arthur Transit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Houston Bus Station to Port Arthur Transit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–22
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Houston Bus Station to Port Arthur Transit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Fresno Bus Station to Los Angeles Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport/44th Street Sky Train Station to Tucson Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–27
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Website
- StanRTA
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
- StanRTA
- 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
- StanRTA
- One Day Pass
- $2
- Phone
- +52 664 299 0487
- servicios@acnautobuses.com
- Website
- acnautobuses.com
Bus from Modesto to Phoenix Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Schedules at
- acnautobuses.com
- Book at
- acnautobuses.com
- Phone
- +1 800-923-1799
- contactus@omexusa.net
- Website
- Omnibus Express
Bus from Houston - Harrisburg Blvd to Port Arthur
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Schedules at
- Omnibus Express
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Booking & Getting There
Modesto to Port Arthur bus services, operated by Tufesa, arrive at Tucson station.
Port Arthur is 2h ahead of Modesto. It is currently 1:33 PM in Modesto and 3:33 PM in Port Arthur.
Modesto to Port Arthur train services, operated by Altamont Corridor Express, arrive at San Jose Station Diridon.
Yes, the driving distance between Modesto to Port Arthur is 1915 miles. It takes approximately 30h 56m to drive from Modesto to Port Arthur.
There are 82+ hotels available in Port Arthur.

























