There are 9 ways to get from Pontiac to Tucson by train, plane, bus, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), car, shuttle, or train (Amtrak)
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Train to Detroit, fly to Tucson
best- Take the train from Pontiac Amtrak Station to Dearborntrain
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Tucson (TUS)plane DTW - TUS
10h 9m$267–1,219Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Downtown Pontiac to Larned & Griswoldbus 462
- Take the bus from Detroit, MI to Indianapolis, INbus
- Take the bus from Indianapolis Union Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Phoenix Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Phoenix Bus Station to Tucsonbus
46h 50m$197–532Train, bus
- Take the train from Pontiac Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Flagstafftrain
- Take the bus from Flagstaff Train Station to Tucson Downtownbus
44h 13m$226–791Drive 1,952 mi
- Drive from Pontiac to Tucsoncar 1,952 mi
33h 2m$357–515Train to Detroit, fly to Phoenix, shuttle
- Take the train from Pontiac Amtrak Station to Dearborntrain
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Phoenix (PHX)plane DTW - PHX
- Take a shuttle bus from Sky Harbor International Airport to Tucson Amtrak Station
9h 53m$281–803Bus to Gerald R. Ford International Airport, fly to Tucson
- Take the bus from Pontiac, MI to Grand Rapids, MIbus
- Fly from Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) to Tucson (TUS)plane GRR - TUS
13h 26m$440–1,953Train to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Tucson
- Take the train from Pontiac Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Tucson (TUS)plane ORD - TUS
12h 55m$251–1,109Train to Chicago Midway International Airport, fly to Tucson
- Take the train from Pontiac Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Tucson (TUS)plane MDW - TUS
12h 49m$338–1,506Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Pontiac Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain Wolverine
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Tucson Amtrak Stationtrain Texas Eagle
2d 14h$226–1,301
Pontiac to Tucson by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Pontiac to Tucson is to bus which costs $190 - $550 and takes 46h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Pontiac to Tucson is to train and fly and shuttle which takes 9h 53m and costs $280 - $850.
No, there is no direct bus from Pontiac to Tucson. However, there are services departing from Downtown Pontiac and arriving at Tucson via Detroit, MI, Indianapolis Union Station, St Louis Bus Station and Phoenix Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 46h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Pontiac station to Tucson station. However, there are services departing from Pontiac Amtrak Station and arriving at Tucson Amtrak Station via Chicago Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 14h.
The distance between Pontiac and Tucson is 1725 miles. The road distance is 1963.4 miles.
The best way to get from Pontiac to Tucson without a car is to train and bus which takes 44h 13m and costs $220 - $800.
It takes approximately 10h 9m to get from Pontiac to Tucson, including transfers.
Pontiac to Tucson bus services, operated by Southeast Michigan SMART, depart from Downtown Pontiac station.
Pontiac to Tucson train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Pontiac Amtrak Station.
The best way to get from Pontiac to Tucson is to bus which takes 46h 50m and costs $190 - $550. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $220 - $1,300 and takes 2 days 14h.
What companies run services between Pontiac, MI, USA and Tucson, AZ, USA?
You can take a bus from Downtown Pontiac to Tucson via Larned & Griswold, Detroit, MI, Indianapolis Union Station, St Louis Bus Station, and Phoenix Bus Station in around 46h 50m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Pontiac Amtrak Station to Tucson Amtrak Station via Chicago Union Station in around 2d 14h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Detroit to Tucson via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Detroit to Tucson via Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,200
Flights from Detroit to Tucson via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,400
Flights from Detroit to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Detroit to Phoenix via Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Detroit to Phoenix via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Tucson via Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,900
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Tucson via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–2,000
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Tucson via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–2,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tucson via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Tucson
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,400
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Tucson via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,400
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Tucson via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,500
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Tucson via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,600
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Tucson via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,500
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Detroit to Tucson via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Detroit to Tucson via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Detroit to Tucson via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,200
Flights from Detroit to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Tucson via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–2,000
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Tucson via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–2,000
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Tucson via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tucson
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tucson via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tucson via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Detroit to Tucson via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Detroit to Tucson via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,200
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Tucson via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–2,000
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Tucson via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tucson
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tucson via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Detroit to Tucson via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,300
Flights from Detroit to Tucson via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Detroit to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Tucson via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–2,000
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Detroit to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Pontiac Amtrak Station to Dearborn
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–18
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Pontiac Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Flagstaff
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $150–600
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Tucson Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 8h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $180–1,200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Flagstaff Train Station to Tucson Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–90
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $30–90
Bus from Phoenix Bus Station to Tucson
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 866-962-5515
- Website
- smartbus.org
Bus from Downtown Pontiac to Larned & Griswold
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2
- Website
- https://www.smartbus.org
- Full Fare
- $2
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Indianapolis Union Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Phoenix Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $110–360
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Shuttle from Sky Harbor International Airport to Tucson Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $134
- Website
- https://airportshuttleofphoenix.com
- Phone
- +1 989-725-5105
- Website
- indiantrails.com
Bus from Pontiac, MI to Grand Rapids, MI
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26–50
- Website
- https://indiantrails.com
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More Questions & Answers
Pontiac to Tucson bus services, operated by Southeast Michigan SMART, arrive at Larned & Griswold station.
Tucson is 2h behind Pontiac. It is currently 4:48 AM in Pontiac and 2:48 AM in Tucson.
Pontiac to Tucson train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Pontiac to Tucson is 1963 miles. It takes approximately 33h 2m to drive from Pontiac to Tucson.
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