There are 10 ways to get from San Rafael to Tucson by bus, plane, subway, train, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), car, or train (Amtrak)
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Bus to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Tucson
best- Take the bus from Larkspur - pickup to San Francisco Airportbus
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Tucson (TUS)plane SFO - TUS
5h 26m$152–732BART, bus
cheapest- Take the subway from Montgomery Street to Berryessa / North San Josesubway Green-N
- Take the bus from San Jose - King Rd Pink Elephant to Tucsonbus San Jose
22h 50m$111–175BART, bus, train
- Take the subway from El Cerrito Del Norte to Berryessa / North San Josesubway
- Take the bus from San Jose, CA - Huong Lan Sandwich to Los Angeles, CA - Chinatown Stationbus
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Tucson Amtrak Stationtrain
21h 5m$202–396Bus
- Take the bus from San Francisco Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus Greyhound US0831
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Tucsonbus FlixBus 2054
21h 32m$136–259Drive 874.9 mi
- Drive from San Rafael to Tucsoncar 874.9 mi
14h 14m$160–231Bus to Oakland International Airport, fly to Tucson
- Take the bus from San Rafael to Oakland International Airportbus
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Tucson (TUS)plane OAK - TUS
6h 45m$171–902Bus to Oakland International Airport, fly to Phoenix, bus
- Take the bus from San Rafael to Oakland International Airportbus
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Phoenix (PHX)plane OAK - PHX
- Take the bus from Sky Harbor International Airport to University of Phoenixbus
6h 40m$146–567Bus to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Phoenix, bus
- Take the bus from Larkspur - pickup to San Francisco Airportbus
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Phoenix (PHX)plane SFO - PHX
- Take the bus from Sky Harbor International Airport to University of Phoenixbus
6h 48m$322–967Bus to Sonoma County Airport, fly to Phoenix, bus
- Take the bus from San Rafael to Sonoma Co Airport Terminalbus
- Fly from Sonoma County Airport (STS) to Phoenix (PHX)plane STS - PHX
- Take the bus from Sky Harbor International Airport to University of Phoenixbus
7h 24m$151–597Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Oakland to Los Angelestrain Coast Starlight
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Tucson Amtrak Stationtrain Texas Eagle / ...
26h$279–612
San Rafael to Tucson by bus, subway, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Rafael to Tucson is to BART and bus which costs $110 - $180 and takes 22h 50m.
The fastest way to get from San Rafael to Tucson is to bus and fly which takes 5h 26m and costs $150 - $750.
No, there is no direct bus from San Rafael to Tucson. However, there are services departing from San Rafael Transit Center-Platform A and arriving at Tucson via San Francisco Bus Station and Los Angeles Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 32m.
The distance between San Rafael and Tucson is 794 miles. The road distance is 880 miles.
The best way to get from San Rafael to Tucson without a car is to BART and bus and train which takes 21h 5m and costs $200 - $400.
It takes approximately 5h 26m to get from San Rafael to Tucson, including transfers.
San Rafael to Tucson bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from San Francisco Bus Station.
The best way to get from San Rafael to Tucson is to bus which takes 21h 32m and costs $130 - $260. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $270 - $650 and takes 26h.
San Rafael to Tucson bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Los Angeles Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between San Rafael to Tucson is 880 miles. It takes approximately 14h 14m to drive from San Rafael to Tucson.
What companies run services between San Rafael, CA, USA and Tucson, AZ, USA?
You can take a bus from San Rafael Transit Center-Platform A to Tucson via San Francisco Bus Station and Los Angeles Union Station in around 21h 32m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bellam Blvd & I-580 to Tucson Amtrak Station via El Cerrito del Norte BART Station, El Cerrito Del Norte, Lake Merritt, Oakland, and Los Angeles in around 26h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tucson via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tucson via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tucson via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tucson via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Tucson via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–850
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Tucson via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–850
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Tucson via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–850
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Tucson via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–850
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Tucson via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–430
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Phoenix via Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–440
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Phoenix via Burbank
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–440
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Phoenix via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–430
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–350
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Phoenix via Burbank
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–360
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Phoenix via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–490
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Phoenix via Burbank
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–480
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Phoenix via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–460
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tucson via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–350
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–460
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tucson
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–350
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–460
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Phoenix via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–460
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Phoenix via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–490
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tucson via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tucson via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–850
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–350
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from El Cerrito Del Norte to Berryessa / North San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Subway from Montgomery Street to Berryessa / North San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Los Angeles to Tucson Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 38m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $140–310
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Oakland to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–290
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 415-461-4222
- Website
- marinairporter.com
Bus from Larkspur - pickup to San Francisco Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $32
- Website
- https://marinairporter.com/
- Adult One-way
- $32
- Phone
- +1 714-839-3500
- admin@lowfarebus.com
- Website
- xedohoang.com
Bus from San Jose, CA - Huong Lan Sandwich to Los Angeles, CA - Chinatown Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Book at
- https://www.gotobus.com/hoangexpress/
- Website
- https://xedohoang.com/en
- Adult One-way
- $45–60
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from San Francisco Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Tucson
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–120
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 707-837-8700
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Bus from San Rafael to Oakland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–55
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/sonoma-county/
- First Passenger
- $21–55
Bus from San Rafael to Sonoma Co Airport Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–55
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/sonoma-county/
- First Passenger
- $21–55
- Phone
- +1 928-350-8466
- Website
- arizonashuttle.com
Bus from Sky Harbor International Airport to University of Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Book at
- https://groometransportation.com/phoenix-airport/?&sd_client_id=d8dca231-4b1d-4fa2-b53c-9a6a93b47ffd
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from San Jose - King Rd Pink Elephant to Tucson
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–180
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Adult One way
- $140–180
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from San Jose - King Rd Pink Elephant to Tucson
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–150
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $95–150
- Titanium
- $113–115
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