There are 12 ways to get from St. Louis to Merced by plane, bus, bus (Greyhound), train, 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 Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT)plane STL - FAT
- Take the bus from Fresno Bus Station to Merced Bus Stopbus
11h 1m$222–972Fly Midamerica St. Louis Airport to Merced Municipal Airport
cheapest- Fly from Midamerica St. Louis Airport (BLV) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE)plane BLV - MCE
18h 42m$112–404Bus via Phoenix
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Phoenix Bus Stationbus Greyhound US1210
- Take the bus from Phoenix, AZ to Mercedbus Nogales
43h 42m$321–581Train, bus via Kansas City
- Take the train from St. Louis to Kansas Citytrain
- Take the train from Kansas City to Los Angelestrain
- Take the bus from Los Angeles - Pacoima to Bakersfield, CAbus
- Take the bus from Bakersfield, CA to Mercedbus
2d$679–1,438Drive 1,986.2 mi
- Drive from St. Louis to Mercedcar 1,986.2 mi
31h 49m$363–524Fly Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Sacramento International Airport, bus
- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane STL - SMF
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced Bus Stopbus
10h 57m$300–1,254Fly Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport
- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE)plane STL - MCE
8h 29m$114–486Fly Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to San Francisco International Airport, BART, bus
- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane STL - SFO
- Take the subway from Embarcadero 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
11h 19m$184–736Fly Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport, bus
- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Stockton Metropolitan Airport (SCK)plane STL - SCK
- Take the bus from Stockton to Mercedbus
11h 18m$216–894Fly Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, bus
- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane STL - LAX
- Take the bus from Los Angeles - Pacoima to Mercedbus
12h 45m$340–714Bus (Greyhound)
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus Greyhound US1210
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Merced Bus Stopbus Greyhound US0810 / ...
47h 25m$351–664Train, bus
- Take the train from St. Louis to Los Angelestrain Texas Eagle
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Merced Bus Stopbus Greyhound US0810 / ...
2d 18h$715–1,531
St. Louis to Merced by bus and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from St. Louis to Merced is to fly which costs $110 - $410 and takes 18h 42m.
The fastest way to get from St. Louis to Merced is to fly which takes 8h 29m and costs $110 - $490.
No, there is no direct bus from St. Louis station to Merced. However, there are services departing from St Louis Bus Station and arriving at Merced Bus Stop via Los Angeles Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 47h 25m.
The distance between St. Louis and Merced is 1688 miles. The road distance is 1997.8 miles.
The best way to get from St. Louis to Merced without a car is to bus via Phoenix which takes 43h 42m and costs $320 - $600.
It takes approximately 11h 1m to get from St. Louis to Merced, including transfers.
St. Louis to Merced bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from St Louis Bus Station.
The best way to get from St. Louis to Merced is to bus via Phoenix which takes 43h 42m and costs $320 - $600. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $110 - $490 and takes 8h 29m.
St. Louis to Merced bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Los Angeles Union Station.
Merced is 2h behind St. Louis. It is currently 9:39 AM in St. Louis and 7:39 AM in Merced.
What companies run services between St. Louis, MO, USA and Merced, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from St Louis Bus Station to Merced via Phoenix, Bus Station (E Buckeye Rd), 24th St Station, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport/44th Street Sky Train Station, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport/44th Street Sky Train Station, 44th St & McDowell Rd, McDowell Rd & 44th St, and Phoenix, AZ in around 43h 42m. Alternatively, Southwest Airlines, Corporate Flight Management Inc, and two other airlines fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE) 4 times a day.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- advancedaircharters.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Denver, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–490
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Kansas City, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Phoenix, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Dallas, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Midamerica St. Louis Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 51m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–370
Flights from Midamerica St. Louis Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Valparaiso, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $120–490
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Denver, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 59m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Dallas, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Dallas, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 19m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
- Website
- contouraviation.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Dallas, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Midamerica St. Louis Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 42m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–370
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from St. Louis to Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $75–170
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Kansas City to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $490–1,100
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from St. Louis to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 11h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $650–1,500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Embarcadero to Dublin / Pleasanton
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Fresno Bus Station to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Phoenix Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $240–470
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–12
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $300–600
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from Phoenix, AZ to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Adult One way
- $110–140
Bus from Los Angeles - Pacoima to Bakersfield, CA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Adult One way
- $35–60
Bus from Bakersfield, CA to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Adult One way
- $45–70
Bus from Stockton to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Adult One way
- $30–55
Bus from Los Angeles - Pacoima to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Adult One way
- $55–85
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Phoenix, AZ to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $70–110
- Titanium
- $84–89
Bus from Stockton to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $7–21
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $7–20
- Titanium
- $8–21
Bus from Los Angeles - Pacoima to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $29–45
- Titanium
- $30–45
- Website
- stanrta.org
Bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2
- Website
- https://www.stanrta.org/
- One Day Pass
- $2
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