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 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 to Mercedbus
10h 13m$230–972Fly to Merced Municipal Airport
cheapest- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE)plane STL - MCE
8h 19m$104–436Bus (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$367–701Train, bus
- Take the train from St. Louis to Kansas Citytrain
- Take the train from Kansas City to Los Angelestrain
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Merced Bus Stopbus
2d 1h$626–1,462Drive 1,986.2 mi
- Drive from St. Louis to Mercedcar 1,986.2 mi
31h 49m$363–524Fly 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 42m$310–1,254Fly 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 4m$164–688Fly to Bishop Airport, bus
- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Bishop Airport (BIH)plane STL - BIH
- Take the bus from Bishop - Vons/Kmart, 1200 N. Main Street to Tavern Rd / Old Mammoth Rdbus
- Take the bus from Mammoth Lakes Park & Ride to Curry Villagebus
- Take the bus from Curry Village to Merced Amtrakbus
16h 7m$250–888Fly 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 30m$216–894Fly 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 Union Station to Merced Bus Stopbus
13h 9m$424–756Train, bus via Chicago
- Take the train from St. Louis to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Sacramentotrain
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced Bus Stopbus
2d 13h$758–1,722Train, bus #2
- 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$752–1,596
St. Louis to Merced by bus (Greyhound)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from St. Louis to Merced is to fly which costs $100 - $440 and takes 8h 19m.
The fastest way to get from St. Louis to Merced is to fly which takes 8h 19m and costs $100 - $440.
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 1691 miles. The road distance is 1997.8 miles.
The best way to get from St. Louis to Merced without a car is to bus which takes 47h 25m and costs $360 - $700.
It takes approximately 10h 13m 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 which takes 47h 25m and costs $360 - $700. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $100 - $440 and takes 8h 19m.
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 11:57 PM in St. Louis and 9:57 PM 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 Bus Stop via Los Angeles Union Station in around 47h 25m. Alternatively, Southwest Airlines, Corporate Flight Management Inc, and two other airlines fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE) 3 times a day.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Bishop Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Bishop Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- advancedaircharters.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–430
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Denver, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–440
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Phoenix, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $110–460
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Dallas, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- When
- Tuesday and Monday
- Estimated price
- $110–470
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Omaha, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $100–440
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 59m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Kansas City, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Denver, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Dallas, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Salt Lake City, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Omaha, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 9m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Website
- contouraviation.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–430
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $110–460
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Phoenix, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–460
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
- $80–180
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Kansas City to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $500–1,200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from St. Louis to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $80–180
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $650–1,500
- 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
- $700–1,600
- 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
- Phone
- +1 866 691 9732
- eplasales@eplalimo.com
- Website
- eplalimo.com
Bus from Fresno to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://eplalimo.com/
- One Way
- $26–40
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from Fresno to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Adult One way
- $30–55
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
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Fresno to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $6–19
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $6–19
- Titanium
- $7–19
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
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $320–650
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–90
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–45
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–13
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- 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
- Phone
- +1 760-872-1901
- info@estransit.com
- Website
- estransit.com
Bus from Bishop - Vons/Kmart, 1200 N. Main Street to Tavern Rd / Old Mammoth Rd
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://www.estransit.com
- Phone
- +1 877-989-2787
- tickets@yarts.com
- Website
- yarts.com
Bus from Mammoth Lakes Park & Ride to Curry Village
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $32
- Website
- https://www.yarts.com
Bus from Curry Village to Merced Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $25
- Website
- https://www.yarts.com
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