There are 11 ways to get from St. Louis to Merced by plane, bus, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), 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 Bus Station to Merced Bus Stopbus
10h 46m$278–1,232Fly to Merced Municipal Airport
cheapest- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE)plane STL - MCE
8h 46m$124–556Bus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus Greyhound US1210
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Mercedbus FlixBus 2007
46h$175–610Train, 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 - Pacoima to Mercedbus
2d$221–728Drive 1,986.2 mi
- Drive from St. Louis to Mercedcar 1,986.2 mi
31h 48m$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 Mercedbus
10h 4m$328–1,444Fly 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 Daly City 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 34m$192–780Fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, bus
- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane STL - SJC
- 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
13h 27m$336–1,472Fly 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
12h 7m$216–942Train, 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 Mercedbus
2d 12h$234–1,810Train, bus #2
- Take the train from St. Louis to Los Angelestrain Texas Eagle
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Mercedbus FlixBus 2007
2d 19h$234–1,392
St. Louis to Merced by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from St. Louis to Merced is to fly which costs $120 - $600 and takes 8h 46m.
The fastest way to get from St. Louis to Merced is to fly which takes 8h 46m and costs $120 - $600.
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 via Los Angeles Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 46h.
The distance between St. Louis and Merced is 1689 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 46h and costs $170 - $650.
It takes approximately 10h 46m 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 46h and costs $170 - $650. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $120 - $600 and takes 8h 46m.
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 6:31 PM in St. Louis and 4:31 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 via Los Angeles Union Station in around 46h. Alternatively, Southwest Airlines and Advanced Air, LLC fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE) twice daily.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,400
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,400
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,500
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,500
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,400
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,400
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,500
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,500
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,500
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Burbank
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,500
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,400
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 54m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,500
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,400
- Website
- advancedaircharters.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Denver, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 28m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Will Rogers World, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Kansas City, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 7m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Omaha, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Des Moines, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,300
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,500
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–900
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $200–950
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–900
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Will Rogers World, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Omaha, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Des Moines, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Kansas City, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,400
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,400
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
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
- $35–220
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Kansas City to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $150–460
- 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
- $40–280
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–1,500
- 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
- $180–1,300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Daly City to Dublin / Pleasanton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- 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
- $14–27
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $130–500
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–55
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from Los Angeles - Pacoima to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from Stockton to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Los Angeles - Pacoima to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $28–45
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $28–45
- Titanium
- $30–45
Bus from Stockton to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $7–20
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $7–20
- Titanium
- $8–20
- 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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