There are 8 ways to get from Sunnyvale to Michigan by train, plane, subway, bus (Greyhound), or car
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Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Detroit
best- Take the train from Sunnyvale Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northboundtrain
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Detroit (DTW)plane SFO - DTW
7h 30m$146–570Caltrain, BART, train
- Take the train from Sunnyvale Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northboundtrain
- Take the subway from Millbrae to Richmondsubway
- Take the train from Richmond to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Detroittrain
2d 14h$744–1,693Bus
- Take the bus from San Jose - King Rd Pink Elephant to 285 S East End Ave - Pomonabus
- Take the bus from Montclair Transcenter to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Indianapolis Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Indianapolis, IN to Detroit, MIbus
2d 16h$446–866Drive 2,421.7 mi
- Drive from Sunnyvale to Detroitcar 2,421.7 mi
37h 46m$442–639Fly Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Detroit (DTW)plane SJC - DTW
8h 35m$219–910Fly Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR)plane SJC - GRR
9h 19m$371–1,612Train to Oakland International Airport, fly to Gerald R. Ford International Airport
- Take the train from Santa Clara Amtrak to Oakland Coliseum/Airport Amtraktrain
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR)plane OAK - GRR
11h 21m$309–1,334Fly Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport, train
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane SJC - MDW
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Grand Rapids Vernon J. Ehlers Stationtrain
11h 34m$254–1,023
Sunnyvale to Michigan by train, subway, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sunnyvale to Michigan is to Caltrain and fly which costs $140 - $600 and takes 7h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Sunnyvale to Michigan is to Caltrain and fly which takes 7h 30m and costs $140 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from Sunnyvale to Michigan. However, there are services departing from El Camino & Mathilda and arriving at Detroit, MI via San Jose - King Rd Pink Elephant, East End Ave and Mission Blvd E, Montclair Transcenter, St Louis Bus Station and Indianapolis, IN. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 16h.
No, there is no direct train from Sunnyvale to Michigan. However, there are services departing from Sunnyvale Caltrain Northbound and arriving at Campus Martius - Southbound via Millbrae, Richmond, Chicago Union Station and Baltimore St - Southbound. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 14h.
The distance between Sunnyvale and Michigan is 2130 miles. The road distance is 2435.8 miles.
The best way to get from Sunnyvale to Michigan without a car is to Caltrain and BART and train which takes 2 days 14h and costs $700 - $1,700.
It takes approximately 7h 30m to get from Sunnyvale to Michigan, including transfers.
Sunnyvale to Michigan bus services, operated by Tufesa, depart from San Jose - King Rd Pink Elephant station.
Sunnyvale to Michigan train services, operated by Caltrain, depart from Sunnyvale Caltrain Northbound station.
The best way to get from Sunnyvale to Michigan is to bus which takes 2 days 16h and costs $440 - $900. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $210 - $950 and takes 8h 35m.
What companies run services between Sunnyvale, CA, USA and Michigan, USA?
You can take a bus from El Camino & Mathilda to Detroit, MI via King & Virginia, San Jose - King Rd Pink Elephant, 285 S East End Ave - Pomona, East End Ave and Mission Blvd E, Montclair Transit Center, Montclair Transcenter, St Louis Bus Station, and Indianapolis, IN in around 2d 16h. Alternatively, Southwest Airlines, Delta, and two other airlines fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Detroit (DTW) every 3 hours.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit via Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit via Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,600
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,600
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Reno
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 49m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,600
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,600
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Detroit via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,700
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Detroit via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from Sunnyvale Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–8
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $6–8
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Millbrae to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–15
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Richmond to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $650–1,500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–170
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Santa Clara Amtrak to Oakland Coliseum/Airport Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–22
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Grand Rapids Vernon J. Ehlers Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from San Jose - King Rd Pink Elephant to 285 S East End Ave - Pomona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Adult One way
- $80–110
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Montclair Transcenter to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $300–600
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Indianapolis Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 888-378-3823
- info@baronsbus.com
- Website
- baronsbus.com
Bus from Indianapolis, IN to Detroit, MI
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–70
- Website
- https://baronsbus.com
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More Questions & Answers
Sunnyvale to Michigan bus services, operated by Tufesa, arrive at 285 S East End Ave - Pomona station.
Michigan is 3h ahead of Sunnyvale. It is currently 8:25 PM in Sunnyvale and 11:25 PM in Michigan.
Sunnyvale to Michigan train services, operated by Caltrain, arrive at Millbrae Caltrain Northbound station.
Yes, the driving distance between Sunnyvale to Michigan is 2436 miles. It takes approximately 37h 46m to drive from Sunnyvale to Michigan.
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