There are 11 ways to get from Tucson to Berkeley by plane, subway, train, bus, bus (Flixbus), car, shuttle, or train (Amtrak)
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Fly Tucson to San Francisco International Airport, BART
best- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)TUS - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeley
5h 1m$96–464Train, bus, BART
- Take the train from Tucson Amtrak Station to Los Angeles
- Take the bus from Chinatown Station to San Jose - Huong Lan Sandwich
- Take the subway from Berryessa / North San Jose to Downtown Berkeley
17h 35m$104–162Bus (Flixbus)
- Take the bus from Tucson to Los Angeles Union StationFlixBus 2054
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to BerkeleyFlixBus N2003 / ...
19h$96–201Drive 857.9 mi
- Drive from Tucson to Berkeley857.9 mi
13h 54m$157–227Fly Tucson to Oakland International Airport
- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)TUS - OAK
6h 21m$133–757Shuttle to Phoenix, fly to Oakland International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Tucson Amtrak Station to Sky Harbor International Airport
- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)PHX - OAK
5h 52m$223–602Shuttle to Phoenix, fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART
- Take a shuttle bus from Tucson Amtrak Station to Sky Harbor International Airport
- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)PHX - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeley
6h 6m$446–949Shuttle to Phoenix, fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, BART
- Take a shuttle bus from Tucson Amtrak Station to Sky Harbor International Airport
- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)PHX - SJC
- Take the subway from Milpitas to Downtown Berkeley
7h 1m$455–698Fly Tucson to Sacramento International Airport, train
- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)TUS - SMF
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmond
7h 16m$179–834Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Tucson Amtrak Station to Los AngelesTexas Eagle / ...
- Take the train from Los Angeles to EmeryvilleCoast Starlight
22h$114–225Bus, BART
- Take the bus from Tucson to San Jose - King Rd Pink ElephantNogales
- Take the subway from Milpitas to Downtown BerkeleyOrange-N
22h 56m$99–155
Tucson to Berkeley by bus (Flixbus)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tucson to Berkeley is to bus and BART which costs $95 - $160 and takes 22h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Tucson to Berkeley is to fly and BART which takes 5h 1m and costs $95 - $470.
No, there is no direct bus from Tucson to Berkeley. However, there are services departing from Tucson and arriving at Berkeley via Los Angeles Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h.
No, there is no direct train from Tucson station to Berkeley. However, there are services departing from Tucson Amtrak Station and arriving at Emeryville via Los Angeles. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h.
The distance between Tucson and Berkeley is 795 miles. The road distance is 862.9 miles.
The best way to get from Tucson to Berkeley without a car is to train and bus and BART which takes 17h 35m and costs $100 - $170.
It takes approximately 5h 1m to get from Tucson to Berkeley, including transfers.
Tucson to Berkeley bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Tucson station.
Tucson to Berkeley train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Tucson Amtrak Station.
The best way to get from Tucson to Berkeley is to bus which takes 19h and costs $95 - $210. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $130 - $800 and takes 6h 21m, you could also train, which costs $110 - $230 and takes 22h.
What companies run services between Tucson, AZ, USA and Berkeley, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Tucson to Berkeley via Los Angeles Union Station in around 19h. Alternatively, Southwest Airlines and Delta fly from Tucson (TUS) to Oakland International Airport (OAK) 5 times a day.
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- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Tucson to San Francisco International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $85–460
Flights from Tucson to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–450
Flights from Tucson to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–450
Flights from Tucson to Oakland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–750
Flights from Tucson to Oakland International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–750
Flights from Tucson to Oakland International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Tucson to Oakland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Flights from Phoenix to Oakland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–460
Flights from Phoenix to Oakland International Airport via Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–470
Flights from Phoenix to Oakland International Airport via Burbank
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–470
Flights from Phoenix to Oakland International Airport via Long Beach
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–480
Flights from Phoenix to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–300
Flights from Phoenix to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–300
Flights from Phoenix to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–480
Flights from Phoenix to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $85–480
Flights from Tucson to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–800
Flights from Tucson to Sacramento International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–800
Flights from Tucson to Sacramento International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–850
Flights from Tucson to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–850
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Tucson to San Francisco International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–450
Flights from Phoenix to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–300
Flights from Phoenix to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–480
Flights from Tucson to Sacramento International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–800
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Phoenix to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–300
Flights from Phoenix to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–480
Flights from Tucson to Sacramento International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Tucson to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–450
Flights from Phoenix to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Tucson to Oakland International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Phoenix to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–300
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeley
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–14
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Subway from Berryessa / North San Jose to Downtown Berkeley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Subway from Milpitas to Downtown Berkeley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Tucson Amtrak Station to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Sacramento to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–26
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Los Angeles to Emeryville
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 714-839-3500
- admin@lowfarebus.com
- Website
- xedohoang.com
Bus from Chinatown Station to San Jose - Huong Lan Sandwich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50
- Book at
- https://www.gotobus.com/hoangexpress/
- Website
- https://xedohoang.com/en
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Tucson to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Berkeley
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–95
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $45–95
Shuttle from Tucson Amtrak Station to Sky Harbor International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $135
- Website
- https://airportshuttleofphoenix.com
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from Tucson to San Jose - King Rd Pink Elephant
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–180
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Tucson to San Jose - King Rd Pink Elephant
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–140
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $90–140
- Titanium
- $105–108
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More Questions & Answers
Tucson to Berkeley bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at Los Angeles Union Station.
Berkeley is 1h behind Tucson. It is currently 2:24 PM in Tucson and 1:24 PM in Berkeley.
Tucson to Berkeley train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Los Angeles station.
Yes, the driving distance between Tucson to Berkeley is 863 miles. It takes approximately 13h 54m to drive from Tucson to Berkeley.
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