There are 8 ways to get from Tucson to Chico by plane, train, bus (Amtrak), train (Amtrak), car, bus, subway, or bus (Greyhound)
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Fly Tucson to Sacramento International Airport, train
best- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane TUS - SMF
- Take the train from Sacramento to Chico Amtraktrain
7h 21m$166–809Fly Tucson to San Francisco International Airport, BART, train
cheapest- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane TUS - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Richmondsubway
- Take the train from Richmond to Sacramentotrain
- Take the train from Sacramento to Chico Amtraktrain
10h 30m$122–460Bus
- Take the bus from Tucson to Stocktonbus Nogales
- Take the bus from Stockton to Chico Amtrakbus Amtrak Thruway Connecting Service
22h 1m$146–229Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Tucson Amtrak Station to Los Angelestrain Texas Eagle / ...
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Chico Amtraktrain Coast Starlight
27h 6m$327–696Drive 952.3 mi
- Drive from Tucson to Chicocar 952.3 mi
15h 38m$174–251Bus to Phoenix, fly to Sacramento International Airport, train
- Take the bus from University of Phoenix to Sky Harbor International Airportbus
- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane PHX - SMF
- Take the train from Sacramento to Chico Amtraktrain
8h 17m$191–746Fly Tucson to Redding Municipal Airport, train
- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to Redding Municipal Airport (RDD)plane TUS - RDD
- Take the train from Redding Amtrak to Chico Amtraktrain
12h 29m$133–602Bus via Sacramento
- Take the bus from Tucson to Sacramentobus Guadalajara
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Chico Bus Stationbus Greyhound US0500
25h 40m$123–194
Tucson to Chico by bus and taxi
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tucson to Chico is to bus via Sacramento which costs $120 - $200 and takes 25h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Tucson to Chico is to fly and train which takes 7h 21m and costs $160 - $850.
No, there is no direct train from Tucson station to Chico. However, there are services departing from Tucson Amtrak Station and arriving at Chico Amtrak via Los Angeles. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 6m.
The distance between Tucson and Chico is 863 miles. The road distance is 957.8 miles.
The best way to get from Tucson to Chico without a car is to bus which takes 22h 1m and costs $140 - $230.
It takes approximately 7h 21m to get from Tucson to Chico, including transfers.
Tucson to Chico train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Tucson Amtrak Station.
The best way to get from Tucson to Chico is to bus which takes 22h 1m and costs $140 - $230. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $320 - $700 and takes 27h 6m.
Tucson to Chico train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Los Angeles station.
Yes, the driving distance between Tucson to Chico is 958 miles. It takes approximately 15h 38m to drive from Tucson to Chico.
What companies run services between Tucson, AZ, USA and Chico, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Broadway/Country Club to Chico Amtrak via Downtown Ronstadt Center, 6th Av/Pennington, Tucson, Stockton, and Stockton in around 22h 1m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Tucson Amtrak Station to Chico Amtrak via Los Angeles in around 27h 6m.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Tucson to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Tucson to Sacramento International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Tucson to Sacramento International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Tucson to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–800
Flights from Tucson to Sacramento International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Phoenix to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Phoenix to Sacramento International Airport via Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–650
Flights from Phoenix to Sacramento International Airport via Long Beach
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Phoenix to Sacramento International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Phoenix to Sacramento International Airport via Burbank
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Phoenix to Sacramento International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Tucson to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–350
Flights from Tucson to San Francisco International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–350
Flights from Tucson to San Francisco International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Tucson to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–350
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Tucson to Sacramento International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Phoenix to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Tucson to San Francisco International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Tucson to Redding Municipal Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Tucson to Redding Municipal Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Tucson to Redding Municipal Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Tucson to Redding Municipal Airport via Las Vegas, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Tucson to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Tucson to Sacramento International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Phoenix to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Tucson to Redding Municipal Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Tucson to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–800
Flights from Tucson to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–350
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Sacramento to Chico Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $24–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Tucson Amtrak Station to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $140–310
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Los Angeles to Chico Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $180–390
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Redding Amtrak to Chico Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Richmond to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from San Francisco International Airport to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–15
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from Tucson to Stockton
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–170
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Adult One way
- $140–170
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Tucson to Stockton
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $90–140
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $90–140
- Titanium
- $107–110
Bus from Tucson to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $95–150
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $95–150
- Titanium
- $112–115
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Stockton to Chico Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 928-350-8466
- Website
- arizonashuttle.com
Bus from University of Phoenix to Sky Harbor International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Book at
- https://groometransportation.com/phoenix-airport/?&sd_client_id=d8dca231-4b1d-4fa2-b53c-9a6a93b47ffd
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Chico Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–25
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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