There are 11 ways to get from Tucson to Merced by plane, bus, train, car, shuttle, or subway
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Fly Tucson to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT)plane TUS - FAT
- Take the bus from Fresno Bus Station to Merced Bus Stopbus
8h 38m$125–681Fly Tucson to Merced Municipal Airport
cheapest- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE)plane TUS - MCE
7h 59m$56–323Bus
- Take the bus from Tucson to Mercedbus Nogales
15h 30m$85–130Train, bus
- Take the train from Tucson Amtrak Station to Los Angelestrain
- Take the bus from Los Angeles - Pacoima to Bakersfield, CAbus
- Take the bus from Bakersfield, CA to Mercedbus
17h$132–521Drive 756.9 mi
- Drive from Tucson to Mercedcar 756.9 mi
12h 18m$139–200Shuttle to Phoenix, fly to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Tucson Amtrak Station to Sky Harbor International Airport
- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT)plane PHX - FAT
- Take the bus from Fresno Bus Station to Merced Bus Stopbus
8h 8m$235–716Fly Tucson to San Francisco International Airport, BART, bus
- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane TUS - 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
9h 45m$91–409Shuttle to Phoenix, fly to Meadows Field Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Tucson Amtrak Station to Sky Harbor International Airport
- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Meadows Field Airport (BFL)plane PHX - BFL
- Take the bus from Bakersfield, CA to Mercedbus
8h 9m$264–590Fly Tucson to Stockton Metropolitan Airport, bus
- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to Stockton Metropolitan Airport (SCK)plane TUS - SCK
- Take the bus from Stockton to Mercedbus
9h 7m$108–511Shuttle to Phoenix, fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, bus
- 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)plane PHX - 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
10h 42m$265–817Bus via Nogales
- Take the bus from Tucson to Nogalesbus San José / ...
- Take the bus from Nogales to Mercedbus Guadalajara
23h 15m$102–160
Tucson to Merced by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tucson to Merced is to bus which costs $85 - $130 and takes 15h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Tucson to Merced is to fly which takes 7h 59m and costs $55 - $330.
No, there is no direct bus from Tucson to Merced. However, there are services departing from 6th Av/Pennington and arriving at Merced via Tucson. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 30m.
The distance between Tucson and Merced is 671 miles. The road distance is 761.3 miles.
The best way to get from Tucson to Merced without a car is to bus which takes 15h 30m and costs $85 - $130.
It takes approximately 8h 38m to get from Tucson to Merced, including transfers.
Tucson to Merced bus services, operated by Tufesa, depart from Tucson station.
The best way to get from Tucson to Merced is to bus which takes 15h 30m and costs $85 - $130. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $55 - $330 and takes 7h 59m.
Tucson to Merced bus services, operated by Tufesa, arrive at Merced station.
Merced is 1h behind Tucson. It is currently 2:37 PM in Tucson and 1:37 PM in Merced.
What companies run services between Tucson, AZ, USA and Merced, CA, USA?
Tufesa operates a bus from Tucson to Merced 3 times a week. Tickets cost $130–160 and the journey takes 13h 27m. Tufesa Mexico also services this route 3 times a week. Alternatively, Southwest Airlines, Advanced Air, LLC, and three other airlines fly from Tucson (TUS) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE) 3 times a day.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Tucson to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–650
Flights from Tucson to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from Phoenix to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–550
Flights from Phoenix to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–600
Flights from Tucson to San Francisco International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–390
Flights from Tucson to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–380
Flights from Tucson to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–380
Flights from Phoenix to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–650
Flights from Phoenix to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–650
Flights from Phoenix to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Burbank
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–650
Flights from Phoenix to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–650
Flights from Phoenix to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Santa Ana
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–650
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Tucson to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–650
Flights from Phoenix to Fresno Yosemite International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–550
Flights from Tucson to San Francisco International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–380
Flights from Tucson to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–380
Flights from Phoenix to Meadows Field Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–350
Flights from Phoenix to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–650
- Website
- advancedaircharters.com
Flights from Tucson to Merced Municipal Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–320
Flights from Tucson to Merced Municipal Airport via Phoenix, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Tucson to Merced Municipal Airport via Los Angeles, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–370
Flights from Tucson to Merced Municipal Airport via Salt Lake City, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–410
Flights from Tucson to Merced Municipal Airport via San Diego, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $65–360
Flights from Tucson to Merced Municipal Airport via Denver, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 13m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–460
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Tucson to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–480
Flights from Tucson to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–470
Flights from Tucson to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Phoenix, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–480
Flights from Tucson to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Salt Lake City, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Tucson to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via San Diego, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Tucson to Stockton Metropolitan Airport via Los Angeles, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Tucson to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Tucson to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Tucson to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–370
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Phoenix to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–600
Flights from Phoenix to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–650
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Tucson to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Tucson to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–380
Flights from Phoenix to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–650
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
- $45–390
- 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
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
- $14–29
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–17
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from Tucson to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130–160
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from Los Angeles - Pacoima to Bakersfield, CA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from Bakersfield, CA to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- 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 Tucson to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $85–130
- Titanium
- $99–103
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
Bus from Tucson to Nogales
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–20
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $7–20
- Titanium
- $8–20
Bus from Nogales to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $95–140
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $95–140
- Titanium
- $108–111
Shuttle from Tucson Amtrak Station to Sky Harbor International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $135
- Website
- https://airportshuttleofphoenix.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
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