Cheapest€30.98
- Rochester Institute of Technology RI832516:538h 34m01:27Charlotte Transportation CenterAkron Greyhound Station
Door to door 9h 18mCO2 17.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Charlotte to Akron bus
Buses from Charlotte to Akron start at €35.38 and take 9h 18m at their fastest.
The Buses from Charlotte to Akron starts at €35.38 and takes 9h 18m door to door, run by 1 operator over 654 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 9h 18mDoor to door
- 8h 34mMoving
- €35.38From
- 17.7 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rochester Institute of Technology | €30.98 | 9h 15m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
The journey ends at Akron. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
Where to sleep in Akron
Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Charlotte to Akron
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €37.0390 days
- €28.2360 days
- €28.7845 days
- €24.3830 days
- €36.4821 days
- €45.2814 days
- €69.487 days
- €50.783 days
- €70.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €24.38.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 187 percent. The dearest point is €70.03, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €40.33Sun
- €38.68Mon
- €35.38Tue
- €40.88Wed
- €52.98Thu
- €50.23Fri
- €45.28Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Charlotte
Coach
- Charlotte Transportation Center
- Northlake Mall Park & Ride
Akron
Coach
- Akron Greyhound Station
- KSU Student Center
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 654 km against 654 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Meads, Winston-Salem, Pittsburgh, Greensboro. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Charlotte at 06:40 and the last at 16:53, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 27m | 1h 17m | 3h 10m | €73.89 | 165.6 kg | 2 |
| Coach | 9h 18m | 8h 34m | 44m | €35.38 | 17.7 kg | 4 |
Questions about Charlotte to Akron
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Charlotte to Akron take?
The Coach from Charlotte to Akron takes 9h 18m door to door, of which 8h 34m is spent moving. The route runs 654 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Charlotte to Akron cost?
The Coach from Charlotte to Akron starts at €35.38 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €35.11. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Charlotte to Akron?
1 operators run the Coach from Charlotte to Akron: Rochester Institute of Technology. Between them they file around 4 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Charlotte to Akron use?
The Coach from Charlotte to Akron leaves from Charlotte Transportation Center and arrives at Akron Greyhound Station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Charlotte to Akron?
Travelling from Charlotte to Akron by Flight costs €73.89 and takes 4h 27m door to door, against 9h 18m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Charlotte to Akron?
Fares for the Coach from Charlotte to Akron bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €24.38. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 187 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Charlotte to Akron produce?
The Coach from Charlotte to Akron produces about 17.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 654 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Charlotte to Akron?
Operators on the Coach from Charlotte to Akron publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 9h 18m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Charlotte to Akron on 12 September 2026: 654 km of route against 654 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €35.38, and 9h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Things to do in Akron
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Akron, with free cancellation on most of it.
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