Cheapest€12.28
- Rochester Institute of Technology RI439506:402h 55m09:35COTA Transit TerminalAkron Greyhound Station
Door to door 3h 39mCO2 5.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Columbus to Akron bus
Buses from Columbus to Akron start at €13.38 and take 3h 39m at their fastest.
The Buses from Columbus to Akron starts at €13.38 and takes 3h 39m door to door, run by 2 operators over 203 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 3h 39mDoor to door
- 2h 55mMoving
- €13.38From
- 5.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Miller Transportation | €13.38 | 3h 28m |
 Rochester Institute of Technology | €12.28 | 3h 27m |
The trip ends at Akron. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
Where to stay in Akron
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Columbus to Akron
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.1890 days
- €12.2860 days
- €11.7345 days
- €15.0330 days
- €13.9321 days
- €15.5814 days
- €17.237 days
- €28.233 days
- €33.731 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.18.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 202 percent. The most expensive point is €33.73, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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.
- €18.33Sun
- €14.48Mon
- €14.48Tue
- €15.58Wed
- €18.88Thu
- €16.13Fri
- €21.08Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Columbus
Bus
- COTA Transit Terminal
- COTA Easton Transit Center
Akron
Bus
- 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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 203 km against 177 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Cleveland, Toledo, Dayton, Pittsburgh. The gap between arriving and leaving is 83 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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 Columbus at 06:22 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Columbus to Akron
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Columbus to Akron take?
The Coach from Columbus to Akron takes 3h 39m door to door, of which 2h 55m is spent moving. The route runs 203 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 Columbus to Akron cost?
The Coach from Columbus to Akron starts at €13.38 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €21.62. 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 Columbus to Akron?
2 operators run the Coach from Columbus to Akron: Miller Transportation, Rochester Institute of Technology. Between them they file around 5 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 Columbus to Akron use?
The Coach from Columbus to Akron leaves from COTA Transit Terminal 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.
When should I book the Coach from Columbus to Akron?
Fares for the Coach from Columbus to Akron bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.18. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 202 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Columbus to Akron produce?
The Coach from Columbus to Akron produces about 5.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 203 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Columbus to Akron?
Operators on the Coach from Columbus to Akron publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 39m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 modeled 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 Columbus to Akron on September 9, 2026: 203 km of route against 177 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €13.38, and 3h 39m 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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