Sterling Heights to Columbia bus

Buses from Sterling Heights to Columbia start at €58.48 and take 17h 27m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Sterling Heights to Columbia starts at €58.48 and takes 17h 27m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,115 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 13, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 17h 27mDoor to door
  • 16h 43mMoving
  • €58.48From
  • 30.1 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€52.98
  1. Rochester Institute of Technology RI291507:304h 50m12:20Sterling Heights bus stationCOTA Transit Terminal
  2. Rochester Institute of Technology RI113613:5111h 13m01:04COTA Transit TerminalThe Comet Central

Changes at Columbus, with 91 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 18h 18mCO2 30.3 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Lowest CO2€68.38
  1. Rochester Institute of Technology RI379106:4016h 43m23:23Sterling Heights bus stationThe Comet Central

Door to door 17h 27mCO2 30.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Rochester Institute of Technology€53.5315h 18m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • Rochester Institute of Technology

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Rooms within reach of Columbia station

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Booking window

When to book Sterling Heights to Columbia

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €58.4890 days
  2. €55.1860 days
  3. €48.5845 days
  4. €38.1330 days
  5. €53.5321 days
  6. €58.4814 days
  7. €74.987 days
  8. €94.233 days
  9. €94.781 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €38.13.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 149 percent. The most expensive point is €94.78, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €58.48Sun
  2. €73.88Mon
  3. €67.28Tue
  4. €68.93Wed
  5. €93.13Thu
  6. €76.63Fri
  7. €91.48Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Columbia

Bus
  • The Comet Central
The journey

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
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,115 km against 970 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 Meads, Charlotte, Columbus, Toledo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Sterling Heights at 06:40 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Sterling Heights to Columbia

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 Sterling Heights to Columbia take?

The Coach from Sterling Heights to Columbia takes 17h 27m door to door, of which 16h 43m is spent moving. The route runs 1,115 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 Sterling Heights to Columbia cost?

The Coach from Sterling Heights to Columbia starts at €58.48 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €60.68. 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 Sterling Heights to Columbia?

1 operators run the Coach from Sterling Heights to Columbia: 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 Sterling Heights to Columbia use?

The Coach from Sterling Heights to Columbia leaves from Sterling Heights bus station and arrives at The Comet Central. 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 Sterling Heights to Columbia?

Fares for the Coach from Sterling Heights to Columbia bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €38.13. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 149 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Sterling Heights to Columbia produce?

The Coach from Sterling Heights to Columbia produces about 30.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1115 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 Sterling Heights to Columbia?

Operators on the Coach from Sterling Heights to Columbia publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 17h 27m 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 Sterling Heights to Columbia on September 13, 2026: 1115 km of route against 970 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €58.48, and 17h 27m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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