Cheapest€10.63
- Amtrak Vermonter AV642906:192h 8m08:27South Baltimore Park and RidePhiladelphia Filbert Street
Door to door 2h 52mCO2 3.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Baltimore to Philadelphia bus
Buses from Baltimore to Philadelphia start at €12.28 and take 2h 52m at their fastest.
The Buses from Baltimore to Philadelphia starts at €12.28 and takes 2h 52m door to door, run by 1 operator over 144 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 52mDoor to door
- 2h 8mMoving
- €12.28From
- 3.9 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amtrak Vermonter | €10.63 | 2h 41m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
The coach gets you into Philadelphia. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to sleep in Philadelphia
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When to book Baltimore to Philadelphia
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.6390 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €11.7321 days
- €16.1314 days
- €16.137 days
- €15.583 days
- €22.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 120 percent. The dearest point is €22.18, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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.
- €13.93Sun
- €12.28Mon
- €12.83Tue
- €12.28Wed
- €15.03Thu
- €15.03Fri
- €16.13Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Baltimore
Coach
- South Baltimore Park and Ride
- China Bus Terminal
Philadelphia
Coach
- Philadelphia Filbert Street
- Megabus
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
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 144 km against 144 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Downtown DC, Washington, Allentown, Silver Spring. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Baltimore at 06:19 and the last at 06:19, across 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 49m | 1h 5m | 44m | €21.79 | 4.8 kg | 5 |
| Coach | 2h 52m | 2h 8m | 44m | €12.28 | 3.9 kg | 1 |
| Flight | 3h 47m | 37m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 36.7 kg | 2 |
Questions about Baltimore to Philadelphia
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 Baltimore to Philadelphia take?
The Coach from Baltimore to Philadelphia takes 2h 52m door to door, of which 2h 8m is spent moving. The route runs 144 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 Baltimore to Philadelphia cost?
The Coach from Baltimore to Philadelphia starts at €12.28 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €10.63. 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 Baltimore to Philadelphia?
1 operators run the Coach from Baltimore to Philadelphia: Amtrak Vermonter. Between them they file around 1 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 Baltimore to Philadelphia use?
The Coach from Baltimore to Philadelphia leaves from South Baltimore Park and Ride and arrives at Philadelphia Filbert Street. 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 Baltimore to Philadelphia?
Travelling from Baltimore to Philadelphia by Train costs €21.79 and takes 1h 49m door to door, against 2h 52m 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 Baltimore to Philadelphia?
Fares for the Coach from Baltimore to Philadelphia bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 120 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Baltimore to Philadelphia produce?
The Coach from Baltimore to Philadelphia produces about 3.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 144 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 Baltimore to Philadelphia?
Operators on the Coach from Baltimore to Philadelphia publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 52m 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 Baltimore to Philadelphia on 12 September 2026: 144 km of route against 144 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €12.28, and 2h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The coach is the simple part. What you do once you are in Philadelphia is somebody else's catalogue.
Things to do in Philadelphia
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Philadelphia, with free cancellation on most of it.
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