Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Meads to Amherst. From €34.83, fastest 9h 52m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.
Travelling from Meads to Amherst costs €34.83 at the cheapest and takes 9h 52m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 696 km. Cheapest is by coach, fastest is by coach.
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on 30 September 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | 10h 43m | 9h 59m | 44m | €45.28 | 18.8 kg | 5 |
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Changes at Akron, with 71 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 11h 43mCO2 19.3 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Door to door 10h 43mCO2 18.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of travelling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Meads to Amherst | Sun13 Sept | Mon14 Sept | Tue15 Sept | Wed16 Sept | Thu17 Sept | Fri18 Sept | Sat19 Sept | Sun20 Sept | Mon21 Sept | Tue22 Sept | Wed23 Sept | Thu24 Sept | Fri25 Sept | Sat26 Sept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | €96.43 | €61.23 | €63.98 | €60.13 | €73.88 | €70.03 | €60.68 | €50.78 | €48.03 | €45.28 | €45.28 | €59.58 | €52.43 | €60.13 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-30 · €34.83
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Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
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 | €36.48 | 9h 52m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €28.50 | 82% |
| Taxes | €2.85 | 8% |
| Supplier fees | €1.49 | 4% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 6% |
| Total you pay | €34.83 | 100% |
A day in Amherst carrying a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.
Most of the points near WCSD Transportation Department open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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The fastest journey from Meads to Amherst takes 9h 52m door to door, of which 9h 59m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 10h 42m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
The cheapest fare from Meads to Amherst is €34.83, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €53.53. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
The cheapest way from Meads to Amherst is by coach, at €45.28 for one passenger on 30 September 2026. That journey takes 10h 43m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
Fares from Meads to Amherst bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €25.48. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 278 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Meads to Amherst, at €45.28. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on 12 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Meads to Amherst, at €29.33 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
1 operators sell services from Meads to Amherst across 1 mode: Rochester Institute of Technology. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
20 percent of the services we sell from Meads to Amherst are direct. The rest connect at Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Columbus, Akron, with about 48 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Services from Meads to Amherst by coach leave from Meads bus station and arrive at WCSD Transportation Department. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Meads to Amherst allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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 modelled number pass for a filed one.
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