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Newport News to Virginia Beach

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Newport News to Virginia Beach. From €11.88, fastest 1h 10m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Newport News to Virginia Beach runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:35 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 1h 10m over 49 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 28 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €11.88, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 28 September 2026

€11.88

  • 32%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Newport News

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:35First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 50%Run direct

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €14.09Mon21
  2. about €14.64Tue22
  3. about €15.74Wed23
  4. about €15.74Thu24
  5. about €14.64Fri25
  6. about €15.74Sat26
  7. about €14.09Sun27
  8. about €11.88Mon28
  9. about €11.88Tue29
  10. about €11.88Wed30
  11. about €11.88Thu1
  12. about €11.88Fri2
  13. about €11.88Sat3
  14. about €11.88Sun4
  15. about €11.88Mon5
  16. about €11.88Tue6
  17. about €11.88Wed7
  18. about €11.88Thu8
  19. about €11.88Fri9
  20. about €11.88Sat10
  21. about €11.88Sun11

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

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A hotel room

A room in Virginia Beach for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Newport News to Virginia Beach

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

  1. €11.8890 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €11.8845 days
  4. €11.8830 days
  5. €11.8821 days
  6. €11.8814 days
  7. €14.097 days
  8. €15.743 days
  9. €14.091 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 32 percent. The dearest point is €15.74, 3 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.
€15.74€11.88137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 14 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Newport News to Virginia Beach and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

49 km

43 km as the crow flies, 14% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

186,247454,808

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

United StatesDurhamDurhamRichmondRichmondLynchburgLynchburgChapel HillChapel HillCharlottesvilleCharlottesvilleNewport NewsNewport NewsVirginia BeachVirginia BeachMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey 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 49 km against 43 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Richmond. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.

Who runs this route

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Silverleaf Transit Center

Most of the points near Silverleaf Transit Center open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Newport News to Virginia Beach

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 it take to get from Newport News to Virginia Beach?

The fastest journey from Newport News to Virginia Beach takes 1h 10m door to door, of which 27m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 11m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Newport News to Virginia Beach?

The cheapest fare from Newport News to Virginia Beach is €11.88, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.88. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Newport News to Virginia Beach?

The cheapest way from Newport News to Virginia Beach is by train, at €11.88 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 1h 11m 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.

When should I book Newport News to Virginia Beach?

Fares from Newport News to Virginia Beach bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 32 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Newport News to Virginia Beach?

Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Newport News to Virginia Beach, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 20 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Newport News to Virginia Beach?

October is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Newport News to Virginia Beach, at €11.88 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.

Who runs services from Newport News to Virginia Beach?

Amtrak publish service areas covering both Newport News and Virginia Beach, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Newport News to Virginia Beach?

50 percent of the services we sell from Newport News to Virginia Beach are direct. The rest connect at Richmond, with about 52 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Newport News to Virginia Beach use?

Services from Newport News to Virginia Beach by train leave from Newport News station and arrive at Virginia Beach station. 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.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Newport News to Virginia Beach?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Newport News to Virginia Beach 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.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Newport News to Virginia Beach on 20 September 2026: 49 km of route against 43 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 10m 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 two ends, compared

Newport News reaches 17 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 43 to 2,498 km. Virginia Beach reaches 23 places in 1 countries, from 43 to 743 km.

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Leaving Newport News

  • 17Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 6Operators

Arriving in Virginia Beach

Leaving Virginia Beach

  • 23Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

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