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Philadelphia to Syracuse

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Philadelphia to Syracuse. From €17.23, fastest 4h 2m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Philadelphia to Syracuse runs about 8 times a day, with the first departure around 06:27 and the last around 18:44. One passenger pays between €17.23 and €36.72, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 2m over 360 km, on services run by 3 operators across 2 modes.

Checked 15 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€17.23 to €36.72

  • 86%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Philadelphia

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:27First departure
  • 18:44Last departure
  • 8Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

Amtrak Vermonter runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this journey

Bookaway lists departures for Philadelphia to Syracuse on your date, and you pay on their side.

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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 €32.08Wed16
  2. about €40.88Thu17
  3. about €30.43Fri18
  4. about €32.63Sat19
  5. about €28.23Sun20
  6. about €24.93Mon21
  7. about €20.53Tue22
  8. about €26.58Wed23
  9. about €26.03Thu24
  10. about €26.03Fri25
  11. about €26.03Sat26
  12. about €26.58Sun27
  13. about €23.28Mon28
  14. about €17.23Tue29
  15. about €19.43Wed30
  16. about €20.53Thu1
  17. about €19.43Fri2
  18. about €19.98Sat3
  19. about €18.33Sun4
  20. about €18.88Mon5
  21. about €18.33Tue6

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Syracuse. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Syracuse for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Syracuse station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Philadelphia to Syracuse

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

  1. €17.2390 days
  2. €17.2360 days
  3. €19.4345 days
  4. €19.4330 days
  5. €18.3321 days
  6. €17.2314 days
  7. €20.537 days
  8. €30.433 days
  9. €32.081 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €17.23.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 86 percent. The dearest point is €32.08, 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.
€32.08€17.231371421304560

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Philadelphia to Syracuse 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

360 km

354 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north.

Who lives at each end

1,573,916144,142

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

How we know

2/4

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaSyracuseSyracuse
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
76% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 24% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 360 km against 354 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 Staten Island, Elizabeth, Paterson, Newark. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.

Who runs this route

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

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Syracuse station

Most of the points near Syracuse station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Philadelphia to Syracuse

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 Philadelphia to Syracuse?

The fastest journey from Philadelphia to Syracuse takes 4h 2m door to door, of which 52m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 43m, 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 Philadelphia to Syracuse?

The cheapest fare from Philadelphia to Syracuse is €17.23, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €44.98. 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 Philadelphia to Syracuse?

The cheapest way from Philadelphia to Syracuse is by coach, at €17.23 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 5h 26m 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.

What is the fastest way to get from Philadelphia to Syracuse?

The fastest way from Philadelphia to Syracuse is by flight, at 4h 2m door to door. Only 52m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €36.72.

When should I book Philadelphia to Syracuse?

Fares from Philadelphia to Syracuse bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €17.23. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 86 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Philadelphia to Syracuse?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Philadelphia to Syracuse, at €18.33. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Philadelphia to Syracuse?

January is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Philadelphia to Syracuse, at €16.68 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 Philadelphia to Syracuse?

3 operators sell services from Philadelphia to Syracuse across 2 modes: Amtrak Vermonter, Bahamasair, Piedmont Airlines. 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.

Is there a direct service from Philadelphia to Syracuse?

76 percent of the services we sell from Philadelphia to Syracuse are direct. The rest connect at Staten Island, Elizabeth, Paterson, Newark, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

How much CO2 does the journey from Philadelphia to Syracuse produce?

Travelling from Philadelphia to Syracuse by coach produces about 9.6 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 89.5 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Philadelphia to Syracuse use?

Services from Philadelphia to Syracuse by flight leave from Philadelphia PHL and arrive at Syracuse SYR. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Philadelphia to Syracuse?

1 of the 3 operators we sell from Philadelphia to Syracuse 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.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Philadelphia to Syracuse on 15 September 2026: 360 km of route against 354 km in a straight line, 17 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €17.23, and 4h 2m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Syracuse is somebody else's catalogue.

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Day trips that leave Syracuse in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Philadelphia reaches 181 places in 25 countries on services we hold, over distances from 46 to 10,902 km. Syracuse reaches 50 places in 2 countries, from 120 to 2,421 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Philadelphia

  • 181Places you can leave for
  • 25Countries
  • 32Operators

Arriving in Syracuse

Leaving Syracuse

  • 50Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 21Operators

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