Raleigh to Chapel Hill runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:50 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 1h 9m over 47 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
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 21 September 2026
€11.88
- 56%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Raleigh
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.
- 06:50First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Amtrak runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Raleigh to Chapel Hill 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
- about €18.49Fri18
- about €15.74Sat19
- about €13.54Sun20
- about €11.88Mon21
- about €11.89Tue22
- about €12.99Wed23
- about €12.44Thu24
- about €11.89Fri25
- about €12.44Sat26
- about €11.88Sun27
- about €11.88Mon28
- about €11.88Tue29
- about €11.88Wed30
- about €11.88Thu1
- about €11.88Fri2
- about €11.88Sat3
- about €11.88Sun4
- about €11.88Mon5
- about €11.88Tue6
- about €11.88Wed7
- about €11.88Thu8
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 train gets you into Chapel Hill. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Chapel Hill for the night the train gets in
The search opens on Chapel Hill with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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When to book Raleigh to Chapel Hill
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €12.447 days
- €13.543 days
- €18.491 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 56 percent. The dearest point is €18.49, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 14 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Raleigh to Chapel Hill 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
47 km
41 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
482,295 → 59,568
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
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
- 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 47 km against 41 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 Greensboro, High Point, Winston-Salem, Kannapolis. The gap between arriving and leaving is 67 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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
Chapel Hill is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Where to leave your bags in Chapel Hill
Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Raleigh to Chapel Hill
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 Raleigh to Chapel Hill?
The fastest journey from Raleigh to Chapel Hill takes 1h 9m door to door, of which 26m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 10m, 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 Raleigh to Chapel Hill?
The cheapest fare from Raleigh to Chapel Hill is €11.88, as of 17 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 Raleigh to Chapel Hill?
The cheapest way from Raleigh to Chapel Hill is by train, at €11.88 for one passenger on 21 September 2026. That journey takes 1h 10m 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 Raleigh to Chapel Hill?
Fares from Raleigh to Chapel Hill 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 56 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Raleigh to Chapel Hill?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Raleigh to Chapel Hill, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 17 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Raleigh to Chapel Hill?
October is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Raleigh to Chapel Hill, 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 Raleigh to Chapel Hill?
No operator record names Raleigh to Chapel Hill directly. Amtrak publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Raleigh to Chapel Hill?
20 percent of the services we sell from Raleigh to Chapel Hill are direct. The rest connect at Greensboro, High Point, Winston-Salem, Kannapolis, with about 67 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 Raleigh to Chapel Hill use?
Services from Raleigh to Chapel Hill by train leave from Raleigh Union Station and arrive at Chapel Hill 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 Raleigh to Chapel Hill?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Raleigh to Chapel Hill 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 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.
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 Raleigh to Chapel Hill on 17 September 2026: 47 km of route against 41 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 9m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Chapel Hill is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Chapel Hill and across United States
Day trips that leave Chapel Hill in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Raleigh reaches 82 places in 6 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 6,495 km. Chapel Hill reaches 7 places in 1 countries, from 41 to 179 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Raleigh
- 82Places you can leave for
- 6Countries
- 22Operators
Arriving in Chapel Hill
Leaving Chapel Hill
- 7Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators