Baltimore to Boston train
Trains from Baltimore to Boston start at €60.84 and take 4h 43m at their fastest.
The Trains from Baltimore to Boston starts at €60.84 and takes 4h 43m door to door, run by 1 operator over 578 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 43mDoor to door
- 3h 59mMoving
- €60.84From
- 19.1 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.
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Train 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 | €64.14 | 4h 41m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The journey ends at Boston South Station. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Boston for the night the train gets in
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When to book Baltimore to Boston
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €30.4390 days
- €21.6360 days
- €23.8345 days
- €22.7330 days
- €30.4321 days
- €41.4314 days
- €50.237 days
- €45.833 days
- €66.731 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €21.63.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 209 percent. The dearest point is €66.73, 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.
- €36.48Sun
- €33.73Mon
- €33.73Tue
- €34.28Wed
- €43.08Thu
- €44.18Fri
- €41.43Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Baltimore
- West Baltimore
- Baltimore Penn Station
- Dorsey
Boston
- Boston South Station
- Boston Landing station
- Eastern Railroad Depot (Boston)
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
- 82% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 18% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 578 km against 578 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Elizabeth, Washington Heights, The Bronx, Upper West Side. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 14 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. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Baltimore at 06:35 and the last at 19:20, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 21m | 1h 11m | 3h 10m | €67.99 | 146.6 kg | 8 |
| Train | 4h 43m | 3h 59m | 44m | €60.84 | 19.1 kg | 8 |
| Coach | 8h 21m | 7h 37m | 44m | €33.73 | 15.6 kg | 6 |
Questions about Baltimore to Boston
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 Train from Baltimore to Boston take?
The Train from Baltimore to Boston takes 4h 43m door to door, of which 3h 59m is spent moving. The route runs 578 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 Train from Baltimore to Boston cost?
The Train from Baltimore to Boston starts at €60.84 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €82.02. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Baltimore to Boston?
1 operators run the Train from Baltimore to Boston: Amtrak. Between them they file around 8 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 Train from Baltimore to Boston use?
The Train from Baltimore to Boston leaves from West Baltimore and arrives at Boston South Station. 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 Train the best way from Baltimore to Boston?
Travelling from Baltimore to Boston by Coach costs €33.73 and takes 8h 21m door to door, against 4h 43m by Train. 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 Train from Baltimore to Boston?
Fares for the Train from Baltimore to Boston bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €21.63. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 209 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Baltimore to Boston produce?
The Train from Baltimore to Boston produces about 19.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 578 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Train from Baltimore to Boston?
Operators on the Train from Baltimore to Boston publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 43m 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 Boston on 12 September 2026: 578 km of route against 578 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €60.84, and 4h 43m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
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