Fastest€66.34
- Amtrak A556209:283h 3m12:31BostonPhiladelphia
Door to door 3h 47mCO2 14.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Boston to Philadelphia train
Trains from Boston to Philadelphia start at €45.44 and take 3h 47m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Boston to Philadelphia on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Boston to Philadelphia starts at €45.44 and takes 3h 47m door to door, run by 1 operator over 435 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 47mDoor to door
- 3h 3mMoving
- €58.09 to €130.14From
- 09:00 to 10:10First and last departure
- 2Per day
- 14.4 kgCO2
First and last are the departures the operators themselves filed for 28 September 2026, across 2 services on the day.
€58.09 to €130.14 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Departures on 28 September 2026
Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. We hold no fare for these services, so there is no price here to mislead you.
09:0014:085h 8m
2151AmtrakDirect
Boston → Philadelphia
Calls at Boston 09:04 · Route 128 Amtrak Station 09:13 · Providence 09:34 · New Haven 11:05 · Stamford Amtrak Station 11:51 · Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station 12:51 · Newark 13:13
Amtrak timetable10:1016:106h
95Amtrak1 change
Boston → Jefferson Station
Calls at Boston 10:14 · Route 128 Amtrak Station 10:24 · Providence 10:48 · Kingston Amtrak Station 11:09 · Westerly Amtrak Station 11:24 · New London 11:44 · Old Saybrook Amtrak Station 12:03 · New Haven 12:41
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Buying this journey
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €130.14Fri18
- about €110.89Sat19
- about €98.79Sun20
- about €71.29Mon21
- about €69.09Tue22
- about €75.69Wed23
- about €92.74Thu24
- about €72.39Fri25
- about €77.89Sat26
- about €70.19Sun27
- about €58.64Mon28
- about €58.09Tue29
- about €59.74Wed30
- about €67.99Thu1
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 cheapest and the fastest on 7 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Amtrak | €43.24 | 3h 43m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Philadelphia. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Philadelphia for the night the train gets in
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When to book Boston to Philadelphia
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €21.0890 days
- €16.1360 days
- €19.4345 days
- €21.0830 days
- €24.9321 days
- €28.7814 days
- €38.687 days
- €42.533 days
- €50.231 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.13.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 211 percent. The dearest point is €50.23, 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.
- €29.88Sun
- €24.93Mon
- €23.83Tue
- €25.48Wed
- €28.78Thu
- €30.43Fri
- €31.53Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Boston
Rail
- Boston South Station
- Boston Landing station
- Eastern Railroad Depot (Boston)
Philadelphia
Rail
- Philadelphia 30th Street
- North Philadelphia station
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad station, Philadelphia
What the journey looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 435 km against 435 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Boston at 06:22 and the last at 20:47, across 12 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
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 47m | 3h 3m | 44m | €45.44 | 14.4 kg | 12 |
| Flight | 4h 9m | 59m | 3h 10m | €42.03 | 110.2 kg | 40 |
| Coach | 6h 29m | 5h 45m | 44m | €19.98 | 11.7 kg | 12 |
Questions about Boston to Philadelphia
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 Boston to Philadelphia take?
The Train from Boston to Philadelphia takes 3h 47m door to door, of which 3h 3m is spent moving. The route runs 435 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 Boston to Philadelphia cost?
The Train from Boston to Philadelphia starts at €45.44 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €50.94. 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 Boston to Philadelphia?
1 operators run the Train from Boston to Philadelphia: Amtrak. Between them they file around 12 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 Boston to Philadelphia use?
The Train from Boston to Philadelphia leaves from Boston and arrives at Philadelphia. 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 Boston to Philadelphia?
Travelling from Boston to Philadelphia by Flight costs €42.03 and takes 4h 9m door to door, against 3h 47m 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 Boston to Philadelphia?
Fares for the Train from Boston to Philadelphia bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.13. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 211 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Boston to Philadelphia produce?
The Train from Boston to Philadelphia produces about 14.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 435 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 Boston to Philadelphia?
Operators on the Train from Boston to Philadelphia publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 47m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Boston to Philadelphia on 17 September 2026: 435 km of route against 435 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €45.44, and 3h 47m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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