Norfolk to New York train

Trains from Norfolk to New York start at €47.09 and take 3h 58m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Norfolk to New York starts at €47.09 and takes 3h 58m door to door, run by 1 operator over 473 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 58mDoor to door
  • 3h 14mMoving
  • €63.04 to €110.34From
  • 06:46 to 20:54First and last departure
  • 12Per day
  • 15.6 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€63.04 to €110.34 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

12Go lists the departures it sells between Norfolk and New York.

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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

  1. about €110.34Mon21
  2. about €91.64Tue22
  3. about €100.99Wed23
  4. about €100.44Thu24
  5. about €98.24Fri25
  6. about €104.84Sat26
  7. about €94.94Sun27
  8. about €63.59Mon28
  9. about €63.04Tue29
  10. about €64.69Wed30
  11. about €74.04Thu1
  12. about €72.39Fri2
  13. about €72.39Sat3
  14. about €65.24Sun4

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Fastest€47.64
  1. Amtrak A969619:473h 14m23:01Norfolk stationNew York Penn Station

Door to door 3h 58mCO2 15.6 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Amtrak€46.543h 58m140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
  • Amtrak

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A hotel room

A room in New York for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Norfolk to New York

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

  1. €53.8390 days
  2. €46.1660 days
  3. €37.9045 days
  4. €38.4930 days
  5. €49.1121 days
  6. €56.7814 days
  7. €75.667 days
  8. €82.743 days
  9. €91.591 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €37.90.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 142 percent. The dearest point is €91.59, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €56.78Sun
  2. €53.83Mon
  3. €52.65Tue
  4. €56.19Wed
  5. €64.45Thu
  6. €60.32Fri
  7. €62.09Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Norfolk

Rail
  • Norfolk station
  • Norfolk Terminal Station
  • Seaboard Coastline Building

New York City

Rail
  • New York Penn Station
  • Union
  • Ampere
The journey

What the journey looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 473 km against 473 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 Norfolk at 06:46 and the last at 20:54, across 12 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train3h 58m3h 14m44m€47.0915.6 kg12
Flight4h 12m1h 2m3h 10m€43.21101.8 kg48

Questions about Norfolk to New York

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 Norfolk to New York take?

The Train from Norfolk to New York takes 3h 58m door to door, of which 3h 14m is spent moving. The route runs 473 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 Norfolk to New York cost?

The Train from Norfolk to New York starts at €47.09 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €55.89. 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 Norfolk to New York?

1 operators run the Train from Norfolk to New York: 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 Norfolk to New York use?

The Train from Norfolk to New York leaves from Norfolk station and arrives at New York Penn 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 Norfolk to New York?

Travelling from Norfolk to New York by Flight costs €43.21 and takes 4h 12m door to door, against 3h 58m 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 Norfolk to New York?

Fares for the Train from Norfolk to New York bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €37.90. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 142 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Norfolk to New York produce?

The Train from Norfolk to New York produces about 15.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 473 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 Norfolk to New York?

Operators on the Train from Norfolk to New York publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 58m 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 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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Norfolk to New York on 20 September 2026: 473 km of route against 473 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €47.09, and 3h 58m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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