Fastest€33.89
- Amtrak A350706:351h 37m08:12Syracuse stationBuffalo-Exchange Street
Door to door 2h 21mCO2 7.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Syracuse to Buffalo train
Trains from Syracuse to Buffalo start at €32.79 and take 2h 21m at their fastest.
The Trains from Syracuse to Buffalo starts at €32.79 and takes 2h 21m door to door, run by 1 operator over 223 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 21mDoor to door
- 1h 37mMoving
- €32.79From
- 7.4 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.
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 | €32.79 | 2h 19m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The journey ends at Buffalo-Exchange Street. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Buffalo for the night the train gets in
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When to book Syracuse to Buffalo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.6890 days
- €12.8360 days
- €12.8345 days
- €14.4830 days
- €16.1321 days
- €18.8814 days
- €18.887 days
- €21.633 days
- €26.581 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.83.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 107 percent. The dearest point is €26.58, 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.
- €17.78Sun
- €16.13Mon
- €17.23Tue
- €18.88Wed
- €21.08Thu
- €18.88Fri
- €23.28Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Syracuse
Rail
- Syracuse station
- Martisco Station
- New York State Fair
Buffalo
Rail
- Buffalo-Exchange Street
- Buffalo Central Terminal
- Orchard Park
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
- 75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 223 km against 223 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 Rochester. The gap between arriving and leaving is 87 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Syracuse at 06:35 and the last at 07:30, across 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 21m | 1h 37m | 44m | €32.79 | 7.4 kg | 2 |
| Flight | 3h 55m | 45m | 3h 10m | €34.95 | 56.6 kg | 1 |
| Coach | 4h 11m | 3h 27m | 44m | €16.13 | 6.0 kg | 1 |
Questions about Syracuse to Buffalo
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 Syracuse to Buffalo take?
The Train from Syracuse to Buffalo takes 2h 21m door to door, of which 1h 37m is spent moving. The route runs 223 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 Syracuse to Buffalo cost?
The Train from Syracuse to Buffalo starts at €32.79 for one passenger, checked on 28 September 2026. A typical fare is €34.72. 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 Syracuse to Buffalo?
1 operators run the Train from Syracuse to Buffalo: Amtrak. Between them they file around 2 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 Syracuse to Buffalo use?
The Train from Syracuse to Buffalo leaves from Syracuse station and arrives at Buffalo-Exchange Street. 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 Syracuse to Buffalo?
Travelling from Syracuse to Buffalo by Coach costs €16.13 and takes 4h 11m door to door, against 2h 21m 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 Syracuse to Buffalo?
Fares for the Train from Syracuse to Buffalo bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.83. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 107 percent, measured on 28 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Syracuse to Buffalo produce?
The Train from Syracuse to Buffalo produces about 7.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 223 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 Syracuse to Buffalo?
Operators on the Train from Syracuse to Buffalo publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 21m 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 Syracuse to Buffalo on 11 September 2026: 223 km of route against 223 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €32.79, and 2h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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