Norfolk to Philadelphia runs about 12 times a day, with the first departure around 06:08 and the last around 18:50. One passenger pays between €37.90 and €48.19, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 12m over 366 km, on services run by 4 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€37.90 to €48.19
- 150%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Norfolk
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.
- 06:08First departure
- 18:50Last departure
- 12Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Amtrak runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Norfolk to Philadelphia 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 €78.61Mon14
- about €60.91Tue15
- about €67.99Wed16
- about €72.71Thu17
- about €66.81Fri18
- about €64.45Sat19
- about €59.14Sun20
- about €44.98Mon21
- about €42.62Tue22
- about €46.16Wed23
- about €55.01Thu24
- about €52.06Fri25
- about €53.24Sat26
- about €49.11Sun27
- about €37.90Mon28
- about €37.90Tue29
- about €39.08Wed30
- about €45.57Thu1
- about €41.44Fri2
- about €42.03Sat3
- about €40.26Sun4
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 flight gets you into Philadelphia. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Philadelphia for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Philadelphia 30th Street and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Norfolk to Philadelphia
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €45.5790 days
- €37.9060 days
- €32.5945 days
- €31.4130 days
- €40.2621 days
- €49.1114 days
- €59.147 days
- €67.993 days
- €78.611 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €31.41.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 150 percent. The most expensive point is €78.61, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Norfolk to Philadelphia 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
366 km
359 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
238,005 → 1,573,916
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/4
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 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 366 km against 359 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Baltimore, Alexandria, Washington, Richmond. The gap between arriving and leaving is 71 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Philadelphia 30th Street
Most of the points near Philadelphia 30th Street open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Norfolk to Philadelphia
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Norfolk to Philadelphia?
The fastest journey from Norfolk to Philadelphia takes 3h 12m door to door, of which 2h 30m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 51m, 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 Norfolk to Philadelphia?
The cheapest fare from Norfolk to Philadelphia is €37.90, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €61.15. 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 Norfolk to Philadelphia?
The cheapest way from Norfolk to Philadelphia is by flight, at €42.62 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 4h 3m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Norfolk to Philadelphia?
The fastest way from Norfolk to Philadelphia is by train, at 3h 14m door to door. Only 2h 30m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €48.19.
When should I book Norfolk to Philadelphia?
Fares from Norfolk to Philadelphia bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €31.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 150 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Norfolk to Philadelphia?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Norfolk to Philadelphia, at €42.62. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Norfolk to Philadelphia?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Norfolk to Philadelphia, at €30.59 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 service from Norfolk to Philadelphia?
4 operators sell services from Norfolk to Philadelphia across 2 modes: Amtrak, Piedmont Airlines, PSA Airlines, Republic Airways. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Norfolk to Philadelphia?
82 percent of the services we sell from Norfolk to Philadelphia are direct. The rest connect at Baltimore, Alexandria, Washington, Richmond, with about 71 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Norfolk to Philadelphia produce?
Traveling from Norfolk to Philadelphia by train produces about 11.8 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 91.0 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Norfolk to Philadelphia use?
Services from Norfolk to Philadelphia by train leave from Norfolk station and arrive at Philadelphia 30th Street. 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 Norfolk to Philadelphia?
1 of the 4 operators we sell from Norfolk to Philadelphia 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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Norfolk to Philadelphia on September 13, 2026: 366 km of route against 359 km in a straight line, 22 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €37.90, and 3h 12m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Philadelphia a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Philadelphia and across United States
Day trips that leave Philadelphia in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Norfolk reaches 37 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 130 to 3,733 km. Philadelphia reaches 181 places in 25 countries, from 46 to 10,902 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Norfolk
- 37Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 16Operators
Arriving in Philadelphia
Leaving Philadelphia
- 181Places you can leave for
- 25Countries
- 32Operators