Paterson to Philadelphia runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:19 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €10.08 and €21.79, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 1h 53m over 157 km, on services run by 3 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€10.08 to €21.79
- 87%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Paterson
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.
- 06:19First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 50%Run direct
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Buying this trip
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Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Paterson 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 €18.88Mon14
- about €15.03Tue15
- about €17.78Wed16
- about €18.33Thu17
- about €16.68Fri18
- about €19.43Sat19
- about €14.48Sun20
- about €12.83Mon21
- about €10.63Tue22
- about €12.83Wed23
- about €13.93Thu24
- about €13.38Fri25
- about €13.93Sat26
- about €12.83Sun27
- about €10.08Mon28
- about €10.63Tue29
- about €10.08Wed30
- about €12.28Thu1
- about €12.83Fri2
- about €10.63Sat3
- about €12.28Sun4
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 bus gets you into Philadelphia. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Philadelphia for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Paterson to Philadelphia
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.2890 days
- €11.7360 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €12.2821 days
- €12.8314 days
- €14.487 days
- €17.783 days
- €18.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 87 percent. The most expensive point is €18.88, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Paterson 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
157 km
136 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
147,754 → 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
0/4
4 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
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 157 km against 136 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Sheepshead Bay, Allentown, Bridgeport, New Haven. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.
Who runs this route
The bus 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 Paterson 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 Paterson to Philadelphia?
The fastest journey from Paterson to Philadelphia takes 1h 53m door to door, of which 1h 18m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 39m, 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 Paterson to Philadelphia?
The cheapest fare from Paterson to Philadelphia is €10.08, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €17.78. 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 Paterson to Philadelphia?
The cheapest way from Paterson to Philadelphia is by coach, at €10.63 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 2h 56m 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 Paterson to Philadelphia?
The fastest way from Paterson to Philadelphia is by train, at 2h 2m door to door. Only 1h 18m 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 €21.79.
When should I book Paterson to Philadelphia?
Fares from Paterson to Philadelphia bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €10.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 87 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 Paterson to Philadelphia?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Paterson to Philadelphia, at €10.63. 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 Paterson to Philadelphia?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Paterson to Philadelphia, at €10.07 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 Paterson to Philadelphia?
3 operators sell services from Paterson to Philadelphia across 2 modes: Amtrak Vermonter, Fullington Trailways, New Jersey Transit. 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 Paterson to Philadelphia?
43 percent of the services we sell from Paterson to Philadelphia are direct. The rest connect at Sheepshead Bay, Allentown, Bridgeport, New Haven, with about 46 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 Paterson to Philadelphia produce?
Traveling from Paterson to Philadelphia by coach produces about 4.2 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 5.2 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Paterson to Philadelphia use?
Services from Paterson to Philadelphia by train leave from Paterson 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 Paterson to Philadelphia?
3 of the 3 operators we sell from Paterson 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.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Paterson to Philadelphia on September 13, 2026: 157 km of route against 136 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €10.08, and 1h 53m 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
Paterson reaches 16 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 494 km. Philadelphia reaches 181 places in 25 countries, from 46 to 10,902 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Paterson
- 16Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 6Operators
Arriving in Philadelphia
Leaving Philadelphia
- 181Places you can leave for
- 25Countries
- 32Operators