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Washington Heights to Philadelphia

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Washington Heights to Philadelphia. From €11.18, fastest 3h, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Washington Heights to Philadelphia runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:27 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €11.18, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h over 166 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 18, 2026Priced for October 3, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €11.18, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 3, 2026

€11.18

  • 142%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Washington Heights

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.

  • 06:27First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 50%Run direct

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Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Washington Heights 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

  1. about €24.38Sat19
  2. about €17.78Sun20
  3. about €17.23Mon21
  4. about €13.38Tue22
  5. about €16.13Wed23
  6. about €18.33Thu24
  7. about €14.48Fri25
  8. about €14.48Sat26
  9. about €13.38Sun27
  10. about €13.38Mon28
  11. about €15.03Tue29
  12. about €12.83Wed30
  13. about €15.03Thu1
  14. about €13.93Fri2
  15. about €11.18Sat3
  16. about €12.83Sun4
  17. about €11.73Mon5
  18. about €11.18Tue6
  19. about €11.73Wed7
  20. about €11.73Thu8
  21. about €12.83Fri9

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 hotel room

A room in Philadelphia for the night the bus 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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Booking window

When to book Washington Heights to Philadelphia

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

  1. €12.2890 days
  2. €10.0760 days
  3. €10.0745 days
  4. €10.6330 days
  5. €12.8321 days
  6. €13.9314 days
  7. €14.487 days
  8. €17.233 days
  9. €24.381 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 142 percent. The most expensive point is €24.38, 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.
€24.38€10.07137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Washington Heights 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

166 km

144 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

152,6131,573,916

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

Washington HeightsWashington HeightsPhiladelphiaPhiladelphia
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 166 km against 144 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 Bridgeport, New Haven, Hartford, Baltimore. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.

Left luggage lockers

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 Washington Heights 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 Washington Heights to Philadelphia?

The fastest journey from Washington Heights to Philadelphia takes 3h door to door, of which 2h 23m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 3h 9m, 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 Washington Heights to Philadelphia?

The cheapest fare from Washington Heights to Philadelphia is €11.18, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €13.38. 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 Washington Heights to Philadelphia?

The cheapest way from Washington Heights to Philadelphia is by coach, at €11.18 for one passenger on October 3, 2026. That journey takes 3h 7m 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.

When should I book Washington Heights to Philadelphia?

Fares from Washington Heights to Philadelphia bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €10.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 142 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Washington Heights to Philadelphia?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Washington Heights to Philadelphia, at €12.83. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Washington Heights to Philadelphia?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Washington Heights to Philadelphia, at €10.08 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 Washington Heights to Philadelphia?

No operator record names Washington Heights to Philadelphia directly. Amtrak Vermonter publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Washington Heights to Philadelphia?

20 percent of the services we sell from Washington Heights to Philadelphia are direct. The rest connect at Bridgeport, New Haven, Hartford, Baltimore, with about 64 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Washington Heights to Philadelphia use?

Services from Washington Heights to Philadelphia by coach leave from Washington Heights bus station and arrive at Philadelphia Filbert 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 Washington Heights to Philadelphia?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Washington Heights 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 Washington Heights to Philadelphia on September 18, 2026: 166 km of route against 144 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.18, and 3h 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.

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The two ends, compared

Washington Heights reaches 22 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 40 to 522 km. Philadelphia reaches 183 places in 27 countries, from 46 to 10,902 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Washington Heights

  • 22Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 6Operators

Arriving in Philadelphia

Leaving Philadelphia

  • 183Places you can leave for
  • 27Countries
  • 32Operators

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