Cheapest€18.49
- Amtrak A146606:021h 11m07:13Boston South StationHartford Union Station
Door to door 1h 55mCO2 5.0 kgChanges 0Refundable
Boston to Hartford train
Trains from Boston to Hartford start at €18.49 and take 1h 55m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Boston to Hartford on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Boston to Hartford starts at €18.49 and takes 1h 55m door to door, run by 1 operator over 150 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 55mDoor to door
- 1h 11mMoving
- €18.49 to €50.94From
- 06:02 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 5.0 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 29, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€18.49 to €50.94 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €42.69Wed16
- about €50.94Thu17
- about €44.34Fri18
- about €36.64Sat19
- about €38.84Sun20
- about €27.29Mon21
- about €26.74Tue22
- about €26.74Wed23
- about €36.09Thu24
- about €32.79Fri25
- about €33.34Sat26
- about €30.59Sun27
- about €26.19Mon28
- about €18.49Tue29
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 cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Amtrak | €18.49 | 1h 50m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Hartford. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Hartford for the night the train gets in
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When to book Boston to Hartford
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.9490 days
- €17.3960 days
- €17.3945 days
- €21.7930 days
- €18.4921 days
- €18.4914 days
- €26.747 days
- €32.003 days
- €32.001 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 84 percent. The most expensive point is €32.00, 3 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.
- €30.59Sun
- €26.19Mon
- €18.49Tue
- €26.74Wed
- €32.00Thu
- €32.00Fri
- €31.41Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Boston
Rail
- Boston South Station
- Boston Landing station
- Eastern Railroad Depot (Boston)
Hartford
Rail
- Hartford Union Station
- Windsor station
- Simsbury station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 150 km against 150 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 Worcester, Providence, Cranston, Warwick. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Boston at 06:02 and the last at 07:30, across 5 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
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 55m | 1h 11m | 44m | €18.49 | 5.0 kg | 5 |
| Flight | 3h 47m | 37m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 37.9 kg | 1 |
Questions about Boston to Hartford
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 the Train from Boston to Hartford take?
The Train from Boston to Hartford takes 1h 55m door to door, of which 1h 11m is spent moving. The route runs 150 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 Boston to Hartford cost?
The Train from Boston to Hartford starts at €18.49 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €28.38. 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 Boston to Hartford?
1 operators run the Train from Boston to Hartford: Amtrak. Between them they file around 5 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 Boston to Hartford use?
The Train from Boston to Hartford leaves from Boston South Station and arrives at Hartford Union 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 Boston to Hartford?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Boston to Hartford, at €18.49 and 1h 55m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Train from Boston to Hartford?
Fares for the Train from Boston to Hartford bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.39. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 84 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Boston to Hartford produce?
The Train from Boston to Hartford produces about 5.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 150 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Boston to Hartford?
Operators on the Train from Boston to Hartford publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 55m 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.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Boston to Hartford on September 15, 2026: 150 km of route against 150 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €18.49, and 1h 55m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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