Durham to Washington D.C. train

Trains from Durham to Washington D.C. start at €58.64 and take 4h at their fastest.

DurhamDurhamWashingtonWashington
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The Trains from Durham to Washington D.C. starts at €58.64 and takes 4h door to door, run by 1 operator over 416 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4hDoor to door
  • 3h 16mMoving
  • €58.64From
  • 13.7 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€48.19
  1. Amtrak A132306:023h 16m09:18DurhamWashington Union Station

Door to door 4hCO2 13.7 kgChanges 0Refundable

Lowest CO2€51.49
  1. Amtrak A762407:301h 57m09:27DurhamRichmond Main Street Station
  2. Amtrak A354510:401h 12m11:52Richmond Main Street StationWashington Union Station

Changes at Richmond, with 73 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 5h 6mCO2 13.3 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Amtrak€48.193h 36m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • Amtrak

Washington D.C. sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.

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Rooms within reach of Washington Union Station

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Booking window

When to book Durham to Washington D.C.

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

  1. €54.7990 days
  2. €47.6460 days
  3. €51.4945 days
  4. €48.7430 days
  5. €62.4921 days
  6. €77.8914 days
  7. €94.397 days
  8. €102.093 days
  9. €140.041 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €47.64.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 194 percent. The most expensive point is €140.04, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €80.64Sun
  2. €58.64Mon
  3. €60.29Tue
  4. €58.64Wed
  5. €77.89Thu
  6. €86.69Fri
  7. €78.44Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Durham

Rail
  • Durham
  • Hillsborough

Washington

Rail
  • Washington Union Station
  • L'Enfant
  • Seabrook
The journey

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
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 416 km against 362 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 Baltimore, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Greensboro. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 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 Durham 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.

Questions about Durham to Washington D.C.

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 Durham to Washington D.C. take?

The Train from Durham to Washington D.C. takes 4h door to door, of which 3h 16m is spent moving. The route runs 416 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 Durham to Washington D.C. cost?

The Train from Durham to Washington D.C. starts at €58.64 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €65.78. 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 Durham to Washington D.C.?

1 operators run the Train from Durham to Washington D.C.: 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 Durham to Washington D.C. use?

The Train from Durham to Washington D.C. leaves from Durham and arrives at Washington 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.

When should I book the Train from Durham to Washington D.C.?

Fares for the Train from Durham to Washington D.C. bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €47.64. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 194 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Durham to Washington D.C. produce?

The Train from Durham to Washington D.C. produces about 13.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 416 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 Durham to Washington D.C.?

Operators on the Train from Durham to Washington D.C. publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

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.

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 modeled number pass for a filed one.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Durham to Washington D.C. on September 10, 2026: 416 km of route against 362 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €58.64, and 4h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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