Fastest€58.09
- Amtrak A802219:222h 47m22:09Washington Union StationJ. Douglas Galyon Depot
Door to door 3h 31mCO2 13.1 kgChanges 0Refundable
Washington D.C. to Greensboro train
Trains from Washington D.C. to Greensboro start at €52.59 and take 3h 31m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Washington D.C. to Greensboro on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Washington D.C. to Greensboro starts at €52.59 and takes 3h 31m door to door, run by 1 operator over 397 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 3h 31mDoor to door
- 2h 47mMoving
- €52.59 to €99.89From
- 06:46 to 19:22First and last departure
- 8Per day
- 13.1 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€52.59 to €99.89 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 €79.54Tue15
- about €86.14Wed16
- about €99.89Thu17
- about €78.44Fri18
- about €81.19Sat19
- about €80.09Sun20
- about €54.79Mon21
- about €52.59Tue22
- about €54.79Wed23
- about €72.94Thu24
- about €68.54Fri25
- about €72.39Sat26
- about €64.69Sun27
- about €55.34Mon28
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 October 5, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Amtrak | €42.14 | 3h 28m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Greensboro. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Greensboro for the night the train gets in
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When to book Washington D.C. to Greensboro
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €44.3990 days
- €37.9060 days
- €43.8045 days
- €37.1930 days
- €39.0821 days
- €41.4414 days
- €46.757 days
- €71.533 days
- €70.351 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €37.19.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 92 percent. The most expensive point is €71.53, 3 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €53.24Sun
- €41.44Mon
- €45.57Tue
- €49.11Wed
- €59.73Thu
- €56.19Fri
- €56.78Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Washington
Rail
- Washington Union Station
- L'Enfant
- Seabrook
Greensboro
Rail
- J. Douglas Galyon Depot
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 92% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 8% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 397 km against 397 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 Richmond, Durham. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 minutes, of which about 5 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. 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 Washington D.C. at 06:46 and the last at 19:22, across 8 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 | 3h 31m | 2h 47m | 44m | €52.59 | 13.1 kg | 8 |
| Flight | 4h 6m | 56m | 3h 10m | €41.44 | 100.6 kg | 16 |
Questions about Washington D.C. to Greensboro
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 Washington D.C. to Greensboro take?
The Train from Washington D.C. to Greensboro takes 3h 31m door to door, of which 2h 47m is spent moving. The route runs 397 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 Washington D.C. to Greensboro cost?
The Train from Washington D.C. to Greensboro starts at €52.59 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €58.37. 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 Washington D.C. to Greensboro?
1 operators run the Train from Washington D.C. to Greensboro: Amtrak. Between them they file around 8 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 Washington D.C. to Greensboro use?
The Train from Washington D.C. to Greensboro leaves from Washington Union Station and arrives at J. Douglas Galyon Depot. 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 Washington D.C. to Greensboro?
Traveling from Washington D.C. to Greensboro by Flight costs €41.44 and takes 4h 6m door to door, against 3h 31m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Washington D.C. to Greensboro?
Fares for the Train from Washington D.C. to Greensboro bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €37.19. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 92 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Washington D.C. to Greensboro produce?
The Train from Washington D.C. to Greensboro produces about 13.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 397 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 Washington D.C. to Greensboro?
Operators on the Train from Washington D.C. to Greensboro publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 31m 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 Washington D.C. to Greensboro on September 14, 2026: 397 km of route against 397 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €52.59, and 3h 31m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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