Travel to Albany

Every way to reach Albany: 2 modes compared, with fares.

Modern skyscrapers towering at Empire State Plaza in Albany, New York under a clear blue sky.

Albany is reachable from 40 places across 1 country by 2 modes, on services run by 18 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88 and the fastest takes 1h 15m door to door. The nearest origin is 48 km away.

Checked October 2, 2026Priced for October 2, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Albany

Every mode that actually calls at Albany, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train40€11.881h 15m217 km1
Flight41€31.413h 52m3,590 km17
  • 40Places you can arrive from
  • 40Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 18Operators

The trip ends at Albany-Rensselaer. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Albany for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Albany-Rensselaer and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km2025%Pittsfield, 48 km
200 to 600 km3037%Fordham, 200 km
600 to 1,500 km1721%Cleveland, 667 km
Over 1,500 km1417%Orlando, 1712 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Albany that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
United States81100%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Albany

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

Albany

Rail
  • Albany-Rensselaer
  • Union Station
Bus
  • Albany Bus Terminal
  • CDTA
Air
  • ALB
Fares

The cheapest journeys into Albany

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Albany, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Pittsfield to Albany train€11.881h 15m48 km
Waterbury to Albany train€24.541h 52m135 km
New York to Albany train€28.942h 20m217 km
New Haven to Albany train€29.492h 9m164 km
North Stamford to Albany train€30.042h 18m169 km
Bridgeport to Albany train€30.592h 10m170 km
New York to Albany flight€31.413h 52m217 km
Stamford to Albany train€31.692h 24m179 km
Boston to Albany flight€32.003h 53m223 km
Greenburgh to Albany train€32.242h 18m180 km
Yonkers to Albany train€33.892h 31m192 km
New Rochelle to Albany train€34.442h 22m194 km
Kings Bridge to Albany train€34.992h 35m198 km
The Bronx to Albany train€35.542h 28m201 km
Washington Heights to Albany train€35.542h 33m201 km
Fordham to Albany train€35.542h 31m200 km

Check-in is at three and you will be in Albany well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Albany?

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Popular trips to Albany

Common questions about Travel to Albany

How can I get to Albany?

Albany is reachable by 2 modes on our network, from 40 places, across 1 countries, on services run by 18 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Albany?

The cheapest way into Albany is by Train, from €11.88 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 40 origins we sell into Albany over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Albany?

The fastest journey into Albany is by Train, at 1h 15m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 48 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Albany have?

Albany has 5 named terminals on our network, including 2 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Albany-Rensselaer, Union Station, ALB. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Albany from within 200 km?

20 of the routes we sell into Albany start within 200 km. The nearest is Pittsfield, 48 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Albany in United States?

Albany connects to 40 places on our network across 1 countries, the furthest of them 3,590 km away in a straight line. United States routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

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.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in United States

The wider region

The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Albany are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Albany and across United States

Day trips that leave Albany in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.

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