Travel to Rochester

Every way to reach Rochester: 3 modes compared, with fares.

Rochester is reachable from 48 places across 2 countries by 3 modes, on services run by 22 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €10.07 and the fastest takes 1h 36m door to door. The nearest origin is 98 km away.

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

Arriving

How people reach Rochester

Every mode that actually calls at Rochester, 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
Train18€17.941h 36m404 km1
Coach68€10.072h 19m1,138 km3
Flight29€46.164h 7m1,746 km18
  • 48Places you can arrive from
  • 48Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 22Operators

The train gets you into Rochester. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Rochester

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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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 km1412%Amherst, 98 km
200 to 600 km6052%Pittsburgh, 361 km
600 to 1,500 km3732%Dayton, 665 km
Over 1,500 km43%Orlando, 1660 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Rochester 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 States11398%
Canada22%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Rochester

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

Rochester

Rail
  • Louise M. Slaughter Rochester Station
  • Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum
  • Driving Park
Bus
  • Rochester Tech Park Connection Hub
  • RTS Transit Center
Air
  • ROC
Fares

The cheapest journeys into Rochester

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

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Rochester, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Buffalo to Rochester bus€10.072h 29m107 km
Amherst to Rochester bus€10.072h 19m98 km
Syracuse to Rochester bus€10.082h 48m120 km
Amherst to Rochester train€17.941h 36m98 km
Buffalo to Rochester train€19.591h 40m107 km
Syracuse to Rochester train€21.791h 51m120 km
St. Catharines to Rochester train€22.341h 55m132 km
Cleveland to Rochester bus€22.736h 3m383 km
Pittsburgh to Rochester bus€23.286h 46m361 km
Paterson to Rochester bus€23.836h 54m378 km
Newark to Rochester bus€24.387h 1m392 km
Washington Heights to Rochester bus€24.936h 20m398 km
Manhattan to Rochester bus€24.936h 48m401 km
The Bronx to Rochester bus€24.937h 32m402 km
Upper West Side to Rochester bus€24.937h 7m400 km
Yonkers to Rochester bus€24.937h 6m394 km

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

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Rochester

Most of the points near Louise M. Slaughter Rochester Station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Popular trips to Rochester

Common questions about Travel to Rochester

How can I get to Rochester?

Rochester is reachable by 3 modes on our network, from 48 places, across 2 countries, on services run by 22 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 Rochester?

The cheapest way into Rochester is by coach, from €10.07 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 48 origins we sell into Rochester over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Rochester?

The fastest journey into Rochester is by train, at 1h 36m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 98 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Rochester have?

Rochester has 6 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Louise M. Slaughter Rochester Station, Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum, Driving Park. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Rochester from within 200 km?

14 of the routes we sell into Rochester start within 200 km. The nearest is Amherst, 98 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 Rochester in United States?

Rochester connects to 48 places on our network across 2 countries, the furthest of them 1,746 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 train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Rochester is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Rochester

The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.

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