There are 11 ways to get from Albuquerque to Princeton by plane, train, bus (Greyhound), train (Amtrak), car, subway, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
best- Fly from Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane ABQ - JFK
- Take the train from New York Penn Station to Princeton Jct.train
7h 58m$240–1,004Fly to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane ABQ - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Airport Railroad Station to Princeton Jct.train
8h 58m$160–648Bus
- Take the bus from Albuquerque Bus Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Nassau St & Witherspoon St - Palmer Squarebus
2d 1h$381–592Train via New York
- Take the train from Albuquerque Alvarado Transportation Center to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Take the train from New York Penn Station to Princeton Jct.train Nec
2d 1h$1,243–2,015Drive 1,947.8 mi
- Drive from Albuquerque to Princetoncar 1,947.8 mi
31h 48m$356–514Fly to Laguardia Airport, train
- Fly from Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ) to Laguardia Airport (LGA)plane ABQ - LGA
- Take the train from New York Penn Station to Princeton Jct.train
10h 10m$229–1,041Fly to Philadelphia International Airport, train
- Fly from Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane ABQ - PHL
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Princeton Junction Amtrak Stationtrain
9h 50m$208–856Fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Fly from Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane ABQ - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Trentontrain
9h 12m$253–893Fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, train
- Fly from Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane ABQ - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to New Carrollton, Orange/Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Take the train from New Carrollton Amtrak Station to Trentontrain
10h 37m$265–914Train, bus
- Take the train from Albuquerque Alvarado Transportation Center to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Philadelphia Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Market St At 11Th St to Wallenberg Ave Across From Terminalbus 409
2d 3h$887–1,383Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Albuquerque Alvarado Transportation Center to Chicago Union Stationtrain Southwest Chief
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Trentontrain Cardinal
2d 6h$1,290–2,090
Albuquerque to Princeton by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Albuquerque to Princeton is to fly and train which costs $160 - $650 and takes 8h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Albuquerque to Princeton is to fly and train which takes 7h 58m and costs $240 - $1,000.
No, there is no direct bus from Albuquerque station to Princeton. However, there are services departing from Albuquerque Bus Station and arriving at Nassau St & Witherspoon St - Palmer Square via St Louis Bus Station and Port Authority Bus Terminal. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 1h.
No, there is no direct train from Albuquerque to Princeton. However, there are services departing from Albuquerque Alvarado Transportation Center and arriving at Princeton via Chicago Union Station, New York Penn Station and Princeton Jct.. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 1h.
The distance between Albuquerque and Princeton is 1906 miles. The road distance is 1959.2 miles.
The best way to get from Albuquerque to Princeton without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 1h and costs $380 - $600.
It takes approximately 7h 58m to get from Albuquerque to Princeton, including transfers.
Albuquerque to Princeton bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Albuquerque Bus Station.
Albuquerque to Princeton train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Albuquerque Alvarado Transportation Center station.
The best way to get from Albuquerque to Princeton is to bus which takes 2 days 1h and costs $380 - $600. Alternatively, you can train via New York, which costs $1,200 - $2,100 and takes 2 days 1h.
What companies run services between Albuquerque, NM, USA and Princeton, NJ, USA?
You can take a bus from Albuquerque Bus Station to Nassau St & Witherspoon St - Palmer Square via St Louis Bus Station and Port Authority Bus Terminal in around 2d 1h. Alternatively, you can take a train from Albuquerque Alvarado Transportation Center to Princeton via Chicago Union Station, Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station, New York Penn Station, and Princeton Jct. in around 2d 1h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 27m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 59m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 29m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Albuquerque International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Phone
- +1 973-275-5555
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
Train from New York Penn Station to Princeton Jct.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3–23
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–23
Train from New York Penn Station to Princeton Jct.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3–23
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–23
Train from Newark Airport Railroad Station to Princeton Jct.
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $21–27
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult Airport
- $21–27
Train from New York Penn Station to Princeton Jct.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3–23
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–23
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Albuquerque Alvarado Transportation Center to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $700–1,200
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $500–850
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Princeton Junction Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Trenton
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from New Carrollton Amtrak Station to Trenton
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–140
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Albuquerque Alvarado Transportation Center to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $700–1,200
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Albuquerque Alvarado Transportation Center to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $700–1,200
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Trenton
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 32m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $550–950
- Website
- Amtrak
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to New Carrollton, Orange/Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Albuquerque Bus Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $180–280
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $180–280
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (866) 912 - 6224
- questions@coachusa.com
- Website
- Rockland Coaches
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Nassau St & Witherspoon St - Palmer Square
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–40
- Schedules at
- Rockland Coaches
- Adult
- $17–40
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Philadelphia Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $140–220
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1 973-275-5555
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
Bus from Market St At 11Th St to Wallenberg Ave Across From Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–23
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adults
- $7–23
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Booking & Getting There
Albuquerque to Princeton bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at St Louis Bus Station.
Princeton is 2h ahead of Albuquerque. It is currently 7:24 PM in Albuquerque and 9:24 PM in Princeton.
Albuquerque to Princeton train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Albuquerque to Princeton is 1959 miles. It takes approximately 31h 48m to drive from Albuquerque to Princeton.
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