There are 8 ways to get from Buffalo to Riverside by plane, train (Amtrak), bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), car, train, 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 Ontario International Airport
best- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Ontario International Airport (ONT)plane BUF - ONT
10h 8m$413–1,839Fly to Los Angeles International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane BUF - LAX
- Take the train from L.A. Union Station to Riverside - Downtowntrain
9h 57m$243–1,005Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Buffalo Depew Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain Lake Shore Limited
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Riversidetrain Southwest Chief
2d 6h$749–1,805Bus
- Take the bus from Buffalo to Cleveland Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Cleveland Bus Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Denver Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Denver Union Station to Las Vegas Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Las Vegas Strip to San Bernardinobus
2d 8h$442–844Drive 2,498.3 mi
- Drive from Buffalo to Riversidecar 2,498.3 mi
39h 45m$456–659Fly to John Wayne Airport Orange County, train
- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA)plane BUF - SNA
- Take the train from Fullerton to Riverside - Downtowntrain
12h 44m$370–1,554Fly to Palm Springs International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Palm Springs International Airport (PSP)plane BUF - PSP
- Take the bus from Palm Springs Airport Amtrak Bus Stop to Fullerton Amtrak Stationbus
- Take the train from Fullerton to Riverside - Downtowntrain
13h 11m$434–1,795Fly to Harry Reid International Airport, bus
- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)plane BUF - LAS
- Take the bus from Las Vegas Strip to San Bernardinobus
13h 10m$262–1,086
Buffalo to Riverside by train (Amtrak)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Buffalo to Riverside is to bus which costs $440 - $850 and takes 2 days 8h.
The fastest way to get from Buffalo to Riverside is to fly and train which takes 9h 57m and costs $240 - $1,000.
No, there is no direct train from Buffalo to Riverside. However, there are services departing from Buffalo and arriving at Riverside via Buffalo Depew Station and Chicago Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 6h.
The distance between Buffalo and Riverside is 2215 miles. The road distance is 2512.9 miles.
The best way to get from Buffalo to Riverside without a car is to train which takes 2 days 6h and costs $750 - $1,800.
It takes approximately 10h 8m to get from Buffalo to Riverside, including transfers.
Buffalo to Riverside train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Buffalo Depew Station.
The best way to get from Buffalo to Riverside is to fly which takes 10h 8m and costs $410 - $1,900. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $750 - $1,800 and takes 2 days 6h, you could also bus, which costs $440 - $850 and takes 2 days 8h.
Riverside is 3h behind Buffalo. It is currently 11:50 AM in Buffalo and 8:50 AM in Riverside.
Buffalo to Riverside train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
What companies run services between Buffalo, NY, USA and Riverside, Riverside County, CA, USA?
United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and American Airlines fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Ontario International Airport (ONT) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Buffalo to Riverside via Buffalo Depew Station and Chicago Union Station in around 2d 6h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,800
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,800
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,800
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,900
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,800
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,600
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 26m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,800
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,800
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,900
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,900
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,800
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,700
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Buffalo Depew Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $140–330
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Riverside
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $600–1,400
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Fullerton to Riverside - Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–22
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- (800) 371-LINK (5465)
- Website
- metrolinktrains.com
Train from L.A. Union Station to Riverside - Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
Train from Fullerton to Riverside - Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Buffalo to Cleveland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Cleveland Bus Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–120
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Denver Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–330
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Denver Union Station to Las Vegas Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–250
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Las Vegas Strip to San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $29–50
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Palm Springs Airport Amtrak Bus Stop to Fullerton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $28–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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