There are 12 ways to get from California to Scranton by plane, bus, train, bus (Greyhound), or car
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Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)LAX - EWR
- Take the bus from Newark Penn Station to Scranton
10h 9m$134–438Train, bus via Syracuse
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Syracuse Regional Transportation Center
- Take the bus from Syracuse Bus Station to Scranton Bus Station
2d 13h$314–1,701Bus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Harrisburg Bus Station
- Take the bus from Harrisburg, PA to Scranton, PA
2d 16h$256–598Drive 2,699.1 mi
- Drive from Los Angeles to Scranton2,699.1 mi
42h 27m$493–712Fly San Diego International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport, bus
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)SAN - EWR
- Take the bus from Newark Penn Station to Scranton
10h 1m$300–510Fly San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport, bus
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)SFO - EWR
- Take the bus from Newark Penn Station to Scranton
10h 41m$168–658Fly John Wayne Airport Orange County to Newark Liberty International Airport, bus
- Fly from John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)SNA - EWR
- Take the bus from Newark Penn Station to Scranton
12h 16m$164–531Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)LAX - PHL
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Newark Penn Station
- Take the bus from Newark Penn Station to Scranton
11h 45m$179–1,073Fly San Diego International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)SAN - PHL
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Newark Penn Station
- Take the bus from Newark Penn Station to Scranton
11h 37m$320–1,045Fly San Diego International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)SAN - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Newark Penn Station
- Take the bus from Newark Penn Station to Scranton
12h 36m$254–1,647Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)LAX - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Newark Penn Station
- Take the bus from Newark Penn Station to Scranton
12h 54m$183–1,195Train, bus
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Station
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Harrisburg Bus Station
- Take the bus from Harrisburg, PA to Scranton, PA
2d 16h$304–1,641
California to Scranton by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from California to Scranton is to fly and bus which costs $130 - $440 and takes 10h 9m.
The fastest way to get from California to Scranton is to fly and bus which takes 10h 1m and costs $300 - $550.
No, there is no direct bus from California station to Scranton. However, there are services departing from Los Angeles Union Station and arriving at Scranton, PA via St Louis Bus Station and Harrisburg, PA. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 16h.
The distance between California and Scranton is 2594 miles. The road distance is 2714.9 miles.
The best way to get from California to Scranton without a car is to train and bus via Syracuse which takes 2 days 13h and costs $310 - $1,700.
It takes approximately 10h 9m to get from California to Scranton, including transfers.
California to Scranton bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Los Angeles Union Station.
California to Scranton bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at St Louis Bus Station.
Scranton is 3h ahead of California. It is currently 6:24 AM in California and 9:24 AM in Scranton.
Yes, the driving distance between California to Scranton is 2715 miles. It takes approximately 42h 27m to drive from California to Scranton.
What companies run services between California, USA and Scranton, PA, USA?
You can take a bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Scranton, PA via St Louis Bus Station, Harrisburg Bus Station, and Harrisburg, PA in around 2d 16h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–450
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Cleveland
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Newark Liberty International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Newark Liberty International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Pittsburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 29m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–450
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Newark Liberty International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Newark Liberty International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–330
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–450
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $190–1,500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Syracuse Regional Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $85–230
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–310
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–440
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–220
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $11–220
- Business Class
- $55–260
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–280
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $25–280
- Business Class
- $85–330
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–600
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $18–450
- First Class
- $120–600
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–700
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $40–480
- First Class
- $180–700
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Newark Penn Station to Scranton
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–90
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Harrisburg Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $85–160
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Syracuse Bus Station to Scranton Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $160–360
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Harrisburg Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–170
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1-844-800-6828
- pr@ourbus.com
- Website
- ourbus.com
Bus from Harrisburg, PA to Scranton, PA
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–65
- Website
- https://www.ourbus.com
- Phone
- +1 800-858-8555
- Website
- trailways.com
Bus from Harrisburg, PA to Scranton, PA
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $24–75
- Website
- https://trailways.com
- Schedules at
- https://trailways.com/schedules/
- Saver
- $24–75
- Flexible
- $45–75
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