There are 10 ways to get from Carbondale to Charlottesville by bus, plane, bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), train (Amtrak), car, train, or taxi
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Bus to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport, fly to Charlottesville
best- Take the bus from Carbondale to St. Louisbus
- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Charlottesville (CHO)plane STL - CHO
7h 50m$163–673Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Carbondale Intermodal Station to Nashville Bus Stationbus FlixBus N2521
- Take the bus from Nashville Bus Station to Charlottesville Union Stationbus Greyhound US0600
16h 35m$92–173Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Carbondale to Chicago Union Stationtrain Saluki / ...
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Charlottesvilletrain Cardinal
27h 10m$147–340Drive 699.4 mi
- Drive from Carbondale to Charlottesvillecar 699.4 mi
12h 19m$128–185Fly Williamson County Regional Airport to Charlottesville
- Fly from Williamson County Regional Airport (MWA) to Charlottesville (CHO)plane MWA - CHO
5h 4m$148–539Bus to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport, fly to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, train
- Take the bus from Carbondale to St. Louisbus
- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane STL - DCA
- Take the train from Alexandria to Charlottesvilletrain
8h 52m$308–1,776Taxi to Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport, fly to Charlottesville
- Take the taxi from Carbondale to Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport (CGI)taxi
- Fly from Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport (CGI) to Charlottesville (CHO)plane CGI - CHO
8h 1m$261–783Fly Williamson County Regional Airport to Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport, taxi
- Fly from Williamson County Regional Airport (MWA) to Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (SHD)plane MWA - SHD
- Take the taxi from Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (SHD) to Charlottesvilletaxi
12h 20m$303–969Bus to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport, fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Carbondale to St. Louisbus
- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane STL - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to Charlottesvilletrain
9h 59m$300–1,295Bus to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport, fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Carbondale to St. Louisbus
- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane STL - IAD
- Take the train from Alexandria to Charlottesvilletrain
10h 12m$161–986
Carbondale to Charlottesville by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Carbondale to Charlottesville is to bus which costs $90 - $180 and takes 16h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Carbondale to Charlottesville is to fly which takes 5h 4m and costs $140 - $550.
No, there is no direct bus from Carbondale station to Charlottesville station. However, there are services departing from Carbondale Intermodal Station and arriving at Charlottesville Union Station via Nashville Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Carbondale to Charlottesville. However, there are services departing from Carbondale and arriving at Charlottesville via Chicago Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 10m.
The distance between Carbondale and Charlottesville is 769 miles. The road distance is 703.5 miles.
The best way to get from Carbondale to Charlottesville without a car is to bus which takes 16h 35m and costs $90 - $180.
It takes approximately 7h 50m to get from Carbondale to Charlottesville, including transfers.
Carbondale to Charlottesville bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Carbondale Intermodal Station.
Carbondale to Charlottesville train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Carbondale station.
The best way to get from Carbondale to Charlottesville is to bus which takes 16h 35m and costs $90 - $180. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $140 - $340 and takes 27h 10m, you could also fly, which costs $140 - $550 and takes 5h 4m.
What companies run services between Carbondale, IL, USA and Charlottesville, VA, USA?
You can take a bus from Carbondale Intermodal Station to Charlottesville Union Station via Nashville Bus Station in around 16h 35m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Carbondale to Charlottesville via Chicago Union Station in around 27h 10m.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,500
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,600
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,600
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,500
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–650
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Raleigh/Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–650
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Charlottesville via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Charlottesville via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Williamson County Regional Airport to Charlottesville via Chicago O'Hare, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,600
Flights from Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport to Charlottesville via Pensacola, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 4m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Charlottesville via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–650
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Charlottesville via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Williamson County Regional Airport to Charlottesville via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–460
Flights from Williamson County Regional Airport to Charlottesville via Chicago O'Hare, Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–480
Flights from Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport to Charlottesville via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport to Charlottesville via Chicago O'Hare, Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Charlottesville via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–650
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Charlottesville via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Williamson County Regional Airport to Charlottesville via Chicago O'Hare, Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 27m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,500
Flights from Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport to Charlottesville via Pensacola, Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 14m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Williamson County Regional Airport to Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–750
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Carbondale to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Charlottesville
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–270
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Alexandria to Charlottesville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–60
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–70
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Washington Union Station to Charlottesville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–70
- 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 Alexandria to Charlottesville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $14–240
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $14–240
- Business Class
- $60–280
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $4–200
- Business Class
- $45–230
Train from Washington Union Station to Charlottesville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–240
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $15–240
- Business Class
- $65–280
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Carbondale to St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Carbondale to St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Carbondale Intermodal Station to Nashville Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- 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 Nashville Bus Station to Charlottesville Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Estimated price
- $120–180
Ace Taxi
- Phone
- +1 216-361-4700
- Website
- acetaxi.com
1st Call Taxi
- Phone
- +1 540-849-5348
- Website
- 1stcalltaxi.wordpress.com
Checkered Cab Co
- Phone
- +1 540-908-2838
- Website
- facebook.com
ABC Cab Co.
- Phone
- +1 540-564-1214
- Website
- abccabcova.com
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More Questions & Answers
Carbondale to Charlottesville bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at Nashville Bus Station.
Charlottesville is 1h ahead of Carbondale. It is currently 1:14 PM in Carbondale and 2:14 PM in Charlottesville.
Carbondale to Charlottesville train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Carbondale to Charlottesville is 703 miles. It takes approximately 12h 19m to drive from Carbondale to Charlottesville.
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