There are 9 ways to get from Durham to Boston by plane, train (Amtrak), bus (Flixbus), car, train, bus, or bus (Greyhound)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
best- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Boston Logan Airport (BOS)RDU - BOS
3h 58m$120–413Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Durham to Port Authority Bus TerminalGreyhound US0670
- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to South StationNew York
18h 1m$103–250Train via New York (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Durham Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn StationCarolinian
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to BostonAcela
15h 33m$127–1,088Bus via New York
- Take the bus from Durham to New York, NYAugusta / ...
- Take the bus from New York City Chinatown to BostonFlixBus 2611
15h 45m$108–180Drive 687.6 mi
- Drive from Durham to Boston687.6 mi
12h 26m$126–182Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Theodore Francis Green State Airport, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD)RDU - PVD
- Take the train from Providence to South Station
6h 21m$117–895Bus to Richmond International Airport, fly to Boston Logan Airport
- Take the bus from Durham to Richmond
- Fly from Richmond International Airport (RIC) to Boston Logan Airport (BOS)RIC - BOS
6h 43m$140–493Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Manchester Airport, bus
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Manchester Airport (MHT)RDU - MHT
- Take the bus from Boston Manchester Airport to Boston
6h 28m$113–688Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Durham Amtrak Station to Petersburg Amtrak StationCarolinian
- Take the train from Petersburg Amtrak Station to BostonNortheast Regional
16h 24m$105–581
Durham to Boston by train (Amtrak)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Durham to Boston is to bus via New York which costs $100 - $180 and takes 15h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Durham to Boston is to fly which takes 3h 58m and costs $120 - $420.
No, there is no direct bus from Durham to Boston. However, there are services departing from Durham and arriving at Boston via New York City Chinatown. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Durham station to Boston. However, there are services departing from Durham Amtrak Station and arriving at Boston via Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 33m.
The distance between Durham and Boston is 631 miles. The road distance is 691.7 miles.
The best way to get from Durham to Boston without a car is to train via New York which takes 15h 33m and costs $120 - $1,100.
It takes approximately 3h 58m to get from Durham to Boston, including transfers.
Durham to Boston bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Durham station.
Durham to Boston train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Durham Amtrak Station.
The best way to get from Durham to Boston is to fly which takes 3h 58m and costs $120 - $420. Alternatively, you can train via New York, which costs $120 - $1,100 and takes 15h 33m, you could also bus via New York, which costs $100 - $180 and takes 15h 45m.
What companies run services between Durham, NC, USA and Boston, MA, USA?
JetBlue Airways, Delta, and four other airlines fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Boston Logan Airport (BOS) hourly. Alternatively, you can take a train from Durham Amtrak Station to Boston via Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station in around 15h 33m.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–450
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Theodore Francis Green State Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–320
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–420
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Manchester Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–450
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–450
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–450
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Theodore Francis Green State Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–320
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Theodore Francis Green State Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–320
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Theodore Francis Green State Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–420
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–420
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Manchester Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–450
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–420
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–450
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–420
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–460
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Theodore Francis Green State Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–320
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Manchester Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–550
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Theodore Francis Green State Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–290
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–450
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Durham Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–340
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Durham Amtrak Station to Petersburg Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–95
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Coach Seat - Advance Purchase
- $27–50
- Coach Seat short notice purchase
- $25–95
- Business - advance purchase
- $30–170
- Business Class
- $55–240
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
Train from Providence to South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–600
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $10–450
- First Class
- $110–600
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $30–300
- Business Class
- $95–360
Train from Providence to South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–210
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $6–210
- Business Class
- $45–240
Train from Petersburg Amtrak Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–490
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $80–490
- Business Class
- $190–600
- Phone
- +1-617-222-3200
- Website
- mbta.com
Train from Providence to South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–14
- Website
- https://www.mbta.com
- Adult
- $5–14
- Phone
- +1 646-630-7186
- help@wandacoach.com
- Website
- wandacoach.com
Bus from Durham to New York, NY
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- Website
- https://www.wandacoach.com
- Book at
- https://www.gotobus.com/wanda-travel/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from New York City Chinatown to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Durham to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–80
- 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 Durham to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–85
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Boston Manchester Airport to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–35
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Durham to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–180
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- 1-800-343-9999
- Website
- peterpanbus.com
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–60
- Website
- https://peterpanbus.com
- Adult
- $29–60
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More Questions & Answers
Durham to Boston bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Port Authority Bus Terminal station.
Durham to Boston train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Durham to Boston is 692 miles. It takes approximately 12h 26m to drive from Durham to Boston.
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