There are 5 ways to get from Europe to Philadelphia by train, plane, or subway
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Philadelphia International Airport
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane FRA - PHL
14h 46m$788–1,294Train to Frankfurt, fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane FRA - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
16h 8m$391–1,460Train to Frankfurt, fly to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane FRA - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Stationtrain
15h 47m$426–1,041Train to Frankfurt, fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane FRA - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
17h 20m$464–1,083Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Philadelphia International Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane AMS - PHL
18h 47m$567–1,359
Frankfurt (FRA) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Philadelphia is to train and fly which costs $420 - $1,100 and takes 15h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Philadelphia is to train and fly which takes 14h 46m and costs $750 - $1,300.
The distance between Europe and Philadelphia is 4087 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 46m to get from Europe to Philadelphia, including transfers.
Philadelphia is 6h behind Europe. It is currently 2:55 PM in Europe and 8:55 AM in Philadelphia.
There are 1822+ hotels available in Philadelphia.
What companies run services between Europe and Philadelphia, PA, USA?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Philadelphia. However, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), walk to Airport Terminal A, then take the train to Suburban Station. Alternatively, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), walk to Terminal 4, take the vehicle to Jamaica Station, walk to Jamaica, take the train to New York Penn Station, walk to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station, then take the train to 30th Street Station.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Philadelphia International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 53m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Philadelphia International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport via Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Philadelphia International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 53m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Philadelphia International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Philadelphia International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Philadelphia International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Philadelphia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Philadelphia International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Philadelphia International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,200
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Philadelphia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–600
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–230
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $12–230
- Business Class
- $60–270
Train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–220
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $10–220
- Business Class
- $55–260
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–250
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $18–250
- Business Class
- $70–300
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–650
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $30–470
- First Class
- $150–650
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- $5–8
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–100
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–29
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
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