There are 10 ways to get from Indianapolis to Utica by plane, bus, train, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), car, or train (Amtrak)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Indianapolis to Syracuse Hancock International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR)plane IND - SYR
- Take the bus from Syracuse Airport, NY to Utica, NYbus
7h 19m$152–807Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Indianapolis, IN to Toledobus Cincinnati
- Take the train from Toledo to Utica Amtrak Stationtrain Lake Shore Limited
14h 1m$97–270Bus
- Take the bus from Indianapolis Union Station to Cincinnati Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Cincinnati, OH to Buffalo, NYbus
- Take the bus from Buffalo to Syracuse Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Syracuse to Uticabus 253
17h 50m$110–254Drive 685.2 mi
- Drive from Indianapolis to Uticacar 685.2 mi
11h 53m$126–181Fly Indianapolis to Albany County Airport, train
- Fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Albany County Airport (ALB)plane IND - ALB
- Take the train from Schenectady to Utica Amtrak Stationtrain
9h 24m$134–741Fly Indianapolis to Laguardia Airport, train
- Fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Laguardia Airport (LGA)plane IND - LGA
- Take the train from New York Penn Station to Uticatrain
10h 6m$160–488Fly Indianapolis to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Fly from Indianapolis (IND) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane IND - JFK
- Take the train from New York Penn Station to Uticatrain
10h 5m$120–521Fly Indianapolis to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- Fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane IND - EWR
- Take the train from New York Penn Station to Uticatrain
10h 10m$112–360Bus to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Syracuse Hancock International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Indianapolis to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR)plane ORD - SYR
- Take the bus from Syracuse Airport, NY to Utica, NYbus
9h 32m$160–729Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Indianapolis to Chicago Union Stationtrain Cardinal
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Utica Amtrak Stationtrain Lake Shore Limited
20h 7m$136–323
Indianapolis to Utica by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Indianapolis to Utica is to drive which costs $120 - $190 and takes 11h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Indianapolis to Utica is to fly and bus which takes 7h 19m and costs $150 - $850.
No, there is no direct bus from Indianapolis station to Utica. However, there are services departing from Indianapolis Union Station and arriving at Utica via Cincinnati, OH, Buffalo and Syracuse. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Indianapolis to Utica station. However, there are services departing from Indianapolis and arriving at Utica Amtrak Station via Chicago Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 7m.
The distance between Indianapolis and Utica is 650 miles. The road distance is 689.2 miles.
The best way to get from Indianapolis to Utica without a car is to bus and train which takes 14h 1m and costs $95 - $270.
It takes approximately 7h 19m to get from Indianapolis to Utica, including transfers.
Indianapolis to Utica bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Indianapolis Union Station.
Indianapolis to Utica train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Indianapolis station.
The best way to get from Indianapolis to Utica is to bus which takes 17h 50m and costs $110 - $260. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $130 - $330 and takes 20h 7m.
What companies run services between Indianapolis, IN, USA and Utica, NY, USA?
You can take a bus from Indianapolis Union Station to Utica via Cincinnati Bus Station, Cincinnati, OH, Buffalo, NY, Buffalo, and Syracuse in around 17h 50m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Indianapolis to Utica Amtrak Station via Chicago Union Station in around 20h 7m.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–850
Flights from Indianapolis to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–850
Flights from Indianapolis to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–850
Flights from Indianapolis to Albany County Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Indianapolis to Albany County Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Indianapolis to Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–390
Flights from Indianapolis to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–400
Flights from Indianapolis to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–410
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–750
Flights from Indianapolis to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–850
Flights from Indianapolis to Albany County Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–650
Flights from Indianapolis to Albany County Airport via Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Indianapolis to Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–390
Flights from Indianapolis to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–400
Flights from Indianapolis to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–460
Flights from Indianapolis to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Raleigh/Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–440
Flights from Indianapolis to Newark Liberty International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–360
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–850
Flights from Indianapolis to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–850
Flights from Indianapolis to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–850
Flights from Indianapolis to Albany County Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Indianapolis to Laguardia Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–400
Flights from Indianapolis to Laguardia Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–410
Flights from Indianapolis to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–350
Flights from Indianapolis to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–380
Flights from Indianapolis to Newark Liberty International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–360
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–850
Flights from Indianapolis to Laguardia Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–410
Flights from Indianapolis to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–380
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–600
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Albany County Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Indianapolis to Laguardia Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–430
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–230
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Toledo to Utica Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $75–210
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Schenectady to Utica Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Indianapolis to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Utica Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $100–250
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
Train from Schenectady to Utica Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–85
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $20–85
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $20–65
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $18–30
Train from New York Penn Station to Utica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–100
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $45–100
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $45–80
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $35–55
- Phone
- +1-844-800-6828
- pr@ourbus.com
- Website
- ourbus.com
Bus from Syracuse Airport, NY to Utica, NY
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $20–55
- Website
- https://www.ourbus.com
- Phone
- +1 888-378-3823
- info@baronsbus.com
- Website
- baronsbus.com
Bus from Indianapolis, IN to Toledo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–65
- Website
- https://baronsbus.com
Bus from Cincinnati, OH to Buffalo, NY
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–95
- Website
- https://baronsbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Indianapolis Union Station to Cincinnati Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–75
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Buffalo to Syracuse Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Syracuse to Utica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–18
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Buffalo to Syracuse Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–40
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Syracuse to Utica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $14–19
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Indianapolis to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 800-858-8555
- Website
- trailways.com
Bus from Buffalo to Syracuse Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Website
- https://trailways.com
- Schedules at
- https://trailways.com/schedules/
Bus from Syracuse to Utica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–40
- Website
- https://trailways.com
- Schedules at
- https://trailways.com/schedules/
- Saver
- $16–29
- Flexible
- $29–40
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More Questions & Answers
Indianapolis to Utica bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Cincinnati Bus Station.
Indianapolis to Utica train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Indianapolis to Utica is 689 miles. It takes approximately 11h 53m to drive from Indianapolis to Utica.
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