There are 9 ways to get from Lowell to Raleigh by train, plane, bus, train (Amtrak), car, or bus (Greyhound, Flixbus)
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Train to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Raleigh-Durham International Airport, line 100 bus
best- Take the train from Lowell to Anderson/Woburntrain
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)plane BOS - RDU
- Take the bus from RDU Airport at Terminal 2 to West St at Raleigh Union Stationbus
6h 3m$142–470Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Lowell to North Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Boston, MA to New York, NYbus
- Take the bus from New York, NY - 127 E. Broadway to 7 Star Tobacco - Raleighbus
16h 32m$69–160Train via New York
- Take the train from Lowell to North Stationtrain
- Take the train from Boston to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Raleigh Union Stationtrain
17h 7m$122–983Drive 695.6 mi
- Drive from Lowell to Raleighcar 695.6 mi
12h 54m$127–184Train, bus to Manchester Airport, fly to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Take the train from Lowell to North Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Boston to Boston Manchester Airportbus
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MHT) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)plane MHT - RDU
7h 48m$160–525Train, train to Theodore Francis Green State Airport, fly to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Take the train from Lowell to North Stationtrain
- Take the train from Back Bay to TF Green Airporttrain
- Fly from Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)plane PVD - RDU
8h 8m$73–272Fly Boston Logan Airport to Richmond International Airport, bus
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Richmond International Airport (RIC)plane BOS - RIC
- Take the bus from Richmond to Raleigh Bus Stationbus
9h$131–657Train
- Take the train from Lowell to North Stationtrain
- Take the train from Boston to Petersburg Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Petersburg Amtrak Station to Raleigh Union Stationtrain
17h 7m$122–563Bus
- Take the bus from Robert B Kennedy Bus Transfer Center to Bostonbus
- Take the bus from Boston to Richmondbus
- Take the bus from Richmond to Raleigh Bus Stationbus
18h 30m$106–164
Lowell to Raleigh by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lowell to Raleigh is to train and bus which costs $65 - $160 and takes 16h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Lowell to Raleigh is to train and fly and line 100 bus which takes 6h 3m and costs $140 - $470.
No, there is no direct bus from Lowell to Raleigh station. However, there are services departing from Robert B Kennedy Bus Transfer Center and arriving at GoRaleigh Station via Boston, Richmond and Capital Blvd at Crabtree Blvd. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Lowell to Raleigh station. However, there are services departing from Lowell and arriving at Raleigh Union Station via North Station, Boston and Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 7m.
The distance between Lowell and Raleigh is 658 miles. The road distance is 699.7 miles.
The best way to get from Lowell to Raleigh without a car is to train and bus which takes 16h 32m and costs $65 - $160.
It takes approximately 6h 3m to get from Lowell to Raleigh, including transfers.
Lowell to Raleigh bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Robert B Kennedy Bus Transfer Center station.
Lowell to Raleigh train services, operated by MBTA, depart from Lowell station.
The best way to get from Lowell to Raleigh is to train via New York which takes 17h 7m and costs $120 - $1,000. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $100 - $170 and takes 18h 30m.
What companies run services between Lowell, MA, USA and Raleigh, NC, USA?
You can take a train from Lowell to Raleigh Union Station via North Station, North Station, Back Bay, Boston, and Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station in around 17h 7m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Robert B Kennedy Bus Transfer Center to GoRaleigh Station via Boston, Richmond, Richmond, Raleigh Bus Station, and Capital Blvd at Crabtree Blvd in around 18h 30m.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–410
Flights from Manchester Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Manchester Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Manchester Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–310
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–310
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–350
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Richmond International Airport via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–420
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Richmond International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–420
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–410
Flights from Manchester Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–310
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Richmond International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $70–430
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–400
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–410
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Richmond International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–420
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Richmond International Airport via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–420
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–410
Flights from Manchester Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–320
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Richmond International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–430
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Richmond International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–420
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–400
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–310
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Richmond International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–420
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–490
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–240
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–400
- Phone
- +1-617-222-3200
- Website
- mbta.com
Train from Lowell to Anderson/Woburn
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–8
- Website
- https://www.mbta.com
- Adult
- $3–8
Train from Lowell to North Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–11
- Website
- https://www.mbta.com
- Adult
- $4–11
Train from Back Bay to TF Green Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–16
- Website
- https://www.mbta.com
- Adult
- $6–16
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Boston to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $30–300
- Business Class
- $95–360
Train from Boston to Petersburg Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $80–490
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $80–490
- Business Class
- $190–600
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Boston to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Raleigh Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $85–220
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Petersburg Amtrak Station to Raleigh Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 919 485 7433
- customerservice@gotriangle.org
- Website
- gotriangle.org
Bus from RDU Airport at Terminal 2 to West St at Raleigh Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- https://gotriangle.org/
- Schedules at
- https://gotriangle.org/maps-schedules/gotriangle
- Seniors 65+, youth 12 and under
- $0
- disabled, medicare
- $1
- Regular one-way fare
- $3
- Phone
- +1-844-800-6828
- pr@ourbus.com
- Website
- ourbus.com
Bus from Boston, MA to New York, NY
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–75
- Website
- https://www.ourbus.com
- Phone
- +1 617-681-0820
- support@coachrun.com
- Website
- coachrun.com
Bus from New York, NY - 127 E. Broadway to 7 Star Tobacco - Raleigh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- https://www.coachrun.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Boston to Boston Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Richmond to Raleigh Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Robert B Kennedy Bus Transfer Center to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $10–12
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Richmond to Raleigh Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Boston to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
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More Questions & Answers
Lowell to Raleigh bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Boston station.
Lowell to Raleigh train services, operated by MBTA, arrive at North Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lowell to Raleigh is 700 miles. It takes approximately 12h 54m to drive from Lowell to Raleigh.
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