There are 11 ways to get from Madison to Philadelphia by plane, bus, train, bus (Flixbus), car, 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 Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Philadelphia International Airport
best- Fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane MSN - PHL
4h 29m$155–855Fly Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane MSN - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Stationtrain
6h 3m$119–602Bus, train via Washington
- Take the bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Milwaukee, WI - Amtrakbus
- Take the train from Milwaukee to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Rockville Amtraktrain
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
24h 23m$282–631Bus
- Take the bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to W Jackson Blvd, after S Clinton Stbus Van Galder
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Philadelphia Bus Stationbus FlixBus N2642
25h 17m$146–266Drive 904 mi
- Drive from Madison to Philadelphiacar 904 mi
14h 56m$165–239Bus to General Mitchell International Airport, fly to Philadelphia International Airport
- Take the bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Mitchell Airportbus
- Fly from General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane MKE - PHL
6h$175–922Fly Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Laguardia Airport, train
- Fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Laguardia Airport (LGA)plane MSN - LGA
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
6h 9m$155–1,308Bus to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Philadelphia International Airport
- Take the bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 1 Departuresbus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane ORD - PHL
6h 54m$137–403Fly Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, train
- Fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane MSN - DCA
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
5h 52m$231–1,194Bus via Baltimore
- Take the bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to W Jackson Blvd, after S Clinton Stbus
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Baltimore Downtown Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Baltimore Greyhound Garage to Philadelphia Bus Stationbus
28h 42m$175–356Bus, train
- Take the bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to W Jackson Blvd, after S Clinton Stbus Van Galder
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain Cardinal
30h 56m$326–706
Madison to Philadelphia by bus, train, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madison to Philadelphia is to bus which costs $140 - $270 and takes 25h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Madison to Philadelphia is to fly which takes 4h 29m and costs $150 - $900.
No, there is no direct bus from Madison to Philadelphia station. However, there are services departing from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus and arriving at Philadelphia Bus Station via Chicago Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 17m.
The distance between Madison and Philadelphia is 783 miles. The road distance is 909.3 miles.
The best way to get from Madison to Philadelphia without a car is to bus and train via Washington which takes 24h 23m and costs $280 - $650.
It takes approximately 4h 29m to get from Madison to Philadelphia, including transfers.
Madison to Philadelphia bus services, operated by Rockland Coaches, depart from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus station.
The best way to get from Madison to Philadelphia is to fly which takes 4h 29m and costs $150 - $900. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $140 - $270 and takes 25h 17m.
Madison to Philadelphia bus services, operated by Rockland Coaches, arrive at W Jackson Blvd, after S Clinton St station.
Philadelphia is 1h ahead of Madison. It is currently 3:44 PM in Madison and 4:44 PM in Philadelphia.
What companies run services between Madison, WI, USA and Philadelphia, PA, USA?
American Airlines, Delta, and United Airlines fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) every 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to Philadelphia Bus Station via W Jackson Blvd, after S Clinton St and Chicago Bus Station in around 25h 17m.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–850
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–850
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Philadelphia International Airport via Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–850
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–900
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–950
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–950
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Laguardia Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Laguardia Airport via Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Laguardia Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–500
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–1,100
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–1,100
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Newark Liberty International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–850
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–950
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Laguardia Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–500
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–1,100
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,300
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Newark Liberty International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Philadelphia International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–850
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Philadelphia International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–900
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Laguardia Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–1,100
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–1,100
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,300
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Newark Liberty International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Newark Liberty International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–950
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,200
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,200
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–500
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Milwaukee to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Rockville Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $210–460
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $300–650
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
- Phone
- +1 414-266-4409
- ticketinfo@badgerbus.com
- Website
- badgerbus.com
Bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Milwaukee, WI - Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–30
- Website
- https://badgerbus.com
Bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Mitchell Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- https://badgerbus.com
- Phone
- +1-858-800-8898
- Website
- jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Milwaukee, WI - Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–40
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
- Adult
- $29–40
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Milwaukee, WI - Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–18
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Philadelphia Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Mitchell Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–20
- 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 Madison, WI-Lake St. to Milwaukee, WI - Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–25
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Baltimore Downtown Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $120–240
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Baltimore Greyhound Garage to Philadelphia Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–60
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (866) 912 - 6224
- questions@coachusa.com
- Website
- coachusa.com
Bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to W Jackson Blvd, after S Clinton St
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–60
- Schedules at
- coachusa.com
- Adult
- $26–60
Bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 1 Departures
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Schedules at
- coachusa.com
- Adult
- $23–50
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