There are 7 ways to get from Melbourne to Rochester by plane, bus, or train
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Fly to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)plane MEL - BUF
- Take the bus from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Rochester Bus Stopbus
26h 39m$779–2,734Fly to Elmira/Corning Regional Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Elmira/Corning Regional Airport (ELM)plane MEL - ELM
- Take the bus from Corning, Ny to Rochesterbus
33h 26m$543–1,992Fly to Syracuse Hancock International Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR)plane MEL - SYR
- Take the train from Syracuse Regional Transportation Center to Rochestertrain
29h 10m$1,143–4,106Fly to Rochester
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Rochester (ROC)plane MEL - ROC
24h 36m$1,034–3,738Fly to Toronto Pearson International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)plane MEL - YYZ
- Take the bus from Union Stn Bus Terminal, 81 Bay St at Lakeshore Blvd, 2nd Floor to Bus Terminalbus
- Take the train from Niagara Falls Amtrak Station to Rochestertrain
27h 47m$907–1,653Fly to Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (ITH)plane MEL - ITH
- Take the bus from Ithaca to Rochester, Nybus
30h 6m$589–2,074Fly to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport (CLE)plane MEL - CLE
- Take the train from Cleveland Amtrak to Rochestertrain
29h 2m$802–2,632
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Rochester is to fly and bus and train which costs $900 - $1,700 and takes 27h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Rochester is to fly which takes 24h 36m and costs $1,000 - $3,800.
The distance between Melbourne and Rochester is 10275 miles.
It takes approximately 26h 39m to get from Melbourne to Rochester, including transfers.
Rochester is 15h behind Melbourne. It is currently 6:22 AM in Melbourne and 3:22 PM in Rochester.
There are 179+ hotels available in Rochester.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Rochester, NY, USA?
United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Rochester (ROC) 4 times a week.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via San Francisco, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport via Los Angeles, Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport via San Francisco, Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–3,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 19m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–3,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via San Francisco, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Los Angeles, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 18m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Elmira/Corning Regional Airport via Los Angeles, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Elmira/Corning Regional Airport via San Francisco, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via San Francisco, Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Rochester via San Francisco, Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Rochester via Los Angeles, Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 22m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,700
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 56m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–2,200
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Syracuse Regional Transportation Center to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Niagara Falls Amtrak Station to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Cleveland Amtrak to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $130–210
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- VIA Rail
Train from Syracuse Regional Transportation Center to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–160
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $21–70
- Business
- $50–150
- Business Plus
- $60–160
- Economy
- $23–80
- Economy Plus
- $26–85
Train from Niagara Falls Amtrak Station to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–170
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $25–80
- Business
- $55–160
- Business Plus
- $65–170
- Economy
- $28–85
- Economy Plus
- $30–95
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Rochester Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1 866 488 4452
- questions@ca.megabus.com
- Website
- Megabus
Bus from Union Stn Bus Terminal, 81 Bay St at Lakeshore Blvd, 2nd Floor to Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–55
- Website
- Megabus
- Adult Advanced Booking
- $7–45
- Adult Standard
- $16–55
- Phone
- +1 800-858-8555
- Website
- Trailways
Bus from Corning, Ny to Rochester
- Saver
- $23–65
- Flexible
- $45–70
Bus from Ithaca to Rochester, Ny
- Saver
- $20–55
- Flexible
- $40–55
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