There are 10 ways to get from Memphis to Philadelphia by plane, bus (Flixbus), bus, train, car, or bus (Greyhound)
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Fly to Philadelphia International Airport
best- Fly from Memphis (MEM) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)MEM - PHL
4h 37m$181–701Fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Memphis (MEM) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)MEM - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
5h 41m$115–1,053Bus
- Take the bus from Memphis - Summer Ave to New YorkMemphis
- Take the bus from New York City Chinatown to PhiladelphiaFlixBus 2608
24h 51m$146–211Bus, train
- Take the bus from Tornado Bus Co - West Memphis to Anna - Shell
- Take the train from Carbondale to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Rockville Amtrak
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
30h 36m$313–1,282Drive 993.1 mi
- Drive from Memphis to Philadelphia993.1 mi
17h 2m$182–262Fly to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, train
- Fly from Memphis (MEM) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)MEM - DCA
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
6h 9m$223–1,758Fly to Laguardia Airport, train
- Fly from Memphis (MEM) to Laguardia Airport (LGA)MEM - LGA
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
6h 44m$196–1,047Fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Fly from Memphis (MEM) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)MEM - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
6h 44m$136–1,170Fly to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- Fly from Memphis (MEM) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)MEM - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Station
6h 27m$121–651Bus via Nashville (Greyhound)
- Take the bus from Memphis Bus Station to Nashville Bus Station
- Take the bus from Nashville Bus Station to Baltimore Downtown Bus Station
- Take the bus from Baltimore Downtown Bus Station to Philadelphia
25h 48m$153–301
Memphis to Philadelphia by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Memphis to Philadelphia is to bus which costs $140 - $220 and takes 24h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Memphis to Philadelphia is to fly which takes 4h 37m and costs $180 - $700.
No, there is no direct bus from Memphis to Philadelphia. However, there are services departing from William Hudson Transit Center and arriving at Philadelphia via Memphis - Summer Ave and New York City Chinatown. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 51m.
The distance between Memphis and Philadelphia is 899 miles. The road distance is 998.9 miles.
The best way to get from Memphis to Philadelphia without a car is to bus which takes 24h 51m and costs $140 - $220.
It takes approximately 4h 37m to get from Memphis to Philadelphia, including transfers.
Memphis to Philadelphia bus services, operated by Wanda Coach, depart from Memphis - Summer Ave station.
The best way to get from Memphis to Philadelphia is to fly which takes 4h 37m and costs $180 - $700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $140 - $220 and takes 24h 51m.
Memphis to Philadelphia bus services, operated by Wanda Coach, arrive at New York station.
Philadelphia is 1h ahead of Memphis. It is currently 2:05 PM in Memphis and 3:05 PM in Philadelphia.
What companies run services between Memphis, TN, USA and Philadelphia, PA, USA?
American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and Delta fly from Memphis (MEM) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from William Hudson Transit Center to Philadelphia via SUMMER AVENUE at WHITE STATION ROAD, Memphis - Summer Ave, New York, and New York City Chinatown in around 24h 51m.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Memphis to Philadelphia International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Memphis to Philadelphia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Memphis to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Memphis to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Memphis to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–1,100
Flights from Memphis to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,200
Flights from Memphis to Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Memphis to Laguardia Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Memphis to Laguardia Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Memphis to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Memphis to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Memphis to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Memphis to Newark Liberty International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Flights from Memphis to Newark Liberty International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–500
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Memphis to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Memphis to Philadelphia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Memphis to Philadelphia International Airport via Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Memphis to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,100
Flights from Memphis to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,200
Flights from Memphis to Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Memphis to Laguardia Airport via Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Memphis to Laguardia Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Memphis to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Memphis to Newark Liberty International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–490
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Memphis to Philadelphia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Memphis to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Memphis to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Memphis to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Memphis to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,100
Flights from Memphis to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
Flights from Memphis to Laguardia Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Memphis to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–470
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Carbondale to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–120
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Rockville Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–270
- 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
- $26–270
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–270
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–320
- 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
- $10–65
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Coach Seat - Advance Purchase
- $18–29
- Coach Seat short notice purchase
- $10–65
- Business - advance purchase
- $13–95
- Business Class
- $23–180
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
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.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $18–250
- Business Class
- $70–300
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–240
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $14–240
- Business Class
- $60–280
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.html
- 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.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $10–220
- Business Class
- $55–260
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 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
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–650
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $24–460
- First Class
- $140–650
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
- Phone
- +1 646-630-7186
- help@wandacoach.com
- Website
- wandacoach.com
Bus from Memphis - Summer Ave to New York
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130–180
- Website
- https://www.wandacoach.com
- Book at
- https://www.gotobus.com/wanda-travel/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from New York City Chinatown to Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–30
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 888 358 6762
- info@tornadobus.com
- Website
- tornadobus.com
Bus from Tornado Bus Co - West Memphis to Anna - Shell
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–150
- Schedules at
- tornadobus.com
- Adults 11-59
- $50–150
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Memphis Bus Station to Nashville Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–110
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Nashville Bus Station to Baltimore Downtown Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–160
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Baltimore Downtown Bus Station to Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–30
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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