There are 12 ways to get from Oceanside to Philadelphia by train, plane, train (Amtrak), bus (Greyhound), car, bus, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to San Diego International Airport, fly to Philadelphia International Airport
best- Take the train from Oceanside to San Diego Old Town Transportation Center
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)SAN - PHL
8h 2m$296–368Bus to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Philadelphia International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from 301 Mission Ave STE 205, Oceanside, CA to LAX Terminal 3 Upper Level dropoff
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)LAX - PHL
8h 25m$178–455Train via Washington
- Take the train from Oceanside to Fullerton Amtrak Station
- Take the train from Fullerton Amtrak Station 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
2d 17h$331–2,648Bus (Greyhound)
- Take the bus from Oceanside to Los Angeles Union Station
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Philadelphia
2d 18h$296–695Drive 2,674.4 mi
- Drive from Oceanside to Philadelphia2,674.4 mi
43h 58m$489–705Fly Mcclellan–Palomar Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Fly from Mcclellan–Palomar Airport (CLD) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)CLD - PHL
10h 27m$184–762Train to San Diego International Airport, fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Take the train from Oceanside to San Diego Old Town Transportation Center
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)SAN - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
9h 8m$230–1,520Train to San Diego International Airport, fly to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- Take the train from Oceanside to San Diego Old Town Transportation Center
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)SAN - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Station
9h 29m$296–648Train to San Diego International Airport, fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, train
- Take the train from Oceanside to San Diego Old Town Transportation Center
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)SAN - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
10h 16m$258–1,630Bus to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, train
- Take the bus from 301 Mission Ave STE 205, Oceanside, CA to LAX Terminal 3 Upper Level dropoff
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)LAX - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
10h 42m$340–1,397Train, bus
- Take the train from Oceanside to Riverside - Downtown
- Take the train from Riverside to Chicago Union Station
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Allentown
- Take the bus from Allentown to Philadelphia
2d 18h$439–1,928Train
- Take the train from Oceanside to Fullerton Amtrak Station
- Take the train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to 30th Street Station
3d$321–2,172
Oceanside to Philadelphia by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Oceanside to Philadelphia is to bus and fly which costs $170 - $460 and takes 8h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Oceanside to Philadelphia is to train and fly which takes 8h 2m and costs $290 - $370.
No, there is no direct bus from Oceanside to Philadelphia. However, there are services departing from Oceanside and arriving at Philadelphia via Los Angeles Union Station and St Louis Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 18h.
No, there is no direct train from Oceanside to Philadelphia station. However, there are services departing from Oceanside and arriving at 30th Street Station via Fullerton Amtrak Station, Chicago Union Station, Rockville, Red Line Center Platform and Washington Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 17h.
The distance between Oceanside and Philadelphia is 2430 miles. The road distance is 2690 miles.
The best way to get from Oceanside to Philadelphia without a car is to train via Washington which takes 2 days 17h and costs $330 - $2,700.
It takes approximately 8h 2m to get from Oceanside to Philadelphia, including transfers.
Oceanside to Philadelphia bus services, operated by Greyhound Mexico, depart from Oceanside station.
Oceanside to Philadelphia train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Oceanside station.
The best way to get from Oceanside to Philadelphia is to train via Washington which takes 2 days 17h and costs $330 - $2,700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $290 - $700 and takes 2 days 18h, you could also fly, which costs $180 - $800 and takes 10h 27m.
What companies run services between Oceanside, CA, USA and Philadelphia, PA, USA?
You can take a train from Oceanside to 30th Street Station via Fullerton Amtrak Station, Chicago Union Station, Rockville Amtrak, Rockville, Red Line Center Platform, Union Station, Red Line Center Platform, and Washington Union Station in around 2d 17h. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Oceanside to Philadelphia via Los Angeles Union Station and St Louis Bus Station in around 2d 18h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Pittsburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 29m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Mcclellan–Palomar Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Mcclellan–Palomar Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Mcclellan–Palomar Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Oceanside to San Diego Old Town Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–19
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Oceanside to Fullerton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $19–23
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–1,700
- 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 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
Train from Riverside to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $300–1,700
- 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
- $140–450
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- (800) 371-LINK (5465)
- Website
- metrolinktrains.com
Train from Oceanside to Fullerton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- Passenger
- $10–15
Train from Oceanside to Riverside - Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–19
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- Passenger
- $14–19
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 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
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- $5–8
- Phone
- +1-800-231-2222
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com.mx
Bus from Oceanside to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–45
- Schedules at
- greyhound.com.mx
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $160–360
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–290
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- (323)-776-5467
- hello@laxlinq.com
- Website
- laxlinq.com
Bus from 301 Mission Ave STE 205, Oceanside, CA to LAX Terminal 3 Upper Level dropoff
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- https://laxlinq.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Allentown
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–160
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $95–160
- Phone
- +1 814-574-1827
- Website
- fullingtontours.com
Bus from Allentown to Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.fullingtontours.com
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More Questions & Answers
Oceanside to Philadelphia bus services, operated by Greyhound Mexico, arrive at Los Angeles Union Station.
Philadelphia is 3h ahead of Oceanside. It is currently 1:11 PM in Oceanside and 4:11 PM in Philadelphia.
Oceanside to Philadelphia train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Fullerton Amtrak Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Oceanside to Philadelphia is 2690 miles. It takes approximately 43h 58m to drive from Oceanside to Philadelphia.
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