There are 12 ways to get from Palmdale to Philadelphia by train, plane, bus, train (Amtrak), car, or subway
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Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Philadelphia International Airport
best- Take the train from Palmdale Station to L.A. Union Station
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)LAX - PHL
9h 21m$153–419Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Palmdale Station to L.A. Union Station
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)LAX - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Station
10h 47m$128–589Train, bus
- Take the train from Palmdale Station to L.A. 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$282–655Train via Washington
- Take the train from Palmdale Station to L.A. Union 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 19h$334–2,645Drive 2,656.8 mi
- Drive from Palmdale to Philadelphia2,656.8 mi
43h 8m$485–701Train to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, fly to Philadelphia International Airport
- Take the train from Palmdale Station to Burbank - Downtown
- Fly from Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)BUR - PHL
10h 47m$191–476Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Take the train from Palmdale Station to L.A. Union Station
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)LAX - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
10h 36m$157–1,071Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Take the train from Palmdale Station to L.A. Union Station
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)LAX - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
11h 14m$898–1,748Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, train
- Take the train from Palmdale Station to L.A. Union Station
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)LAX - DCA
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
11h 5m$295–1,786Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, train
- Take the train from Palmdale Station to L.A. Union Station
- 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
11h 38m$345–1,341Train, bus via Chicago
- Take the train from Palmdale Station to L.A. Union Station
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Station
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Allentown
- Take the bus from Allentown to Philadelphia
2d 19h$327–1,725Train
- Take the train from Palmdale Station to L.A. Union Station
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to 30th Street Station
3d 1h$332–1,955
Palmdale to Philadelphia by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palmdale to Philadelphia is to train and fly which costs $150 - $420 and takes 9h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Palmdale to Philadelphia is to train and fly which takes 9h 21m and costs $150 - $420.
No, there is no direct train from Palmdale station to Philadelphia station. However, there are services departing from Palmdale Station and arriving at 30th Street Station via L.A. Union Station, Fullerton Amtrak Station, Chicago Union Station, Rockville, Red Line Center Platform and Washington Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 19h.
The distance between Palmdale and Philadelphia is 2503 miles. The road distance is 2672.3 miles.
The best way to get from Palmdale to Philadelphia without a car is to train and bus which takes 2 days 18h and costs $280 - $700.
It takes approximately 9h 21m to get from Palmdale to Philadelphia, including transfers.
Palmdale to Philadelphia train services, operated by Metrolink Trains, depart from Palmdale Station.
Philadelphia is 3h ahead of Palmdale. It is currently 7:21 AM in Palmdale and 10:21 AM in Philadelphia.
Palmdale to Philadelphia train services, operated by Metrolink Trains, arrive at L.A. Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Palmdale to Philadelphia is 2672 miles. It takes approximately 43h 8m to drive from Palmdale to Philadelphia.
What companies run services between Palmdale, CA, USA and Philadelphia, PA, USA?
You can take a train from Palmdale Station to 30th Street Station via L.A. Union Station, Fullerton, 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 19h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- aa.com
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 2m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–460
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–460
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–340
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
- Phone
- (800) 371-LINK (5465)
- Website
- metrolinktrains.com
Train from Palmdale Station to L.A. Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- Passenger
- $11–16
Train from Palmdale Station to Burbank - Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- Passenger
- $10–14
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $190–1,700
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Rockville Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–270
- 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
- $23–270
- 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
- $22–310
- 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 Los Angeles to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $190–1,500
- 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
- $130–440
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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
- +1 202 466 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
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
- $150–350
- 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
- +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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