There are 9 ways to get from Philadelphia to Tomball by plane, taxi, train, bus, bus (Greyhound), car, or train (Amtrak)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Philadelphia International Airport, taxi
best- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)plane PHL - IAH
- Take the taxi from Houston-Airport-IAH to Tomballtaxi
5h 56m$168–463Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly, taxi
cheapest- Take the train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)plane BWI - IAH
- Take the taxi from Houston-Airport-IAH to Tomballtaxi
6h 50m$158–403Train, bus
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminaltrain
- Take the bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Downtown Houstonbus
- Take the bus from St Joseph Pkwy @ Louisiana St to Jones Rd @ Tomball Pkwybus 044
39h 34m$359–761Bus (Greyhound)
- Take the bus from Philadelphia to Atlanta Bus Stationbus Greyhound US0670
- Take the bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Houston Bus Stationbus Greyhound US0602
39h 47m$295–526Drive 1,506 mi
- Drive from Philadelphia to Tomballcar 1,506 mi
27h 17m$275–397Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly, taxi
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airporttrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)plane EWR - IAH
- Take the taxi from Houston-Airport-IAH to Tomballtaxi
6h 46m$173–440Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly, taxi
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)plane JFK - IAH
- Take the taxi from Houston-Airport-IAH to Tomballtaxi
7h 47m$201–1,175Train to Laguardia Airport, fly, taxi
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)plane LGA - IAH
- Take the taxi from Houston-Airport-IAH to Tomballtaxi
8h 43m$164–1,172Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminaltrain Crescent
- Take the train from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Houstontrain Sunset Limited
42h 42m$398–880
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Philadelphia to Tomball is to train and fly and taxi which costs $150 - $410 and takes 6h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Philadelphia to Tomball is to fly and taxi which takes 5h 56m and costs $160 - $470.
The distance between Philadelphia and Tomball is 1365 miles. The road distance is 1514.8 miles.
The best way to get from Philadelphia to Tomball without a car is to train and bus which takes 39h 34m and costs $350 - $800.
It takes approximately 5h 56m to get from Philadelphia to Tomball, including transfers.
The best way to get from Philadelphia to Tomball is to bus which takes 39h 47m and costs $290 - $550. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $390 - $900 and takes 42h 42m.
Tomball is 1h behind Philadelphia. It is currently 2:47 PM in Philadelphia and 1:47 PM in Tomball.
Yes, the driving distance between Philadelphia to Tomball is 1515 miles. It takes approximately 27h 17m to drive from Philadelphia to Tomball.
There are 260+ hotels available in Tomball.
What companies run services between Philadelphia, PA, USA and Tomball, TX, USA?
You can take a bus from Philadelphia to Tomball via Atlanta Bus Station, Houston Bus Station, Magnolia Transit Center, Congress St @ Milam St, Capitol St @ Smith St, and Jones Rd @ Tomball Pkwy in around 39h 47m. Alternatively, you can take a train from 30th Street Station to Tomball via New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, Houston, Memorial Dr @ Houston Ave, and Jones Rd @ Tomball Pkwy in around 42h 42m.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–460
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via New Orleans
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–470
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–460
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–460
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Flights from Laguardia Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Laguardia Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 9m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–460
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–460
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–460
Flights from Laguardia Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–460
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–300
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–250
Flights from Laguardia Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–460
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–460
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $280–650
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $17–40
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–190
- 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 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–220
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $10–220
- Business Class
- $55–260
Train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–240
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $14–240
- Business Class
- $60–280
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–230
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $12–230
- Business Class
- $60–270
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- 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 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- 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 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Downtown Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 713-635-4000
- Website
- ridemetro.org
Bus from St Joseph Pkwy @ Louisiana St to Jones Rd @ Tomball Pkwy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–5
- Website
- https://www.ridemetro.org
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Philadelphia to Atlanta Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–250
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Houston Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $130–240
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Estimated price
- $80–100
The Woodlands Transit
- Phone
- +1-281-743-1344
- Website
- thewoodlandstransit.com
Yellow Cab
- Phone
- +1 346-888-8888
- Website
- yellowcabofhouston.com
Quick Cab Service
- Phone
- +1 859-693-2728
- Website
- cabserviceshouston.com
A Reliable Taxi
- Phone
- +1-346-760-3267
- Website
- areliabletaxi.com
The Woodlands Transit
- Phone
- +1-281-743-1344
- Website
- thewoodlandstransit.com
Yellow Cab
- Phone
- +1 346-888-8888
- Website
- yellowcabofhouston.com
Quick Cab Service
- Phone
- +1 859-693-2728
- Website
- cabserviceshouston.com
A Reliable Taxi
- Phone
- +1-346-760-3267
- Website
- areliabletaxi.com
The Woodlands Transit
- Phone
- +1-281-743-1344
- Website
- thewoodlandstransit.com
Yellow Cab
- Phone
- +1 346-888-8888
- Website
- yellowcabofhouston.com
Quick Cab Service
- Phone
- +1 859-693-2728
- Website
- cabserviceshouston.com
A Reliable Taxi
- Phone
- +1-346-760-3267
- Website
- areliabletaxi.com
The Woodlands Transit
- Phone
- +1-281-743-1344
- Website
- thewoodlandstransit.com
Yellow Cab
- Phone
- +1 346-888-8888
- Website
- yellowcabofhouston.com
Quick Cab Service
- Phone
- +1 859-693-2728
- Website
- cabserviceshouston.com
A Reliable Taxi
- Phone
- +1-346-760-3267
- Website
- areliabletaxi.com
The Woodlands Transit
- Phone
- +1-281-743-1344
- Website
- thewoodlandstransit.com
Yellow Cab
- Phone
- +1 346-888-8888
- Website
- yellowcabofhouston.com
Quick Cab Service
- Phone
- +1 859-693-2728
- Website
- cabserviceshouston.com
A Reliable Taxi
- Phone
- +1-346-760-3267
- Website
- areliabletaxi.com
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