There are 12 ways to get from Pleasanton to Philadelphia by subway, plane, train, bus, train (Amtrak), or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Philadelphia International Airport
best- Take the subway from Dublin / Pleasanton to Daly Citysubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane SFO - PHL
8h 29m$219–626Fly Oakland International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane OAK - PHL
9h 5m$188–513Train, bus
- Take the train from Pleasanton Station to San Jose Station Diridontrain
- Take the bus from San Jose Diridon Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Philadelphia Bus Stationbus
3d 1h$558–905Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Richmond to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Rockville Amtraktrain
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
3d 2h$1,789–2,883Drive 2,873.2 mi
- Drive from Pleasanton to Philadelphiacar 2,873.2 mi
45h 5m$525–758Train to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Philadelphia International Airport
- Take the train from Pleasanton Station to Santa Clara Stationtrain
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane SJC - PHL
9h 38m$203–817Train to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Take the train from Pleasanton Station to Santa Clara Stationtrain
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane SJC - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Stationtrain
9h 20m$215–1,415BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Take the subway from Dublin / Pleasanton to Daly Citysubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane SFO - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Stationtrain
9h 47m$191–1,124BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Take the subway from Dublin / Pleasanton to Daly Citysubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane SFO - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
9h 56m$241–1,131BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, train
- Take the subway from Dublin / Pleasanton to Daly Citysubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane SFO - DCA
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
10h$231–609BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- Take the subway from Dublin / Pleasanton to Daly Citysubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane SFO - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Stationtrain
10h 5m$247–592Train via Los Angeles
- Take the train from Pleasanton Station to San Jose Station Diridontrain
- Take the train from San Jose to Los Angelestrain
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
3d 12h$1,988–3,170
Pleasanton to Philadelphia by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Pleasanton to Philadelphia is to BART and fly which costs $210 - $650 and takes 8h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Pleasanton to Philadelphia is to BART and fly which takes 8h 29m and costs $210 - $650.
No, there is no direct train from Pleasanton to Philadelphia station. However, there are services departing from Dublin / Pleasanton and arriving at 30th Street Station via Bay Fair, Richmond, Chicago Union Station, Rockville, Red Line Center Platform and Washington Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 2h.
The distance between Pleasanton and Philadelphia is 2587 miles. The road distance is 2889.9 miles.
The best way to get from Pleasanton to Philadelphia without a car is to train and bus which takes 3 days 1h and costs $550 - $950.
It takes approximately 8h 29m to get from Pleasanton to Philadelphia, including transfers.
Pleasanton to Philadelphia train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Richmond station.
The best way to get from Pleasanton to Philadelphia is to train which takes 3 days 2h and costs $1,700 - $2,900. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $180 - $550 and takes 9h 5m.
Philadelphia is 3h ahead of Pleasanton. It is currently 7:36 AM in Pleasanton and 10:36 AM in Philadelphia.
Pleasanton to Philadelphia train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
What companies run services between Pleasanton, CA, USA and Philadelphia, PA, USA?
You can take a subway from Dublin / Pleasanton to 30th Street Station via Bay Fair, Richmond, Richmond, Chicago Union Station, Rockville Amtrak, Rockville, Red Line Center Platform, Union Station, Red Line Center Platform, and Washington Union Station in around 3d 2h. Alternatively, Southwest Airlines, Delta, and Frontier Airlines fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Monday, Sunday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Tuesday to Monday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–450
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–450
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–460
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–420
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–420
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–450
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–420
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–490
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–600
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–500
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- BART
Subway from Dublin / Pleasanton to Daly City
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- BART
Subway from Dublin / Pleasanton to Daly City
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- BART
Subway from Dublin / Pleasanton to Daly City
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- BART
Subway from Dublin / Pleasanton to Daly City
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- BART
Subway from Dublin / Pleasanton to Daly City
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- BART
- Phone
- +1 800-411-7245
- Website
- Ace
Train from Pleasanton Station to San Jose Station Diridon
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–10
- Website
- Ace
Train from Pleasanton Station to Santa Clara Station
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- Ace
Train from Pleasanton Station to Santa Clara Station
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- Ace
Train from Pleasanton Station to San Jose Station Diridon
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–10
- Website
- Ace
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Richmond to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,300–2,100
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Rockville Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $410–650
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from San Jose to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $230–360
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,200–1,900
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $550–900
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–650
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $30–470
- First Class
- $150–650
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–650
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $24–460
- First Class
- $140–650
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–650
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $24–460
- First Class
- $140–650
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–650
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $30–470
- First Class
- $150–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from San Jose Diridon Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $340–550
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Philadelphia Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $160–250
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from San Jose Diridon Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
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