There are 9 ways to get from Portland to Bowdoin College by plane, bus, train (Amtrak), car, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Portland, bus
best- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Portland (PWM)plane PDX - PWM
- Take the bus from Congress St + Maine Med to Bowdoin Collegebus
11h 50m$237–1,011Fly to Rockland, Amtrak Thruway
cheapest- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Rockland (RKD)plane PDX - RKD
- Take the bus from Maine State Ferry Terminal - Rockland to Brunswick, MEbus
13h 50m$185–762Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Portland to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Bostontrain
- Take the train from Boston to Brunswick Amtrak Stationtrain
3d 1h$372–1,252Drive 2,945.2 mi
- Drive from Portland to Bowdoin Collegecar 2,945.2 mi
2d 6h$538–777Fly to Boston Logan Airport, train
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Boston Logan Airport (BOS)plane PDX - BOS
- Take the train from Woburn Amtrak Station to Brunswick Amtrak Stationtrain
11h 55m$298–1,153Fly to Augusta State Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Augusta State Airport (AUG)plane PDX - AUG
- Take the bus from Augusta Transportation Center to Portland Transportation Centerbus
- Take the train from Portland to Brunswick Amtrak Stationtrain
13h 18m$227–877Fly to Manchester Airport, bus, Amtrak Thruway
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Manchester Airport (MHT)plane PDX - MHT
- Take the bus from Boston Manchester Airport to Bostonbus
- Take the bus from South Station to Brunswick, MEbus
15h 33m$331–1,267Fly to Bangor, bus, train
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Bangor (BGR)plane PDX - BGR
- Take the bus from Bangor Transportation Center to Portland Transportation Centerbus
- Take the train from Portland to Brunswick Amtrak Stationtrain
14h 55m$275–1,159Bus, train
- Take the bus from Portland Curbside Bus Stop to Vancouverbus
- Take the train from Vancouver to Toronto Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Toronto Union Station to New York Penn Stationtrain
- Take the bus from New York Midtown to City of Portlandbus
- Take the bus from Congress St + Maine Med to Bowdoin Collegebus
5d 6h$417–754
Portland to Bowdoin College by train, subway, and foot (Amtrak)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Portland to Bowdoin College is to fly and Amtrak Thruway which costs $180 - $800 and takes 13h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Portland to Bowdoin College is to fly and bus which takes 11h 50m and costs $230 - $1,100.
No, there is no direct train from Portland to Bowdoin College station. However, there are services departing from Portland and arriving at Brunswick Amtrak Station via Chicago Union Station, Back Bay and Boston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 1h.
The distance between Portland and Bowdoin College is 2590 miles. The road distance is 2962.3 miles.
The best way to get from Portland to Bowdoin College without a car is to train which takes 3 days 1h and costs $370 - $1,300.
It takes approximately 11h 50m to get from Portland to Bowdoin College, including transfers.
Portland to Bowdoin College train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Portland station.
Bowdoin College is 3h ahead of Portland. It is currently 4:14 PM in Portland and 7:14 PM in Bowdoin College.
Portland to Bowdoin College train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Portland to Bowdoin College is 2962 miles. It takes approximately 2 days 6h to drive from Portland to Bowdoin College.
What companies run services between Portland, OR, USA and Bowdoin College, ME, USA?
You can take a train from Portland to Bowdoin College via Chicago Union Station, Boston, Back Bay, North Station, Boston, and Brunswick Amtrak Station in around 3d 1h.
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Rockland via Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Portland International Airport to Rockland via Chicago Midway, Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Portland International Airport to Rockland via Minneapolis, Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 11m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Portland International Airport to Rockland via Detroit, Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Portland International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Augusta State Airport via Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Portland International Airport to Augusta State Airport via Minneapolis, Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 39m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Portland via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Portland via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Portland via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 13m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Portland International Airport to Manchester Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Portland International Airport to Bangor via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Bangor via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
- Website
- capeair.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Rockland via Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Portland International Airport to Rockland via Chicago Midway, Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Portland International Airport to Rockland via Minneapolis, Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 11m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Portland International Airport to Rockland via Detroit, Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Portland International Airport to Augusta State Airport via Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Portland International Airport to Augusta State Airport via Minneapolis, Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 39m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Portland via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 9m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Portland via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Bangor via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 19m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Portland via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Manchester Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Portland International Airport to Manchester Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Portland International Airport to Bangor via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Portland International Airport to Bangor via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Portland via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Manchester Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Portland International Airport to Bangor via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 53m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Bangor via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Portland via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Portland via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Manchester Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Portland International Airport to Manchester Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Portland to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 46h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $240–550
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $85–700
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Boston to Brunswick Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $37–41
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Woburn Amtrak Station to Brunswick Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $36–41
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Portland to Brunswick Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
Train from Vancouver to Toronto Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 20h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $260–460
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $260–460
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $350–460
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $340–400
Train from Toronto Union Station to New York Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $95–130
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $95–120
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $75–95
- Phone
- +1 207-774-0351
- Website
- gpmetro.org
Bus from Congress St + Maine Med to Bowdoin College
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Schedules at
- gpmetro.org
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Thruway
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Maine State Ferry Terminal - Rockland to Brunswick, ME
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Adult
- $12–45
Bus from Augusta Transportation Center to Portland Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Adult
- $13–45
Bus from South Station to Brunswick, ME
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Adult
- $25–45
Bus from Bangor Transportation Center to Portland Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $25–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Adult
- $25–45
- Phone
- +1 800 639 3317
- info@concordcoachlines.com
- Website
- concordcoachlines.com
Bus from Maine State Ferry Terminal - Rockland to Brunswick, ME
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–15
- Website
- https://concordcoachlines.com
Bus from Augusta Transportation Center to Portland Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–17
- Website
- https://concordcoachlines.com
Bus from South Station to Brunswick, ME
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28–40
- Website
- https://concordcoachlines.com
Bus from Bangor Transportation Center to Portland Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–40
- Website
- https://concordcoachlines.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Boston Manchester Airport to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Portland Curbside Bus Stop to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from New York Midtown to City of Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $40–95
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