There are 10 ways to get from Portland to Philadelphia by plane, train (Amtrak), bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), car, train, 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.
Fly to Philadelphia International Airport
best- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane PDX - PHL
7h 21m$246–1,006Fly to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane PDX - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to 30th Street Stationtrain
8h 56m$214–853Train via Washington (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Portland 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
2d 18h$846–1,838Bus
- Take the bus from Portland Curbside Bus Stop to Pasco Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Pasco Bus Stop to Denver Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Denver Union Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Philadelphia Bus Stationbus
2d 22h$488–926Drive 2,845.9 mi
- Drive from Portland to Philadelphiacar 2,845.9 mi
45h 24m$520–751Fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane PDX - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Stationtrain
8h 36m$251–1,020Fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane PDX - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
9h 22m$219–1,422Fly to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, train
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane PDX - DCA
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
9h 20m$422–1,690Fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, train
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane PDX - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
10h 2m$242–945Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Portland to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
3d$889–1,962
Portland to Philadelphia by train and subway (Amtrak)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Portland to Philadelphia is to fly and train which costs $210 - $900 and takes 8h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Portland to Philadelphia is to fly which takes 7h 21m and costs $240 - $1,100.
No, there is no direct bus from Portland to Philadelphia station. However, there are services departing from Portland Curbside Bus Stop and arriving at Philadelphia Bus Station via Pasco Bus Stop, Denver Union Station and Chicago Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 22h.
No, there is no direct train from Portland to Philadelphia station. However, there are services departing from Portland and arriving at 30th Street Station via Chicago Union Station, Rockville, Red Line Center Platform and Washington Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 18h.
The distance between Portland and Philadelphia is 2433 miles. The road distance is 2862.5 miles.
The best way to get from Portland to Philadelphia without a car is to train via Washington which takes 2 days 18h and costs $800 - $1,900.
It takes approximately 7h 21m to get from Portland to Philadelphia, including transfers.
Portland to Philadelphia bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Portland Curbside Bus Stop station.
Portland to Philadelphia train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Portland station.
The best way to get from Portland to Philadelphia is to fly which takes 7h 21m and costs $240 - $1,100. Alternatively, you can train via Washington, which costs $800 - $1,900 and takes 2 days 18h, you could also bus, which costs $480 - $950 and takes 2 days 22h.
What companies run services between Portland, OR, USA and Philadelphia, PA, USA?
American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Inc., and two other airlines fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Portland to 30th Street Station via Chicago Union Station, Rockville Amtrak, Rockville, Red Line Center Platform, Union Station, Red Line Center Platform, and Washington Union Station in around 2d 18h.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Portland International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Portland International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Portland International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Portland International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Portland International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Portland International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Portland International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Portland International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Portland International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Portland International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Portland International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Portland International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Portland International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Portland International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Portland International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Portland International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Portland International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Portland International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Portland International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Portland International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
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
- $600–1,400
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Rockville Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $200–440
- 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
- $35–80
- 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
- $28–65
- 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
- $24–55
- 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
- $21–50
- 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
- $280–650
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Portland Curbside Bus Stop to Pasco Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–50
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Philadelphia Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–200
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Pasco Bus Stop to Denver Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $180–360
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Denver Union Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $160–320
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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More Questions & Answers
Portland to Philadelphia bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at Pasco Bus Stop station.
Philadelphia is 3h ahead of Portland. It is currently 4:44 PM in Portland and 7:44 PM in Philadelphia.
Portland to Philadelphia train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Portland to Philadelphia is 2862 miles. It takes approximately 45h 24m to drive from Portland to Philadelphia.
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