There are 13 ways to get from Princeton to Champaign by train, plane, bus, bus (Greyhound), car, or train (Amtrak)
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Train to Philadelphia International Airport, fly to Chicago Midway International Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Trenton to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane PHL - MDW
- Take the bus from Chicago Midway Airport to Illinois Terminalbus
8h 35m$143–590Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Indianapolis, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Princeton Jct. to New York Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Indianapolis (IND)plane JFK - IND
- Take the bus from Indianapolis Union Station to Champaign Intermodal Trans Ctrbus
10h 8m$118–517Bus
- Take the bus from Nassau St & S Tulane St - Palmer Square to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Indianapolis Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Indianapolis Union Station to Champaign Intermodal Trans Ctrbus
22h 55m$183–331Train, bus
- Take the train from Trenton to Indianapolistrain Cardinal
- Take the bus from Indianapolis Union Station to Champaign Intermodal Trans Ctrbus Greyhound US0157S
26h 22m$261–597Drive 789.1 mi
- Drive from Princeton to Champaigncar 789.1 mi
13h 35m$144–208Train, bus to Lehigh Valley International Airport, fly to University Of Illinois Willard Airport
- Take the train from Princeton Jct. to Newark Airport Railroad Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Newark Airport Terminal B to Lehigh Valley International Airport Trans Bridge Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE) to University Of Illinois Willard Airport (CMI)plane ABE - CMI
10h 18m$171–536Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Indianapolis, bus
- Take the train from Princeton Jct. to Newark Airport Railroad Stationtrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Indianapolis (IND)plane EWR - IND
- Take the bus from Indianapolis Union Station to Champaign Intermodal Trans Ctrbus
9h 1m$137–361Train to Philadelphia International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, train
- Take the train from Trenton to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane PHL - ORD
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Champaign-Urbanatrain
9h 59m$160–455Train to Philadelphia International Airport, fly to Indianapolis, bus
- Take the train from Trenton to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Indianapolis (IND)plane PHL - IND
- Take the bus from Indianapolis Union Station to Champaign Intermodal Trans Ctrbus
9h 45m$192–518Train to Laguardia Airport, fly to Indianapolis, bus
- Take the train from Princeton Jct. to New York Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Indianapolis (IND)plane LGA - IND
- Take the bus from Indianapolis Union Station to Champaign Intermodal Trans Ctrbus
10h 40m$251–604Train, bus to Lehigh Valley International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take the train from Princeton Jct. to Newark Airport Railroad Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Newark Airport Terminal B to Lehigh Valley International Airport Trans Bridge Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane ABE - ORD
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Champaign-Urbanatrain
12h 17m$175–548Train
- Take the train from Princeton Jct. to New York Penn Stationtrain Nec
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Croton-Harmon Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Champaign-Urbanatrain
26h 34m$298–680Train, bus via Chicago
- Take the train from Trenton to Jefferson Stationtrain Tre
- Take the bus from Philadelphia Bus Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Champaign Intermodal Trans Ctrbus
26h 44m$170–270
Princeton to Champaign by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Princeton to Champaign is to drive which costs $140 - $210 and takes 13h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Princeton to Champaign is to train and fly and bus which takes 8h 35m and costs $140 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from Princeton to Champaign. However, there are services departing from Nassau St & S Tulane St - Palmer Square and arriving at Champaign Intermodal Trans Ctr via Port Authority Bus Terminal and Indianapolis Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Princeton to Champaign. However, there are services departing from Princeton and arriving at Champaign-Urbana via Princeton Jct., Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station, Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station and Chicago Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 34m.
The distance between Princeton and Champaign is 850 miles. The road distance is 793.7 miles.
The best way to get from Princeton to Champaign without a car is to bus which takes 22h 55m and costs $180 - $340.
It takes approximately 8h 35m to get from Princeton to Champaign, including transfers.
Princeton to Champaign bus services, operated by Suburban Transit, depart from Nassau St & S Tulane St - Palmer Square station.
Princeton to Champaign train services, operated by NJ Transit, depart from Princeton Jct. station.
The best way to get from Princeton to Champaign is to bus which takes 22h 55m and costs $180 - $340. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $290 - $700 and takes 26h 34m.
What companies run services between Princeton, NJ, USA and Champaign, IL, USA?
You can take a bus from Nassau St & S Tulane St - Palmer Square to Champaign Intermodal Trans Ctr via Port Authority Bus Terminal and Indianapolis Union Station in around 22h 55m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Princeton to Champaign-Urbana via Princeton Jct., Penn Station, Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station, Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station, and Chicago Union Station in around 26h 34m.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Lehigh Valley International Airport to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–410
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–420
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–410
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Indianapolis via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–420
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Indianapolis via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–480
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–500
Flights from Lehigh Valley International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–360
Flights from Lehigh Valley International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–440
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–410
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Indianapolis via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–420
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Indianapolis via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–450
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–420
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Indianapolis via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Indianapolis via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Indianapolis via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–440
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Indianapolis via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Indianapolis via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Lehigh Valley International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–360
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–500
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Indianapolis via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–430
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–420
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Indianapolis via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–410
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Indianapolis via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–430
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Indianapolis via Raleigh/Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–470
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–500
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Indianapolis via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–500
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Indianapolis via Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–650
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Indianapolis via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–450
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Indianapolis via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Indianapolis via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–440
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Indianapolis via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–420
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Trenton to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $4–200
- Business Class
- $45–230
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Trenton to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–20
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Trenton to Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $240–550
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Champaign-Urbana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–20
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $250–550
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 973-275-5555
- Website
- njtransit.com
Train from Princeton Jct. to Newark Airport Railroad Station
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–25
- Website
- https://www.njtransit.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.njtransit.com/bus-to
- Adult Airport
- $20–25
Train from Princeton Jct. to New York Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–21
- Website
- https://www.njtransit.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.njtransit.com/bus-to
- Adult
- $2–21
- Phone
- +1 215-580-7800
- Website
- septa.org
Train from Trenton to Jefferson Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://www.septa.org
- Schedules at
- https://www.septa.org/schedules
- Phone
- +1 800-448-0572
- ticketsales@peoriacharter.com
- Website
- peoriacharter.com
Bus from Chicago Midway Airport to Illinois Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Website
- https://peoriacharter.com
- cash
- $60
- online
- $45
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Champaign Intermodal Trans Ctr
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Website
- https://peoriacharter.com
- cash
- $60
- online
- $45
- Phone
- +1 (732) 249-1100
- Suburban@coachusa.com
- Website
- coachusa.com
Bus from Nassau St & S Tulane St - Palmer Square to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.coachusa.com/suburban-transit
- Adult
- $30–45
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Indianapolis Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $130–250
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Indianapolis Union Station to Champaign Intermodal Trans Ctr
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 610-868-6001
- webmaster@transbridgelines.com
- Website
- transbridgelines.com
Bus from Newark Airport Terminal B to Lehigh Valley International Airport Trans Bridge Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–60
- Website
- https://transbridgelines.com
- Schedules at
- https://transbridgelines.com/schedules-stops/schedules
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Philadelphia Bus Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–200
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Champaign Intermodal Trans Ctr
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–30
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
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More Questions & Answers
Princeton to Champaign bus services, operated by Suburban Transit, arrive at Port Authority Bus Terminal station.
Champaign is 1h behind Princeton. It is currently 3:32 AM in Princeton and 2:32 AM in Champaign.
Princeton to Champaign train services, operated by NJ Transit, arrive at New York Penn Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Princeton to Champaign is 794 miles. It takes approximately 13h 35m to drive from Princeton to Champaign.
There are 72+ hotels available in Champaign.























