There are 8 ways to get from Providence to Madison by train, plane, bus, bus (Flixbus), or car
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Train to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field
best- Take the train from Providence to South Stationtrain
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN)plane BOS - MSN
6h 21m$148–1,336Fly Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field
cheapest- Fly from Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN)plane PVD - MSN
7h 6m$124–654Bus, train
- Take the bus from Providence to Worcester Union Stationbus
- Take the train from Worcester Union Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from W Jackson Blvd, after S Clinton St to 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campusbus
27h 39mBus
- Take the bus from Providence Downtown to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from New York Midtown to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from W Jackson Blvd, after S Clinton St to 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campusbus
30h 12m$136–318Drive 1,105.6 mi
- Drive from Providence to Madisoncar 1,105.6 mi
18h 51m$202–292Train to Boston Logan Airport, fly to General Mitchell International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Providence to South Stationtrain
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to General Mitchell International Airport (MKE)plane BOS - MKE
- Take the bus from Mitchell Airport to Madison, WI-Lake St.bus
8h 16m$306–1,239Fly Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, bus
- Fly from Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane PVD - ORD
- Take the bus from Multi-Modal/Rental Car Facility to 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campusbus
8h 17m$127–367Train, train to Laguardia Airport, fly to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field
- Take the train from Providence to Stamford Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Stamford to 125th Street - Harlemtrain
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN)plane LGA - MSN
8h 46m$175–1,424
Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Providence to Madison is to bus which costs $130 - $320 and takes 30h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Providence to Madison is to train and fly which takes 6h 21m and costs $140 - $1,400.
No, there is no direct bus from Providence to Madison. However, there are services departing from Providence Downtown and arriving at 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus via New York Midtown and W Jackson Blvd, after S Clinton St. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 12m.
The distance between Providence and Madison is 991 miles. The road distance is 1112 miles.
The best way to get from Providence to Madison without a car is to bus and train which takes 27h 39m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 21m to get from Providence to Madison, including transfers.
Providence to Madison bus services, operated by Peter Pan Bus Lines, depart from Providence Downtown station.
The best way to get from Providence to Madison is to bus which takes 30h 12m and costs $130 - $320. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $120 - $700 and takes 7h 6m.
Providence to Madison bus services, operated by Peter Pan Bus Lines, arrive at Port Authority Bus Terminal station.
Madison is 1h behind Providence. It is currently 6:40 AM in Providence and 5:40 AM in Madison.
What companies run services between Providence, RI, USA and Madison, WI, USA?
You can take a bus from Providence Downtown to 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus via Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York Midtown, Chicago Bus Station, and W Jackson Blvd, after S Clinton St in around 30h 12m. Alternatively, Delta, American Airlines, and United Airlines fly from Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) every 2 hours.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–850
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–900
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–270
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–290
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–800
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–900
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to General Mitchell International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–850
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–850
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–850
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–270
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–750
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–800
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–850
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–270
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–290
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–800
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–900
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to General Mitchell International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–850
- Phone
- +1-617-222-3200
- Website
- mbta.com
Train from Providence to South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–14
- Website
- https://www.mbta.com
- Adult
- $5–14
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Providence to South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–210
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $6–210
- Business Class
- $45–240
Train from Providence to Stamford Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–260
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $21–260
- Business Class
- $75–310
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Providence to South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–600
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $10–450
- First Class
- $110–600
Train from Providence to Stamford Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–650
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $35–470
- First Class
- $160–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Worcester Union Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $210–1,100
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 877.690.5114
- Website
- mta.info
Train from Stamford to 125th Street - Harlem
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–17
- Website
- https://www.mta.info/agency/metro-north-railroad
- Schedules at
- https://www.mta.info/schedules
- Off-Peak
- $10–12
- Peak
- $14–17
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Providence to Worcester Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 608-752-5407
- vangalder@coachusa.com
- Website
- coachusa.com
Bus from W Jackson Blvd, after S Clinton St to 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–45
- Website
- https://www.coachusa.com/van-galder-bus-company
Bus from Multi-Modal/Rental Car Facility to 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://www.coachusa.com/van-galder-bus-company
- Phone
- 1-800-343-9999
- Website
- peterpanbus.com
Bus from Providence Downtown to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–55
- Website
- https://peterpanbus.com
- Adult
- $24–55
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from New York Midtown to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–220
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Mitchell Airport to Madison, WI-Lake St.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 414-266-4409
- ticketinfo@badgerbus.com
- Website
- badgerbus.com
Bus from Mitchell Airport to Madison, WI-Lake St.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- https://badgerbus.com
- Phone
- +1 800-236-1240
- Website
- golamers.com
Bus from Mitchell Airport to Madison, WI-Lake St.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–55
- Website
- https://www.golamers.com/
- Schedules at
- https://www.golamers.com/
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