There are 8 ways to get from Raleigh to Lowell by bus, plane, train, train (Amtrak), bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), 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.
Line 100 bus, fly to Boston Logan Airport, train
best- Take the bus from Martin St at Dawson St to RDU Airport at Terminal 1bus
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Boston Logan Airport (BOS)plane RDU - BOS
- Take the train from Anderson/Woburn to Lowelltrain
5h 31m$142–399Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from 7 Star Tobacco - Raleigh to New York, NY - 127 E. Broadwaybus
- Take the train from 125th Street - Harlem to New Haventrain
- Take the bus from New Haven Bus Stop to Robert B Kennedy Bus Transfer Centerbus
20h 25m$95–179Train via New York
- Take the train from Raleigh Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Bostontrain
- Take the train from North Station to Lowelltrain
16h 28m$127–1,106Bus
- Take the bus from Raleigh Bus Station to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from New York Midtown to Bostonbus
- Take the bus from Boston to Robert B Kennedy Bus Transfer Centerbus
18h 11m$101–205Drive 694.2 mi
- Drive from Raleigh to Lowellcar 694.2 mi
12h 49m$127–183Fly to Theodore Francis Green State Airport, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD)plane RDU - PVD
- Take the train from TF Green Airport to Rugglestrain
- Take the train from North Station to Lowelltrain
7h 34m$113–292Fly to Manchester Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Manchester Airport (MHT)plane RDU - MHT
- Take the bus from Boston Manchester Airport to Bostonbus
- Take the train from North Station to Lowelltrain
7h 49m$160–687Train
- Take the train from Raleigh Union Station to Petersburg Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Petersburg Amtrak Station to Bostontrain
- Take the train from North Station to Lowelltrain
17h$124–593
Raleigh to Lowell by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Raleigh to Lowell is to bus and train which costs $95 - $180 and takes 20h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Raleigh to Lowell is to line 100 bus and fly and train which takes 5h 31m and costs $140 - $400.
No, there is no direct bus from Raleigh station to Lowell. However, there are services departing from GoRaleigh Station and arriving at Robert B Kennedy Bus Transfer Center via Raleigh Bus Station, New York Midtown and Boston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 11m.
No, there is no direct train from Raleigh station to Lowell. However, there are services departing from Raleigh Union Station and arriving at Lowell via Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station, Back Bay and North Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 28m.
The distance between Raleigh and Lowell is 657 miles. The road distance is 698.3 miles.
The best way to get from Raleigh to Lowell without a car is to train via New York which takes 16h 28m and costs $120 - $1,200.
It takes approximately 5h 31m to get from Raleigh to Lowell, including transfers.
Raleigh to Lowell bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Raleigh Bus Station.
Raleigh to Lowell train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Raleigh Union Station.
The best way to get from Raleigh to Lowell is to train via New York which takes 16h 28m and costs $120 - $1,200. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $100 - $210 and takes 18h 11m.
What companies run services between Raleigh, NC, USA and Lowell, MA, USA?
You can take a train from Raleigh Union Station to Lowell via Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station, Boston, Back Bay, North Station, and North Station in around 16h 28m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from GoRaleigh Station to Robert B Kennedy Bus Transfer Center via Capital Blvd at Crabtree Blvd, Raleigh Bus Station, Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York Midtown, and Boston in around 18h 11m.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–460
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–460
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–470
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Theodore Francis Green State Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–310
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Manchester Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Manchester Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–500
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–470
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Theodore Francis Green State Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $50–310
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Manchester Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–470
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Theodore Francis Green State Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–320
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Manchester Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–500
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–460
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Theodore Francis Green State Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–260
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–460
- Phone
- +1-617-222-3200
- Website
- mbta.com
Train from Anderson/Woburn to Lowell
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–8
- Website
- https://www.mbta.com
- Adult
- $3–8
Train from North Station to Lowell
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–11
- Website
- https://www.mbta.com
- Adult
- $4–11
Train from TF Green Airport to Ruggles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–16
- Website
- https://www.mbta.com
- Adult
- $6–16
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Raleigh Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–350
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Raleigh Union Station to Petersburg Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–90
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $30–300
- Business Class
- $95–360
Train from Petersburg Amtrak Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–490
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $80–490
- Business Class
- $190–600
- Phone
- +1 877.690.5114
- Website
- mta.info
Train from 125th Street - Harlem to New Haven
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17–26
- Website
- https://www.mta.info/agency/metro-north-railroad
- Schedules at
- https://www.mta.info/schedules
- Off-Peak
- $17–19
- Peak
- $22–26
- Phone
- +1 919 485 7433
- customerservice@gotriangle.org
- Website
- gotriangle.org
Bus from Martin St at Dawson St to RDU Airport at Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- https://gotriangle.org/
- Schedules at
- https://gotriangle.org/maps-schedules/gotriangle
- Seniors 65+, youth 12 and under
- $0
- disabled, medicare
- $1
- Regular one-way fare
- $3
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Raleigh Bus Station to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Boston to Robert B Kennedy Bus Transfer Center
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Boston Manchester Airport to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from New Haven Bus Stop to Robert B Kennedy Bus Transfer Center
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from New York Midtown to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 617-681-0820
- support@coachrun.com
- Website
- coachrun.com
Bus from 7 Star Tobacco - Raleigh to New York, NY - 127 E. Broadway
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- https://www.coachrun.com
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More Questions & Answers
Raleigh to Lowell bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Port Authority Bus Terminal station.
Raleigh to Lowell train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Raleigh to Lowell is 698 miles. It takes approximately 12h 49m to drive from Raleigh to Lowell.
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