There are 10 ways to get from Raleigh to Riverside by plane, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), train (Amtrak), car, train, bus, or shuttle
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Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Ontario International Airport
best- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Ontario International Airport (ONT)plane RDU - ONT
10h 28m$237–1,013Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane RDU - LAX
- Take the train from L.A. Union Station to Riverside - Downtowntrain
10h 26m$157–579Bus
- Take the bus from Raleigh Bus Station to Atlanta Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Dallas Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Dallas Bus Station to Montclair Transcenterbus
2d 13h$403–816Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Raleigh Union Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Riversidetrain
2d 19h$842–1,933Drive 2,466 mi
- Drive from Raleigh to Riversidecar 2,466 mi
40h 37m$450–651Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Long Beach Airport, bus
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Long Beach Airport (LGB)plane RDU - LGB
- Take the bus from Village of Orange Zone 5 to Galleria @ Tyler EBbus
12h 24m$176–761Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA)plane RDU - SNA
- Take the train from Fullerton to Riverside - Downtowntrain
11h 34m$373–1,428Train to Charlotte Douglas International Airport, fly to Ontario International Airport
- Take the train from Raleigh Union Station to Charlotte Amtrak Stationtrain
- Fly from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Ontario International Airport (ONT)plane CLT - ONT
12h 14m$280–1,069Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)plane RDU - LAS
- Take a shuttle bus from 1100 S Main St. - Las Vegas to Riverside, CA - 3956 University Ave
12h 23m$196–723Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Diego International Airport, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane RDU - SAN
- Take the train from San Diego to Santa Anatrain
- Take the train from Santa Ana to Riverside - Downtowntrain
12h 35m$195–674
Raleigh to Riverside by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Raleigh to Riverside is to fly and train which costs $150 - $600 and takes 10h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Raleigh to Riverside is to fly and train which takes 10h 26m and costs $150 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from Raleigh station to Riverside. However, there are services departing from GoRaleigh Station and arriving at Magnolia + Beatty via Raleigh Bus Station, Atlanta Bus Station, Dallas Bus Station, Richton 5091 at Montclair TransCenter and University + Market. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 13h.
No, there is no direct train from Raleigh station to Riverside. However, there are services departing from Raleigh Union Station and arriving at Riverside via Chicago Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 19h.
The distance between Raleigh and Riverside is 2236 miles. The road distance is 2480.4 miles.
The best way to get from Raleigh to Riverside without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 13h and costs $400 - $850.
It takes approximately 10h 28m to get from Raleigh to Riverside, including transfers.
Raleigh to Riverside bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Raleigh Bus Station.
Raleigh to Riverside train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Raleigh Union Station.
The best way to get from Raleigh to Riverside is to fly which takes 10h 28m and costs $230 - $1,100. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $400 - $850 and takes 2 days 13h, you could also train, which costs $800 - $2,000 and takes 2 days 19h.
What companies run services between Raleigh, NC, USA and Riverside, Riverside County, CA, USA?
Southwest Airlines, American Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Ontario International Airport (ONT) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from GoRaleigh Station to Magnolia + Beatty via Capital Blvd at Crabtree Blvd, Raleigh Bus Station, Atlanta Bus Station, Dallas Bus Station, Montclair Transcenter, Richton 5091 at Montclair TransCenter, and University + Market in around 2d 13h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Long Beach Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Long Beach Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Long Beach Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Long Beach Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Long Beach Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Long Beach Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Ontario International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Long Beach Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,500
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Raleigh Union Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $290–650
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Riverside
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $550–1,300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Fullerton to Riverside - Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–22
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Raleigh Union Station to Charlotte Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from San Diego to Santa Ana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- (800) 371-LINK (5465)
- Website
- metrolinktrains.com
Train from L.A. Union Station to Riverside - Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
Train from Fullerton to Riverside - Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
Train from Santa Ana to Riverside - Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
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 Atlanta Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–120
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Dallas Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $130–250
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Dallas Bus Station to Montclair Transcenter
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $220–440
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Raleigh Bus Station to Atlanta Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 (951) 565-5002
- Website
- riversidetransit.com
Bus from Village of Orange Zone 5 to Galleria @ Tyler EB
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- http://www.riversidetransit.com
- Children 46" tall and under
- $1–2
- Seniors 60+, Disabled, Medicare
- $1–2
- Adults and children over 46" tall
- $1–3
Shuttle from 1100 S Main St. - Las Vegas to Riverside, CA - 3956 University Ave
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Schedules at
- crossborderxpress.com
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More Questions & Answers
Raleigh to Riverside bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Atlanta Bus Station.
Riverside is 3h behind Raleigh. It is currently 11:01 PM in Raleigh and 8:01 PM in Riverside.
Raleigh to Riverside train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Raleigh to Riverside is 2480 miles. It takes approximately 40h 37m to drive from Raleigh to Riverside.
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