There are 9 ways to get from Riverside to Washington by plane, train (Amtrak), bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), car, train, subway, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Ontario International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
best- Fly from Ontario International Airport (ONT) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane ONT - DCA
8h 31m$428–1,912Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Riverside - Downtown to L.A. Union Stationtrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane LAX - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Stationtrain
9h 12m$159–1,069Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Riverside to Chicago Union Stationtrain Southwest Chief
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Rockville Amtraktrain Floridian
2d 12h$823–1,781Bus
- Take the bus from Riverside to Indio Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Indio Bus Station to Dallas Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Dallas Bus Station to Nashville Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Nashville Bus Station to Washington Union Stationbus
2d 14h$479–898Drive 2,570.4 mi
- Drive from Riverside to Washingtoncar 2,570.4 mi
42h 27m$470–678Fly Ontario International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Fly from Ontario International Airport (ONT) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane ONT - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Stationtrain
7h 32m$200–1,414Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Take the train from Riverside - Downtown to L.A. Union Stationtrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane LAX - DCA
8h 15m$317–1,327Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
- Take the train from Riverside - Downtown to L.A. Union Stationtrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane LAX - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
9h 11m$349–735Train, bus to Palm Springs International Airport, fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
- Take the train from Riverside - Downtown to Fullertontrain
- Take the bus from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Palm Springs Airport Amtrak Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Palm Springs International Airport (PSP) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane PSP - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
10h 42m$310–1,269
Riverside to Washington by train and subway (Amtrak)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riverside to Washington is to train and fly which costs $150 - $1,100 and takes 9h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Riverside to Washington is to fly and train which takes 7h 32m and costs $200 - $1,500.
No, there is no direct bus from Riverside to Washington station. However, there are services departing from Magnolia + Sunnyside and arriving at Washington Union Station via Riverside, Indio Bus Station, Dallas Bus Station and Nashville Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 14h.
No, there is no direct train from Riverside to Washington. However, there are services departing from Riverside and arriving at Farragut North, Red Line Center Platform via Chicago Union Station and Rockville, Red Line Center Platform. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 12h.
The distance between Riverside and Washington is 2295 miles. The road distance is 2585.4 miles.
The best way to get from Riverside to Washington without a car is to train which takes 2 days 12h and costs $800 - $1,800.
It takes approximately 8h 31m to get from Riverside to Washington, including transfers.
Riverside to Washington bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Riverside station.
Riverside to Washington train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Riverside station.
The best way to get from Riverside to Washington is to fly which takes 8h 31m and costs $420 - $2,000. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $800 - $1,800 and takes 2 days 12h, you could also bus, which costs $470 - $900 and takes 2 days 14h.
What companies run services between Riverside, Riverside County, CA, USA and Washington, DC, USA?
Southwest Airlines, Delta, and three other airlines fly from Ontario International Airport (ONT) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) every 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Riverside to Farragut North, Red Line Center Platform via Chicago Union Station, Rockville Amtrak, and Rockville, Red Line Center Platform in around 2d 12h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,900
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,900
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,900
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,900
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,900
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Cleveland
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,900
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,900
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 39m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,900
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Covington
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 39m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,900
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Riverside to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 4m
- Frequency
- Once 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
- $210–460
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–18
- 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 BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31 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
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
- Phone
- (800) 371-LINK (5465)
- Website
- metrolinktrains.com
Train from Riverside - Downtown to L.A. Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
Train from Riverside - Downtown to Fullerton
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- 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
- flixbus.com
Bus from Riverside to Indio Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- 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 Indio Bus Station to Dallas Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $230–430
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Dallas Bus Station to Nashville Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–230
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Nashville Bus Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–220
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Palm Springs Airport Amtrak Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Want to know more about travelling around United States
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Travelling to the US: What do I need to know?
Read the travel guide
Why you should take the train in the US
Read the travel guide
Need to know: Greyhound
Read the travel guide
More Questions & Answers
Riverside to Washington bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at Indio Bus Station.
Washington is 3h ahead of Riverside. It is currently 9:04 AM in Riverside and 12:04 PM in Washington.
Riverside to Washington train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Riverside to Washington is 2585 miles. It takes approximately 42h 27m to drive from Riverside to Washington.
There are 3031+ hotels available in Washington.


















