There are 11 ways to get from Albany to Lynchburg by train (Amtrak), bus (Greyhound), car, plane, bus (Flixbus), or train
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Train via Washington (Amtrak)
best- Take the train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to Lynchburgtrain
10h 19m$158–361Fly Albany County Airport to Lynchburg Regional Airport
cheapest- Fly from Albany County Airport (ALB) to Lynchburg Regional Airport (LYH)plane ALB - LYH
7h 24m$90–556Bus via Washington
- Take the bus from Albany to New Yorkbus
- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Washington Union Station to Lynchburg Amtrak Stationbus
13h 7m$99–235Drive 536 mi
- Drive from Albany to Lynchburgcar 536 mi
10h 5m$98–142Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain Empire Service / ...
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Lynchburgtrain Crescent / ...
11h 31m$163–351Bus
- Take the bus from 128 Central Ave, Albany, NY to Midtown - 400 8th Avebus Schenectady
- Take the bus from New York Midtown to Lynchburg Transit Centerbus FlixBus 2605
14h 35m$110–165Fly Albany County Airport to Roanoke Regional Airport-Woodrum Field, train
- Fly from Albany County Airport (ALB) to Roanoke Regional Airport-Woodrum Field (ROA)plane ALB - ROA
- Take the train from Roanoke to Lynchburgtrain
9h$114–594Fly Albany County Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, train
- Fly from Albany County Airport (ALB) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane ALB - DCA
- Take the train from Alexandria to Lynchburgtrain
7h 44m$166–866Train, train to Laguardia Airport, fly to Charlottesville
- Take the train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Croton-Harmon Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Croton-Harmon to 125th Street - Harlemtrain
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Charlottesville (CHO)plane LGA - CHO
- Take the train from Charlottesville to Lynchburgtrain
8h 18m$151–666Fly Albany County Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Fly from Albany County Airport (ALB) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane ALB - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to Lynchburgtrain
8h 46m$140–1,276Fly Albany County Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, train
- Fly from Albany County Airport (ALB) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane ALB - IAD
- Take the train from Alexandria to Lynchburgtrain
8h 56m$132–610
Albany to Lynchburg by train (Amtrak)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Albany to Lynchburg is to drive which costs $95 - $150 and takes 10h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Albany to Lynchburg is to fly which takes 7h 24m and costs $90 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from Albany to Lynchburg station. However, there are services departing from Albany and arriving at Lynchburg Amtrak Station via Port Authority Bus Terminal and Washington Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 7m.
No, there is no direct train from Albany station to Lynchburg. However, there are services departing from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station and arriving at Lynchburg via Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station and Washington Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 19m.
The distance between Albany and Lynchburg is 539 miles. The road distance is 539.1 miles.
The best way to get from Albany to Lynchburg without a car is to train via Washington which takes 10h 19m and costs $150 - $370.
It takes approximately 10h 19m to get from Albany to Lynchburg, including transfers.
Albany to Lynchburg bus services, operated by Trailways, depart from Albany station.
Albany to Lynchburg train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station.
The best way to get from Albany to Lynchburg is to train via Washington which takes 10h 19m and costs $150 - $370. Alternatively, you can bus via Washington, which costs $95 - $240 and takes 13h 7m, you could also fly, which costs $90 - $600 and takes 7h 24m.
What companies run services between Albany, NY, USA and Lynchburg, VA, USA?
You can take a train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Lynchburg via Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station and Washington Union Station in around 10h 19m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Albany to Lynchburg Amtrak Station via New York, Port Authority Bus Terminal, and Washington Union Station in around 13h 7m.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Albany County Airport to Lynchburg Regional Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Albany County Airport to Roanoke Regional Airport-Woodrum Field via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Albany County Airport to Roanoke Regional Airport-Woodrum Field via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Albany County Airport to Roanoke Regional Airport-Woodrum Field via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Albany County Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–750
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Charlottesville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–390
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Albany County Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Albany County Airport to Lynchburg Regional Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–550
Flights from Albany County Airport to Lynchburg Regional Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Albany County Airport to Roanoke Regional Airport-Woodrum Field via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Charlottesville via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–390
Flights from Albany County Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–490
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Albany County Airport to Roanoke Regional Airport-Woodrum Field via Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Albany County Airport to Roanoke Regional Airport-Woodrum Field via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Charlottesville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–390
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–150
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to Lynchburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Lynchburg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $120–260
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Roanoke to Lynchburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Alexandria to Lynchburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Charlottesville to Lynchburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–20
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to Lynchburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Alexandria to Lynchburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- VIA Rail
Train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–180
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $29–90
- Business
- $60–160
- Business Plus
- $70–180
- Economy
- $30–95
- Economy Plus
- $35–110
- Phone
- +1 877.690.5114
- Website
- Metro North Railroad
Train from Croton-Harmon to 125th Street - Harlem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–17
- Website
- Metro North Railroad
- Schedules at
- Metro North Railroad Schedules
- Off-Peak
- $10–12
- Peak
- $14–17
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- Maryland Transit
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- Maryland Transit
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
- Phone
- +1 800-858-8555
- Website
- Trailways
Bus from Albany to New York
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–100
- Website
- Trailways
- Schedules at
- Trailways
- Saver
- $29–95
- Flexible
- $55–100
- Phone
- 1-800-343-9999
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–140
- Website
- Peter Pan
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1-877-462-6342
- [email protected]
- Website
- Megabus
Bus from Washington Union Station to Lynchburg Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–55
- Website
- Megabus
- Adult One-way
- $29–55
- Phone
- +1-800-827-3490
- [email protected]
- Website
- Virginia Breeze
Bus from Washington Union Station to Lynchburg Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- Virginia Breeze
- [email protected]
- Website
- Capital Bus
Bus from 128 Central Ave, Albany, NY to Midtown - 400 8th Ave
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35
- Website
- Capital Bus
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from New York Midtown to Lynchburg Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
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More Questions & Answers
Albany to Lynchburg bus services, operated by Trailways, arrive at New York station.
Albany to Lynchburg train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Albany to Lynchburg is 539 miles. It takes approximately 10h 5m to drive from Albany to Lynchburg.
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