There are 12 ways to get from Albany to Medina by train, taxi, bus, car or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Train, taxi • 5h 53m
Cheapest option
Bus via SUNY Collins Circle • 9h 40m
10 alternative options
Train, bus • 6h 15m
Bus • 7h 10m
Drive • 4h 51m
Fly Albany to Buffalo, taxi • 6h 40m
Fly Albany to Rochester, taxi • 7h 4m
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Albany to Medina is to drive which costs $50 - $75 and takes 4h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Albany to Medina is to drive which takes 4h 51m and costs $50 - $75.
The distance between Albany and Medina is 327 miles. The road distance is 278.5 miles.
The best way to get from Albany to Medina without a car is to train and taxi which takes 5h 53m and costs $160 - $260.
It takes approximately 5h 53m to get from Albany to Medina, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Albany to Medina is 279 miles. It takes approximately 4h 51m to drive from Albany to Medina.
There are six+ hotels available in Medina. Prices start at $79 USD per night.
- Distance: 327.2 miles
- Duration: 5h 53m
What companies run services between Albany, NY, USA and Medina, NY, USA?
You can take a bus from Albany to Medina via Syracuse, Ny, Syracuse Bus Station, and Batavia in around 7h 10m.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Albany to Buffalo via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $600
Flights from Albany to Buffalo via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160 - $600
Flights from Albany to Rochester via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $480
Flights from Albany to Rochester via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130 - $480
Flights from New York JFK to Buffalo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $490
Flights from New York La Guardia to Buffalo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140 - $550
Flights from New York La Guardia to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110 - $450
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Albany to Buffalo via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210 - $950
Flights from Albany to Buffalo via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210 - $950
Flights from Albany to Rochester via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $180 - $480
Flights from Newark to Buffalo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110 - $600
Flights from Newark to Buffalo via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110 - $600
Flights from Newark to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100 - $390
Flights from Newark to Rochester via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100 - $390
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Albany to Buffalo via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210 - $800
Flights from Albany to Buffalo via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210 - $800
Flights from Albany to Rochester via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220 - $600
Flights from Albany to Rochester via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220 - $600
Flights from New York La Guardia to Buffalo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90 - $650
Flights from New York La Guardia to Buffalo via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90 - $650
Flights from New York La Guardia to Rochester via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150 - $480
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Albany to Buffalo via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $550
Flights from Albany to Rochester via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120 - $420
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from New York JFK to Buffalo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90 - $650
Flights from New York JFK to Buffalo via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90 - $650
Amtrak is a rail service that connects the US and three Canadian provinces. Covering 21,000 route miles (34,000km) Amtrak operates more than 300 trains daily. These medium and long distance intercity services operate at speeds of up to 240km/h, to more than 500 destinations. Founded in 1971, it is based in Washington, D.C. and offers four classes of travel: First Class, Sleeper, Business and Coach. Ticket fares are divided into five subclasses: Saver, Value, Flexible, Business and Premium. Amtrak trains are known for their wide seats, plug-in power, big windows and storage capabilities.
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Buffalo Depew Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12 - $130
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Child Coach - Advance Purchase
- $12 - $45
- Child Coach - short notice
- $28 - $45
- Child Business Class - advance purchase
- $24 - $80
- Child Business Class - short notice
- $26 - $80
- Coach Seat - Advance Purchase
- $30 - $75
- Business Seat - advance purchase
- $50 - $160
- Business Seat - short notice
- $55 - $150
- Coach Seat - short notice
- $30 - $130
Train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9 - $110
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Child Coach - Advance Purchase
- $9 - $40
- Child Coach - short notice
- $25 - $40
- Child Business Class - advance purchase
- $21 - $70
- Child Business Class - short notice
- $23 - $70
- Coach Seat - Advance Purchase
- $29 - $60
- Business Seat - advance purchase
- $40 - $140
- Business Seat - short notice
- $45 - $130
- Coach Seat - short notice
- $27 - $110
Train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to New York Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $6 - $90
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Child Coach - Advance Purchase
- $6 - $29
- Child Coach - short notice
- $19 - $29
- Child Business Class - advance purchase
- $16 - $55
- Child Business Class - short notice
- $18 - $55
- Coach Seat - Advance Purchase
- $23 - $40
- Business Seat - advance purchase
- $30 - $110
- Business Seat - short notice
- $40 - $95
- Coach Seat - short notice
- $18 - $90
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
Train from Albany to Buffalo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45 - $110
- Website
- http://www.viarail.ca/
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $55 - $110
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $55 - $90
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $45 - $60
Train from Albany to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35 - $100
- Website
- http://www.viarail.ca/
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $45 - $100
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $45 - $80
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $35 - $55
Train from Albany to New York Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26 - $90
- Website
- http://www.viarail.ca/
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $30 - $90
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $30 - $70
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $26 - $40
- Phone
- +1 800-858-8555
- Website
- trailways.com
Bus from Rochester, Ny to Batavia, Ny
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9 - $30
- Website
- https://trailways.com
- Schedules at
- https://trailways.com/schedules/
- Flexible
- $18 - $25
- Saver
- $9 - $30
Bus from Albany, Ny to Syracuse, Ny
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35 - $75
- Website
- https://trailways.com
- Schedules at
- https://trailways.com/schedules/
- Flexible
- $35 - $50
- Saver
- $40 - $75
Bus from Syracuse, Ny to Batavia, Ny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30 - $65
- Website
- https://trailways.com
- Schedules at
- https://trailways.com/schedules/
- Flexible
- $30 - $45
- Saver
- $30 - $65
Greyhound is a leading bus company based in Dallas, Texas, serving over 3800 destinations across North America, Mexico and Canada. Greyhound carries around 18 million passengers a year who travel 5.4 billion miles (8.6 billion km) a year on their fleet of around 1700 vehicles. For travel flexibility, you can board or get off a Greyhound bus at official Greyhound stations, partner stations and curbside stops. There are around 230 Greyhound stations across the US where you can both catch your bus and buy tickets, that are also available on the official website and via the mobile app.
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Albany Bus Terminal, NY to Syracuse Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16 - $55
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Syracuse Bus Station to Batavia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13 - $50
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1-844-800-6828
- pr@ourbus.com
- Website
- ourbus.com
Bus from Albany, NY to Syracuse, NY
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $7 - $55
- Website
- https://www.ourbus.com
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Estimated price
- $120 - $150
Liberty Yellow Cab
- Phone
- +1 716-877-7111
- Website
- libertycab.com
Buffalo Express Taxi
- Phone
- +1 716-986-2782
- Website
- buffaloexpresstaxi.com
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