There are 8 ways to get from Centralia to Elma by train, plane, train (Amtrak), car, shuttle, or bus
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Train to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, fly to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
best- Take the train from Centralia Amtrak Station to Tacomatrain
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)plane SEA - BUF
9h 53m$264–980Train via Chicago (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Centralia Amtrak Station to Vancouver Stationtrain
- Take the train from Vancouver Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Buffalo Depew Stationtrain
2d 11h$914–1,939Drive 2,614.8 mi
- Drive from Centralia to Elmacar 2,614.8 mi
42h 38m$478–690Train to Portland International Airport, fly to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Take the train from Centralia Amtrak Station to Portlandtrain
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)plane PDX - BUF
10h 30m$297–1,057Train to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, fly to Rochester, train
- Take the train from Centralia Amtrak Station to Tacomatrain
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Rochester (ROC)plane SEA - ROC
- Take the train from Rochester to Buffalo Depew Stationtrain
12h 24m$331–1,252Train to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, fly to Toronto Pearson International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Centralia Amtrak Station to Tacomatrain
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)plane SEA - YYZ
- Take a shuttle bus from Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 to Buffalo Airport
11h 44m$344–1,000Bus, train
- Take the bus from Mellen Street e-Transit Station - 1401 Mellen St. to Olympia Transit Center - 280 Washington St NEbus
- Take the bus from Olympia to Spokane Stationbus
- Take the train from Spokane to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Cleveland Amtraktrain
- Take the bus from Cleveland, OH to Buffalo, NYbus
2d 13h$792–1,708Train
- Take the train from Centralia Amtrak Station to Vancouvertrain
- Take the train from Vancouver to Toronto Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Toronto Union Station to Buffalotrain
4d 9h$835–1,873
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Centralia to Elma is to train and fly and shuttle which costs $340 - $1,000 and takes 11h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Centralia to Elma is to train and fly which takes 9h 53m and costs $260 - $1,000.
No, there is no direct train from Centralia station to Elma station. However, there are services departing from Centralia Amtrak Station and arriving at Buffalo Depew Station via Vancouver Station and Chicago Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 11h.
The distance between Centralia and Elma is 2211 miles. The road distance is 2630 miles.
The best way to get from Centralia to Elma without a car is to train via Chicago which takes 2 days 11h and costs $900 - $2,000.
It takes approximately 9h 53m to get from Centralia to Elma, including transfers.
Centralia to Elma train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Centralia Amtrak Station.
Elma is 3h ahead of Centralia. It is currently 12:16 PM in Centralia and 3:16 PM in Elma.
Centralia to Elma train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Vancouver Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Centralia to Elma is 2630 miles. It takes approximately 42h 38m to drive from Centralia to Elma.
What companies run services between Centralia, WA, USA and Elma, NY, USA?
You can take a train from Centralia Amtrak Station to Elma via Vancouver Station, Chicago Union Station, and Buffalo Depew Station in around 2d 11h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Portland International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Sunday, Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Rochester via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Rochester via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Portland International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Rochester via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Rochester via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Rochester via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–490
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Portland International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Portland International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Rochester via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–490
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–500
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Portland International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Rochester via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Rochester via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–490
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Centralia Amtrak Station to Tacoma
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Centralia Amtrak Station to Vancouver Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Vancouver Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $700–1,500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Buffalo Depew Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $160–350
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Centralia Amtrak Station to Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $28–60
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Centralia Amtrak Station to Tacoma
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Rochester to Buffalo Depew Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Centralia Amtrak Station to Tacoma
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Spokane to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $600–1,300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Cleveland Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $100–230
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Centralia Amtrak Station to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–160
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
Train from Rochester to Buffalo Depew Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–160
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Escape
- $16–65
- Business
- $45–150
- Business Plus
- $55–160
- Economy
- $18–70
- Economy Plus
- $20–75
Train from Vancouver to Toronto Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 20h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $700–1,500
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Escape
- $700–1,500
- Business
- $800–1,300
- Business Plus
- $800–1,300
- Economy
- $800–1,500
- Economy Plus
- $900–1,500
Train from Toronto Union Station to Buffalo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–180
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Escape
- $30–90
- Business
- $60–170
- Business Plus
- $75–180
- Economy
- $35–100
- Economy Plus
- $35–110
- Phone
- +1 905 374 8111
- [email protected]
- Website
- niagaraairbus.com
Shuttle from Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 to Buffalo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- https://www.niagaraairbus.com/
- Phone
- +1 360-330-2072
- [email protected]
- Website
- twintransit.org
Bus from Mellen Street e-Transit Station - 1401 Mellen St. to Olympia Transit Center - 280 Washington St NE
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $2
- Schedules at
- twintransit.org
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Olympia to Spokane Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 888-378-3823
- [email protected]
- Website
- baronsbus.com
Bus from Cleveland, OH to Buffalo, NY
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–60
- Website
- https://baronsbus.com
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