There are 8 ways to get from Delaware to Kentucky Derby by train, plane, car, bus (Greyhound), bus, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Philadelphia International Airport, fly to Blue Grass Airport, drive
best- Take the train from Wilmington to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Blue Grass Airport (LEX)plane PHL - LEX
- Drive from Lexington-Airport-LEX to Kentucky Derbycar
5h 16m$202–1,665Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Wilmington Bus Station to Philadelphia Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Philadelphia Bus Station to Wilson & Ferrell Shell Station - Columbusbus
- Take the bus from N Wilson Rd & Ferrell Pl - Columbus to Louisville, KY Bus Stationbus
20h 21m$101–221Train, bus (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Wilmington to Indianapolistrain Cardinal
- Take the bus from Indianapolis Union Station to Louisville, KYbus Chicago
26h 6m$296–586Drive 653 mi
- Drive from Wilmington to Kentucky Derbycar 653 mi
11h 43m$120–173Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Louisville International Airport
- Take the train from Wilmington to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Louisville International Airport (SDF)plane BWI - SDF
5h 18m$114–1,139Train to Philadelphia International Airport, fly to Louisville International Airport
- Take the train from Wilmington to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Louisville International Airport (SDF)plane PHL - SDF
5h 46m$140–1,298Train to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, fly to Louisville International Airport
- Take the train from Wilmington to Washington Union Stationtrain
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Louisville International Airport (SDF)plane DCA - SDF
6h 20m$160–1,421Train, subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Louisville International Airport
- Take the train from Wilmington to Washington Union Stationtrain
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Louisville International Airport (SDF)plane IAD - SDF
6h 50m$110–1,080
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Blue Grass Airport (LEX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Delaware to Kentucky Derby is to bus which costs $100 - $230 and takes 20h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Delaware to Kentucky Derby is to train and fly and drive which takes 5h 16m and costs $200 - $1,700.
No, there is no direct bus from Delaware station to Kentucky Derby. However, there are services departing from Wilmington Bus Station and arriving at 7th @ Algonquin via Philadelphia Bus Station, N Wilson Rd & Ferrell Pl - Columbus and 12th @ Broadway. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 21m.
The distance between Delaware and Kentucky Derby is 629 miles. The road distance is 656.8 miles.
The best way to get from Delaware to Kentucky Derby without a car is to bus which takes 20h 21m and costs $100 - $230.
It takes approximately 5h 16m to get from Delaware to Kentucky Derby, including transfers.
Delaware to Kentucky Derby bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Wilmington Bus Station.
Delaware to Kentucky Derby bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Philadelphia Bus Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Delaware to Kentucky Derby is 657 miles. It takes approximately 11h 43m to drive from Delaware to Kentucky Derby.
There are 601+ hotels available in Kentucky Derby.
What companies run services between Delaware, USA and Kentucky Derby, KY, USA?
You can take a bus from Wilmington Bus Station to Kentucky Derby via Philadelphia Bus Station, N Wilson Rd & Ferrell Pl - Columbus, Louisville, KY Bus Station, 12th @ Broadway, and 7th @ Algonquin in around 20h 21m.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Blue Grass Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Blue Grass Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,200
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Louisville International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Louisville International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–750
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Louisville International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–800
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Louisville International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Louisville International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Louisville International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Louisville International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $160–850
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Louisville International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Louisville International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Louisville International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Blue Grass Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,200
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Blue Grass Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,400
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Louisville International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Louisville International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–800
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Louisville International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Louisville International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Louisville International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Louisville International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Louisville International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–460
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Wilmington to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–17
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Wilmington to Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $270–550
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Wilmington to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Wilmington to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–17
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Wilmington to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Wilmington to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Wilmington to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $5–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Train from Wilmington to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–600
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $18–450
- First Class
- $120–600
Train from Wilmington to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $5–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Train from Wilmington to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–650
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $25–460
- First Class
- $140–650
Train from Wilmington to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–650
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $25–460
- First Class
- $140–650
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Wilmington Bus Station to Philadelphia Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $4–9
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Philadelphia Bus Station to Wilson & Ferrell Shell Station - Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–150
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 888-378-3823
- [email protected]
- Website
- baronsbus.com
Bus from N Wilson Rd & Ferrell Pl - Columbus to Louisville, KY Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–60
- Website
- https://baronsbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Thruway
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Indianapolis Union Station to Louisville, KY
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Adult
- $22–45
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