There are 13 ways to get from Essex to California by train, plane, bus, bus (Greyhound), car, or train (Amtrak)
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Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport
best- Take the train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane JFK - SAN
11h 26m$240–1,195Train to Boston Logan Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Bostontrain
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane BOS - SAN
11h 28m$219–494Train, bus
- Take the train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Take the bus from New York Midtown to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angelestrain
2d 18h$874–1,801Bus
- Take the bus from Old Saybrook Trans Cntr to Asylum St @ Union Plbus
- Take the bus from Hartford Union Station to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
2d 23h$456–921Drive 2,861.9 mi
- Drive from Essex to Los Angelescar 2,861.9 mi
47h 8m$523–755Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to John Wayne Airport Orange County
- Take the train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA)plane EWR - SNA
11h 18m$424–1,264Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to John Wayne Airport Orange County
- Take the train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA)plane JFK - SNA
11h 16m$448–1,655Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport
- Take the train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane EWR - SAN
11h 32m$266–1,004Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
- Take the train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane EWR - LAX
11h 39m$241–712Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
- Take the train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane JFK - LAX
11h 41m$235–753Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane EWR - SFO
11h 55m$235–763Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angelestrain
2d 20h$1,034–2,221Train via Boston (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Bostontrain
- Take the train from Boston to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Fullerton Amtrak Stationtrain
2d 23h$1,005–2,297
Essex to California by bus, train, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essex to California is to train and fly which costs $230 - $800 and takes 11h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Essex to California is to train and fly which takes 11h 16m and costs $440 - $1,700.
No, there is no direct bus from Essex to California station. However, there are services departing from Essex Center @ Essex Square and arriving at Los Angeles Union Station via Old Saybrook Trans Cntr, Hartford Union Station, Port Authority Bus Terminal and St Louis Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 23h.
No, there is no direct train from Essex station to California. However, there are services departing from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station and arriving at Los Angeles via Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station and Chicago Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 20h.
The distance between Essex and California is 2591 miles. The road distance is 2878.6 miles.
The best way to get from Essex to California without a car is to train and bus which takes 2 days 18h and costs $850 - $1,800.
It takes approximately 11h 26m to get from Essex to California, including transfers.
Essex to California bus services, operated by CT Transit, depart from Old Saybrook Trans Cntr station.
Essex to California train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station.
The best way to get from Essex to California is to bus which takes 2 days 23h and costs $450 - $950. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $1,000 - $2,300 and takes 2 days 20h.
What companies run services between Essex, CT, USA and California, USA?
You can take a bus from Essex Center @ Essex Square to Los Angeles Union Station via Old Saybrook Train Station Bus Shelter, Old Saybrook Trans Cntr, Asylum St @ Union Pl, Hartford Union Station, Port Authority Bus Terminal, and St Louis Bus Station in around 2d 23h. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Essex Center @ Essex Square to Los Angeles via Stage Rd & Route 1, Old Saybrook Amtrak Station, Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station, and Chicago Union Station in around 2d 20h.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 39m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–400
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–1,100
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–650
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–400
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 6m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $700–1,500
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $300–650
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $700–1,500
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Boston to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $310–700
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Fullerton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $650–1,500
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from New York Midtown to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $140–230
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1 860-525-9181
- Website
- CT Transit
Bus from Old Saybrook Trans Cntr to Asylum St @ Union Pl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2–6
- Website
- CT Transit
- Book at
- CT Transit Bookings
- Two-Hour Pass
- $2
- Two-Hour Pass express
- $5–6
- Phone
- 1-800-343-9999
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from Hartford Union Station to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–65
- Website
- Peter Pan
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $150–300
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $280–550
- Website
- Greyhound
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More Questions & Answers
Essex to California bus services, operated by CT Transit, arrive at Asylum St @ Union Pl station.
California is 3h behind Essex. It is currently 7:33 PM in Essex and 4:33 PM in California.
Essex to California train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essex to California is 2879 miles. It takes approximately 47h 8m to drive from Essex to California.
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