There are 12 ways to get from Essex to Niagara Falls by train (Amtrak), train, bus, car, plane, or bus (Greyhound)
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Train (Amtrak)
best- Take the train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain Northeast Regional
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Niagara Falls Amtrak Stationtrain Empire Service / ...
13h 34m$173–380Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Old Saybrook Trans Cntr to Asylum St @ Union Plbus 921
- Take the bus from Hartford to Springfieldbus
- Take the bus from Springfield Union Station to Buffalobus
14h 30m$64–132Train, bus
- Take the train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to New Haventrain
- Take the bus from New Haven, CT - Union Station to Ithaca, NY - Jessup Road behind Ganedago Hallbus
- Take the bus from Ithaca to Niagara Falls USAbus
14h 12m$121–260Drive 432.4 mi
- Drive from Essex to Niagara Fallscar 432.4 mi
8h 9m$79–114Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, bus
- 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 Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)plane JFK - BUF
- Take the bus from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Niagara Falls USAbus
8h 13m$121–557Train via Canadian Border (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain Northeast Regional
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Canadian Bordertrain Maple Leaf
14h 2m$173–380Train, train to Laguardia Airport, fly to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Stamford Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Stamford to 125th Street - Harlemtrain
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)plane LGA - BUF
- Take the bus from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Niagara Falls USAbus
8h 25m$129–680Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)plane EWR - BUF
- Take the bus from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Niagara Falls USAbus
8h 23m$127–576Train to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Bostontrain
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)plane BOS - BUF
- Take the bus from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Niagara Falls USAbus
8h 18m$131–646Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Toronto Island Airport, bus
- Take the train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Toronto Island Airport (YTZ)plane EWR - YTZ
- Take the bus from Toronto Union Station to Niagara Falls, ONbus
10h 35m$200–593Train, train to Laguardia Airport, fly to Toronto Pearson International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Stamford Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Stamford to 125th Street - Harlemtrain
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)plane LGA - YYZ
- Take the bus from Toronto Union Station to Niagara Falls, ONbus
10h 50m$178–686Train, train to Laguardia Airport, fly to Toronto Island Airport, bus
- Take the train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Stamford Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Stamford to 125th Street - Harlemtrain
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Toronto Island Airport (YTZ)plane LGA - YTZ
- Take the bus from Toronto Union Station to Niagara Falls, ONbus
10h 41m$692–1,427
Essex to Niagara Falls by bus and train (Amtrak)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essex to Niagara Falls is to bus which costs $60 - $140 and takes 14h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Essex to Niagara Falls is to drive which takes 8h 9m and costs $75 - $120.
No, there is no direct bus from Essex to Niagara Falls. However, there are services departing from Essex Center @ Essex Square and arriving at Main Street & Pine Avenue via Old Saybrook Trans Cntr, Hartford, Springfield Union Station and Ellicott Street & MTC Static. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Essex station to Niagara Falls station. However, there are services departing from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station and arriving at Niagara Falls Amtrak Station via Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 34m.
The distance between Essex and Niagara Falls is 580 miles. The road distance is 434.9 miles.
The best way to get from Essex to Niagara Falls without a car is to train which takes 13h 34m and costs $170 - $380.
It takes approximately 13h 34m to get from Essex to Niagara Falls, including transfers.
Essex to Niagara Falls bus services, operated by CT Transit, depart from Old Saybrook Trans Cntr station.
Essex to Niagara Falls train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station.
The best way to get from Essex to Niagara Falls is to train which takes 13h 34m and costs $170 - $380. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $60 - $140 and takes 14h 30m.
What companies run services between Essex, CT, USA and Niagara Falls, NY, USA?
You can take a bus from Essex Center @ Essex Square to Niagara Falls Amtrak Station via Stage Rd & Route 1, Old Saybrook Amtrak Station, and Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station in around 13h 34m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Essex Center @ Essex Square to Main Street & Pine Avenue via Old Saybrook Train Station Bus Shelter, Old Saybrook Trans Cntr, Asylum St @ Union Pl, Hartford, Springfield, Springfield Union Station, Buffalo, and Ellicott Street & MTC Static in around 14h 30m.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–470
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–650
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–360
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Toronto Island Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–370
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–360
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–360
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Toronto Island Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–370
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–440
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–460
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–360
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–360
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Toronto Island Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–440
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–450
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–460
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–550
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
- 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 Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Niagara Falls Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $140–310
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to New Haven
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–22
- 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 Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Canadian Border
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–310
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Stamford Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–50
- 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 Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Stamford Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–50
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to Stamford Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–50
- Website
- Amtrak
- Website
- shorelineeast.com
Train from Old Saybrook Amtrak Station to New Haven
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–8
- Schedules at
- shorelineeast.com
- Phone
- +1 877.690.5114
- Website
- Metro North Railroad
Train from Stamford to 125th Street - Harlem
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–17
- Website
- Metro North Railroad
- Schedules at
- Metro North Railroad Schedules
- Off-Peak
- $10–12
- Peak
- $14–17
Train from Stamford to 125th Street - Harlem
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–17
- Website
- Metro North Railroad
- Schedules at
- Metro North Railroad Schedules
- Off-Peak
- $10–12
- Peak
- $14–17
Train from Stamford to 125th Street - Harlem
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–17
- Website
- Metro North Railroad
- Schedules at
- Metro North Railroad Schedules
- Off-Peak
- $10–12
- Peak
- $14–17
- Phone
- +1-844-800-6828
- [email protected]
- Website
- OurBus
Bus from New Haven, CT - Union Station to Ithaca, NY - Jessup Road behind Ganedago Hall
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $85–200
- Website
- OurBus
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Ithaca to Niagara Falls USA
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Niagara Falls USA
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–8
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Niagara Falls USA
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–8
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Niagara Falls USA
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–8
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Niagara Falls USA
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–8
- 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 to Springfield
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–14
- Website
- Peter Pan
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Springfield Union Station to Buffalo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 866 488 4452
- [email protected]
- Website
- Megabus
Bus from Toronto Union Station to Niagara Falls, ON
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–55
- Website
- Megabus
- Adult Advanced Booking
- $7–45
- Adult Standard
- $16–55
Bus from Toronto Union Station to Niagara Falls, ON
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–55
- Website
- Megabus
- Adult Advanced Booking
- $7–45
- Adult Standard
- $16–55
Bus from Toronto Union Station to Niagara Falls, ON
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–55
- Website
- Megabus
- Adult Advanced Booking
- $7–45
- Adult Standard
- $16–55
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More Questions & Answers
Essex to Niagara Falls bus services, operated by CT Transit, arrive at Asylum St @ Union Pl station.
Essex to Niagara Falls train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essex to Niagara Falls is 435 miles. It takes approximately 8h 9m to drive from Essex to Niagara Falls.
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