There are 12 ways to get from New York to Cary by train, plane, bus, train (Amtrak), bus (Greyhound), car, subway, or bus (Flixbus)
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Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Raleigh-Durham International Airport, bus, line 310 bus
best- Take the train from New York Penn Station to Newark Airport Railroad Stationtrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)plane EWR - RDU
- Take the bus from RDU Airport at Terminal 2 to Regional Transit Centerbus
- Take the bus from Regional Transit Center to Cary Depotbus
4h 49m$266–1,233Bus (Greyhound)
cheapest- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Raleigh Bus Stationbus Greyhound US0670 / ...
11h 5m$90–163Train via Washington (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Stationtrain Acela
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to Carytrain Floridian / ...
10h 18m$173–357Drive 493.4 mi
- Drive from New York to Carycar 493.4 mi
9h 2m$90–131Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Raleigh-Durham International Airport, bus, line 310 bus
- Take the train from New York Penn Station to Jamaicatrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)plane JFK - RDU
- Take the bus from RDU Airport at Terminal 2 to Regional Transit Centerbus
- Take the bus from Regional Transit Center to Cary Depotbus
4h 56m$360–1,724Line 4 subway, bus to Laguardia Airport, fly to Raleigh-Durham International Airport, bus, line 310 bus
- Take the subway from 14 St-Union Sq to 125th Streetsubway
- Take the bus from E 125 St/Lexington Av to Laguardia Rd/94 Stbus
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)plane LGA - RDU
- Take the bus from RDU Airport at Terminal 2 to Regional Transit Centerbus
- Take the bus from Regional Transit Center to Cary Depotbus
5h 14m$182–457Fly Newark Liberty International Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport, train
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO)plane EWR - GSO
- Take the train from Greensboro to Carytrain
5h 59m$167–662Train to Long Island Mac Arthur Airport, fly to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Take the train from New York Penn Station to Central Isliptrain
- Fly from Long Island Mac Arthur Airport (ISP) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)plane ISP - RDU
6h 18m$92–426Fly Laguardia Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport, train
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO)plane LGA - GSO
- Take the train from Greensboro to Carytrain
6h 22m$178–796Train to Westchester County Airport, fly to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Take the train from Grand Central Terminal to White Plainstrain
- Fly from Westchester County Airport (HPN) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)plane HPN - RDU
6h 49m$113–573Bus via New York City Chinatown (Flixbus)
- Take the bus from New York City Chinatown to Raleigh Bus Stationbus FlixBus N2471 / ...
11h 15m$90–144Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Carytrain Carolinian
12h 22m$170–360
New York to Cary by train (Amtrak)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from New York to Cary is to bus via New York City Chinatown which costs $90 - $150 and takes 11h 15m.
The fastest way to get from New York to Cary is to train and fly and bus and line 310 bus which takes 4h 49m and costs $260 - $1,300.
No, there is no direct bus from New York to Cary. However, there are services departing from Port Authority Bus Terminal and arriving at Cary Depot via Capital Blvd at Crabtree Blvd and Union Station - Bus Platform A. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 5m.
Yes, there is a direct train departing from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station station and arriving at Cary. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 12h 22m.
The distance between New York and Cary is 446 miles. The road distance is 496.3 miles.
The best way to get from New York to Cary without a car is to train via Washington which takes 10h 18m and costs $170 - $360.
It takes approximately 4h 49m to get from New York to Cary, including transfers.
New York to Cary bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Port Authority Bus Terminal station.
New York to Cary train services, operated by Amtrak Acela, depart from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station.
The best way to get from New York to Cary is to train via Washington which takes 10h 18m and costs $170 - $360. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $90 - $170 and takes 11h 5m.
What companies run services between New York, NY, USA and Cary, NC, USA?
You can take a train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Cary via Washington Union Station in around 10h 18m. Alternatively, Greyhound USA operates a bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Raleigh Bus Station every 4 hours. Tickets cost $85–160 and the journey takes 9h 40m.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–370
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–370
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–470
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–370
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–360
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–360
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–460
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–430
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–360
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–360
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–460
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–800
Flights from Westchester County Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Westchester County Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–550
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Long Island Mac Arthur Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Monday, Friday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $150–1,100
Flights from Westchester County Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,500
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Long Island Mac Arthur Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–390
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–360
- Phone
- +1 973-275-5555
- Website
- njtransit.com
Train from New York Penn Station to Newark Airport Railroad Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $15–19
- Website
- https://www.njtransit.com
- Website
- https://njtworldcup.com/
- Adult Airport
- $15–19
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–150
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Washington Union Station to Cary
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $100–210
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Greensboro to Cary
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Greensboro to Cary
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Cary
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–360
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1-718-217-5477
- Website
- mta.info
Train from New York Penn Station to Jamaica
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–10
- Website
- https://www.mta.info/agency/long-island-rail-road
- Schedules at
- https://www.mta.info/agency/long-island-rail-road/timetables
- Off-Peak
- $5–8
- Peak
- $6–10
Train from New York Penn Station to Central Islip
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–28
- Website
- https://www.mta.info/agency/long-island-rail-road
- Schedules at
- https://www.mta.info/agency/long-island-rail-road/timetables
- Off-Peak
- $12–18
- Peak
- $20–28
- Phone
- 877-690-5116
- Website
- mta.info
Subway from 14 St-Union Sq to 125th Street
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3
- Schedules at
- https://www.mta.info/schedules
- Website
- https://www.mta.info
- Website
- https://www.mta.info/world-cup-2026-new-york-new-jersey
- Adult
- $3
- Phone
- +1 877.690.5114
- Website
- mta.info
Train from Grand Central Terminal to White Plains
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Website
- https://www.mta.info/agency/metro-north-railroad
- Schedules at
- https://www.mta.info/schedules
- Off-Peak
- $9–11
- Peak
- $13–15
- Phone
- +1 919 485 7433
- [email protected]
- Website
- gotriangle.org
Bus from RDU Airport at Terminal 2 to Regional Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 12 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://gotriangle.org/
- Regular one-way fare
- $3
Bus from Regional Transit Center to Cary Depot
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://gotriangle.org/
Bus from RDU Airport at Terminal 2 to Regional Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 12 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://gotriangle.org/
- Regular one-way fare
- $3
Bus from Regional Transit Center to Cary Depot
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://gotriangle.org/
Bus from RDU Airport at Terminal 2 to Regional Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 12 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://gotriangle.org/
- Regular one-way fare
- $3
Bus from Regional Transit Center to Cary Depot
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://gotriangle.org/
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Raleigh Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–160
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- 877-690-5116
- Website
- mta.info
Bus from E 125 St/Lexington Av to Laguardia Rd/94 St
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3–8
- Website
- https://www.mta.info/
- Schedules at
- https://www.mta.info/schedules
- Website
- https://www.mta.info/world-cup-2026-new-york-new-jersey
- Standard Fare
- $3–8
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from New York City Chinatown to Raleigh Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $85–140
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
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More Questions & Answers
New York to Cary bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Raleigh Bus Station.
New York to Cary train services, operated by Amtrak Acela, arrive at Washington Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between New York to Cary is 496 miles. It takes approximately 9h 2m to drive from New York to Cary.
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