There are 9 ways to get from New York to Downtown Memphis by plane, bus, train (Amtrak), car, or train
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Fly Newark Liberty International Airport to Memphis
best- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Memphis (MEM)plane EWR - MEM
6h 27m$182–829Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from New York to Memphis - Summer Avebus Nyc
20h 13m$133–180Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Croton-Harmon Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Memphistrain
32h 17m$470–1,021Drive 1,088.5 mi
- Drive from New York to Downtown Memphiscar 1,088.5 mi
18h 20m$199–287Fly Laguardia Airport to Memphis
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Memphis (MEM)plane LGA - MEM
6h 47m$208–1,013Fly John F. Kennedy International Airport to Memphis
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Memphis (MEM)plane JFK - MEM
6h 38m$166–770Train to Philadelphia International Airport, fly to Memphis
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Memphis (MEM)plane PHL - MEM
7h 50m$236–1,701Train to Long Island Mac Arthur Airport, fly to Memphis
- Take the train from New York Penn Station to Central Isliptrain
- Fly from Long Island Mac Arthur Airport (ISP) to Memphis (MEM)plane ISP - MEM
10h 19m$198–932Fly Laguardia Airport to Bill And Hillary Clinton National Airport, bus
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Bill And Hillary Clinton National Airport (LIT)plane LGA - LIT
- Take the bus from Shell Gas Station - Little Rock, AR to Tornado Bus Co - West Memphisbus
8h 47m$218–808
New York to Downtown Memphis by train and foot (Amtrak)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from New York to Downtown Memphis is to bus which costs $130 - $180 and takes 20h 13m.
The fastest way to get from New York to Downtown Memphis is to fly which takes 6h 27m and costs $180 - $850.
No, there is no direct bus from New York to Downtown Memphis. However, there are services departing from New York and arriving at 2ND STREET at PONTOTOC AVENUE via SUMMER AVENUE at WHITE STATION ROAD and William Hudson Transit Center. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 13m.
No, there is no direct train from New York station to Downtown Memphis. However, there are services departing from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station and arriving at Memphis via Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station and Chicago Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 17m.
The distance between New York and Downtown Memphis is 980 miles. The road distance is 1094.8 miles.
The best way to get from New York to Downtown Memphis without a car is to bus which takes 20h 13m and costs $130 - $180.
It takes approximately 6h 27m to get from New York to Downtown Memphis, including transfers.
New York to Downtown Memphis bus services, operated by Wanda Coach, depart from New York station.
New York to Downtown Memphis train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station.
The best way to get from New York to Downtown Memphis is to fly which takes 6h 27m and costs $180 - $850. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $130 - $180 and takes 20h 13m, you could also train, which costs $470 - $1,100 and takes 32h 17m.
What companies run services between New York, NY, USA and Downtown Memphis, TN, USA?
United Airlines, Delta, and American Airlines fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Memphis (MEM) every 2 hours. Alternatively, Wanda Coach operates a bus from New York to Memphis - Summer Ave once daily. Tickets cost $130–180 and the journey takes 18h 15m.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Memphis via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Memphis via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Memphis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Memphis via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Memphis via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Memphis
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Memphis via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Memphis via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Memphis via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Long Island Mac Arthur Airport to Memphis via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Bill And Hillary Clinton National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Bill And Hillary Clinton National Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Memphis via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Memphis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Memphis via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–1,000
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Memphis via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Memphis via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Memphis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Memphis via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Bill And Hillary Clinton National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Bill And Hillary Clinton National Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Bill And Hillary Clinton National Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Memphis via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Memphis via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Long Island Mac Arthur Airport to Memphis via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–900
Flights from Long Island Mac Arthur Airport to Memphis via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Bill And Hillary Clinton National Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Bill And Hillary Clinton National Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Memphis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Bill And Hillary Clinton National Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Long Island Mac Arthur Airport to Memphis via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–900
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 Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–22
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $290–650
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Memphis
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–350
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $29–60
- 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 Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
- Phone
- +1-718-217-5477
- Website
- mta.info
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
- +1 646-630-7186
- [email protected]
- Website
- wandacoach.com
Bus from New York to Memphis - Summer Ave
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–180
- Website
- https://www.wandacoach.com
- Book at
- https://www.gotobus.com/wanda-travel/
- Adult One Way
- $130–180
- Phone
- +1 888 358 6762
- [email protected]
- Website
- tornadobus.com
Bus from Shell Gas Station - Little Rock, AR to Tornado Bus Co - West Memphis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–140
- Schedules at
- tornadobus.com
- Adults 11-59
- $45–140
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More Questions & Answers
New York to Downtown Memphis bus services, operated by Wanda Coach, arrive at Memphis - Summer Ave station.
New York to Downtown Memphis train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station.
Yes, the driving distance between New York to Downtown Memphis is 1095 miles. It takes approximately 18h 20m to drive from New York to Downtown Memphis.
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