There are 11 ways to get from North Carolina to Amherst by plane, bus, bus (Flixbus), train, car, bus (Greyhound), or train (Amtrak)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Wilmington International Airport to Bradley International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Wilmington International Airport (ILM) to Bradley International Airport (BDL)plane ILM - BDL
- Take the bus from Springfield to Amherst Centerbus
5h 40m$164–745Fly Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Theodore Francis Green State Airport, train, bus
cheapest- Fly from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD)plane CLT - PVD
- Take the train from TF Green Airport to South Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Boston to Amherst Centerbus
9h 10m$96–423Bus via Springfield
- Take the bus from Charlotte Bus Station to New York Midtownbus
- Take the bus from New York Midtown to Springfield Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Springfield to Amherst Centerbus
18h 10m$135–232Train, bus
- Take the train from Charlotte Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to New Haventrain
- Take the train from New Haven to Springfieldtrain
- Take the bus from Springfield to Amherst Centerbus
20h 45m$233–1,062Drive 756.8 mi
- Drive from Charlotte to Amherstcar 756.8 mi
14h 26m$139–200Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport, bus
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Boston Logan Airport (BOS)plane RDU - BOS
- Take the bus from Boston to Amherst Centerbus
6h 58m$174–1,010Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bradley International Airport, bus
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Bradley International Airport (BDL)plane RDU - BDL
- Take the bus from Springfield to Amherst Centerbus
6h 59m$112–360Fly Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Bradley International Airport, bus
- Fly from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Bradley International Airport (BDL)plane CLT - BDL
- Take the bus from Springfield to Amherst Centerbus
7h 8m$102–500Fly Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Albany County Airport, bus
- Fly from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Albany County Airport (ALB)plane CLT - ALB
- Take the bus from Albany Bus Terminal, NY to University of Massachusetts Amherstbus
8h 5m$150–731Bus
- Take the bus from Charlotte Bus Station to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus Greyhound US0700 / ...
- Take the bus from New York to Amherst Centerbus Ppb 6850
18h 25m$138–288Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Charlotte Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain Crescent / ...
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Northamptontrain Vermonter
21h 17m$238–514
North Carolina to Amherst by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from North Carolina to Amherst is to bus via Springfield which costs $130 - $240 and takes 18h 10m.
The fastest way to get from North Carolina to Amherst is to fly and bus which takes 5h 40m and costs $160 - $750.
No, there is no direct bus from North Carolina station to Amherst. However, there are services departing from Charlotte Bus Station and arriving at Amherst Center via New York Midtown and Springfield. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from North Carolina station to Amherst. However, there are services departing from Charlotte Amtrak Station and arriving at Northampton via Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 17m.
The distance between North Carolina and Amherst is 656 miles. The road distance is 761.2 miles.
The best way to get from North Carolina to Amherst without a car is to bus via Springfield which takes 18h 10m and costs $130 - $240.
It takes approximately 5h 40m to get from North Carolina to Amherst, including transfers.
North Carolina to Amherst bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Charlotte Bus Station.
North Carolina to Amherst train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Charlotte Amtrak Station.
The best way to get from North Carolina to Amherst is to bus via Springfield which takes 18h 10m and costs $130 - $240. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $230 - $550 and takes 21h 17m.
What companies run services between North Carolina, USA and Amherst, MA, USA?
You can take a bus from Charlotte Bus Station to Amherst Center via New York Midtown, Springfield Union Station, and Springfield in around 18h 10m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Transit Center- Bay O to Amherst College via Tryon St & 23rd St, Charlotte Amtrak Station, Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station, Northampton, and Academy of Music in around 21h 17m.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–400
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bradley International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–400
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Bradley International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–470
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Albany County Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–750
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Theodore Francis Green State Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–350
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Wilmington International Airport to Bradley International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–370
Flights from Wilmington International Airport to Bradley International Airport via Charlotte Douglas International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–410
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–400
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $70–400
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bradley International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–400
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bradley International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–400
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Bradley International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–470
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Albany County Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Albany County Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–750
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Theodore Francis Green State Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–350
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bradley International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–400
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Bradley International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–470
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Albany County Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–390
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–390
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bradley International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–400
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Wilmington International Airport to Bradley International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Bradley International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–330
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–460
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Charlotte Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $190–400
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to New Haven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from New Haven to Springfield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $19–45
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Charlotte Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $190–400
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Northampton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to New Haven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $17–450
- First Class
- $120–600
Train from TF Green Airport to South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Website
- MBTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $9–16
- Phone
- 1-800-343-9999
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from Springfield to Amherst Center
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–15
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from Springfield to Amherst Center
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–15
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from Springfield to Amherst Center
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–15
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from Boston to Amherst Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $20–55
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from Springfield to Amherst Center
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–15
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from Springfield to Amherst Center
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–15
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from Boston to Amherst Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $20–55
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from New York to Amherst Center
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $35–95
- Website
- Peter Pan
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Charlotte Bus Station to New York Midtown
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from New York Midtown to Springfield Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Albany Bus Terminal, NY to University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–23
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Charlotte Bus Station to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–200
- Website
- Greyhound
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More Questions & Answers
North Carolina to Amherst bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at New York Midtown station.
North Carolina to Amherst train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station.
Yes, the driving distance between North Carolina to Amherst is 761 miles. It takes approximately 14h 26m to drive from North Carolina to Amherst.
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