There are 10 ways to get from Philadelphia to Marshalltown by plane, shuttle, taxi, bus, train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Des Moines, shuttle, taxi
best- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Des Moines (DSM)plane PHL - DSM
- Take a shuttle bus from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Nevada, IA
- Take the taxi from Nevada, IA to Marshalltowntaxi
6h 35m$378–1,408Fly Philadelphia International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport, drive
cheapest- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID)plane PHL - CID
- Drive from Cedar-Rapids-Airport-CID to Marshalltowncar
7h 28m$135–672Bus, taxi
- Take the bus from Philadelphia Bus Station to Newark Penn Stationbus
- Take the bus from Newark Penn Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Waterloobus
- Take the taxi from Waterloo to Marshalltowntaxi
28h 22m$312–493Train, bus, taxi
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Rockville Amtrak to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Waterloobus
- Take the taxi from Waterloo to Marshalltowntaxi
30h 22m$453–1,386Drive 1,039.8 mi
- Drive from Philadelphia to Marshalltowncar 1,039.8 mi
17h 55m$190–275Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Waterloo Municipal Airport, taxi
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Waterloo Municipal Airport (ALO)plane PHL - ALO
- Take the taxi from Waterloo Municipal Airport (ALO) to Marshalltowntaxi
7h 27m$263–813Train to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, fly to Des Moines, shuttle, taxi
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Des Moines (DSM)plane DCA - DSM
- Take a shuttle bus from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Nevada, IA
- Take the taxi from Nevada, IA to Marshalltowntaxi
8h 31m$430–2,145Train to Laguardia Airport, fly to Des Moines, shuttle, taxi
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Des Moines (DSM)plane LGA - DSM
- Take a shuttle bus from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Nevada, IA
- Take the taxi from Nevada, IA to Marshalltowntaxi
9h 11m$374–1,868Train, bus, taxi via Galesburg
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Rockville Amtrak to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Galesburg Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Galesburg to Des Moinesbus
- Take the taxi from Des Moines to Marshalltowntaxi
31h 30m$463–1,436Train, bus, taxi #2
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Waterloobus
- Take the taxi from Waterloo to Marshalltowntaxi
36h 32m$526–942
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Des Moines (DSM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Philadelphia to Marshalltown is to drive which costs $190 - $280 and takes 17h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Philadelphia to Marshalltown is to fly and shuttle and taxi which takes 6h 35m and costs $370 - $1,500.
The distance between Philadelphia and Marshalltown is 1058 miles. The road distance is 1045.9 miles.
The best way to get from Philadelphia to Marshalltown without a car is to bus and taxi which takes 28h 22m and costs $310 - $500.
It takes approximately 6h 35m to get from Philadelphia to Marshalltown, including transfers.
Marshalltown is 1h behind Philadelphia. It is currently 1:05 AM in Philadelphia and 12:05 AM in Marshalltown.
Yes, the driving distance between Philadelphia to Marshalltown is 1046 miles. It takes approximately 17h 55m to drive from Philadelphia to Marshalltown.
There are seven+ hotels available in Marshalltown.
What companies run services between Philadelphia, PA, USA and Marshalltown, IA, USA?
There is no direct connection from Philadelphia to Marshalltown. However, you can take the train to Airport Terminal A, walk to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) airport, fly to Des Moines (DSM), walk to Des Moines International Airport, IA, take the shuttle to Nevada, IA, then take the taxi to Marshalltown. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Newark Penn Station, take the bus to Chicago Bus Station, take the bus to Waterloo, then take the taxi to Marshalltown.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Des Moines via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Waterloo Municipal Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Waterloo Municipal Airport via Pittsburgh, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Waterloo Municipal Airport via Detroit, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Waterloo Municipal Airport via Cleveland, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines via Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–950
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Des Moines via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Des Moines via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Des Moines via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,400
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Des Moines via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Des Moines via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–950
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Rockville Amtrak to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $240–490
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $29–60
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Rockville Amtrak to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $240–490
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Galesburg Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $340–700
- 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 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–650
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $30–470
- First Class
- $150–650
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–650
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $30–470
- First Class
- $150–650
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- 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
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–650
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $30–470
- First Class
- $150–650
- Phone
- +1 320.253.2226
- Website
- executiveexpress.biz
Shuttle from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Nevada, IA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $85–220
- Website
- https://www.executiveexpress.biz
- Schedules at
- https://www.executiveexpress.biz/coverage-areas/
Shuttle from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Nevada, IA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $85–220
- Website
- https://www.executiveexpress.biz
- Schedules at
- https://www.executiveexpress.biz/coverage-areas/
Shuttle from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Nevada, IA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $85–220
- Website
- https://www.executiveexpress.biz
- Schedules at
- https://www.executiveexpress.biz/coverage-areas/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Philadelphia Bus Station to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–20
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Newark Penn Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Philadelphia Bus Station to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–23
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–100
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–100
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Galesburg to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–100
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Estimated price
- $70–160
Cyclone Cab
- Phone
- +1 515-233-3324
Dolly's Taxi
- Phone
- +1 319-242-2011
- Website
- dollystaxi.com
First Call Taxi
- Phone
- +1 319-233-8294
Dolly's Taxi
- Phone
- +1 319-242-2011
- Website
- dollystaxi.com
First Call Taxi
- Phone
- +1 319-233-8294
Dolly's Taxi
- Phone
- +1 319-242-2011
- Website
- dollystaxi.com
First Call Taxi
- Phone
- +1 319-233-8294
Cyclone Cab
- Phone
- +1 515-233-3324
Cyclone Cab
- Phone
- +1 515-233-3324
Capitol Cab
- Phone
- +1 515-243-1111
Freedom Taxicab
- Phone
- +1 515-289-9800
Dolly's Taxi
- Phone
- +1 319-242-2011
- Website
- dollystaxi.com
First Call Taxi
- Phone
- +1 319-233-8294
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