There are 11 ways to get from Philadelphia to Saint Paul by plane, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), train (Amtrak), car, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Philadelphia International Airport
best- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)plane PHL - MSP
4h 48m$175–856Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)plane BWI - MSP
5h 48m$166–1,511Bus
- 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 Saint Paul Union Depotbus
27h 35m$176–331Train via Washington (Amtrak)
- 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 St. Paul-Minneapolistrain
29h 31m$353–1,346Drive 1,157 mi
- Drive from Philadelphia to Saint Paulcar 1,157 mi
18h 57m$212–305Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airporttrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)plane EWR - MSP
5h 42m$194–900Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)plane JFK - MSP
6h 42m$457–1,618Train to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, fly
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)plane DCA - MSP
6h 40m$187–1,643Train to Laguardia Airport, fly
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)plane LGA - MSP
7h 3m$241–1,266Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain Cardinal
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to St. Paul-Minneapolistrain Borealis / ...
35h 41m$402–882Train, bus
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from W Jackson Blvd, after S Clinton St to 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campusbus
- Take the bus from Madison to Minneapolisbus
39h 42m$379–789
Philadelphia to Saint Paul by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Philadelphia to Saint Paul is to bus which costs $170 - $340 and takes 27h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Philadelphia to Saint Paul is to fly which takes 4h 48m and costs $170 - $900.
No, there is no direct bus from Philadelphia station to Saint Paul. However, there are services departing from Philadelphia Bus Station and arriving at Saint Paul Union Depot via Newark Penn Station and Chicago Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Philadelphia station to Saint Paul. However, there are services departing from 30th Street Station and arriving at St. Paul-Minneapolis via Union Station, Red Line Center Platform, Rockville Amtrak and Chicago Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 31m.
The distance between Philadelphia and Saint Paul is 1000 miles. The road distance is 1163.7 miles.
The best way to get from Philadelphia to Saint Paul without a car is to bus which takes 27h 35m and costs $170 - $340.
It takes approximately 4h 48m to get from Philadelphia to Saint Paul, including transfers.
Philadelphia to Saint Paul bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Philadelphia Bus Station.
Philadelphia to Saint Paul train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from 30th Street Station.
The best way to get from Philadelphia to Saint Paul is to fly which takes 4h 48m and costs $170 - $900. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $170 - $340 and takes 27h 35m, you could also train via Washington, which costs $350 - $1,400 and takes 29h 31m.
What companies run services between Philadelphia, PA, USA and Saint Paul, MN, USA?
American Airlines, Delta, and two other airlines fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Philadelphia Bus Station to Saint Paul Union Depot via Newark Penn Station and Chicago Bus Station in around 27h 35m.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Cleveland
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Madison
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Cleveland
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Grand Rapids
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Buffalo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $180–900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–850
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- When
- Sunday and Monday
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Rockville Amtrak to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $210–460
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to St. Paul-Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $110–250
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–50
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–65
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–55
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–55
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $290–650
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to St. Paul-Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $110–250
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $290–650
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–650
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $30–470
- First Class
- $150–650
Train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–650
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $24–460
- First Class
- $140–650
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
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- 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
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- 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
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Philadelphia Bus Station to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–22
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Saint Paul Union Depot
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–120
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Philadelphia Bus Station to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–18
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Newark Penn Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $110–190
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Saint Paul Union Depot
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1 (866) 912 - 6224
- [email protected]
- Website
- Rockland Coaches
Bus from W Jackson Blvd, after S Clinton St to 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–55
- Schedules at
- Rockland Coaches
- Adult
- $25–55
- Phone
- +1-858-800-8898
- Website
- jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Madison to Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–100
- Book at
- Jefferson Lines
- Adult
- $70–100
- Phone
- +1 414-266-4409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Badger Bus
Bus from Madison to Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $60–80
- Website
- Badger Bus
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More Questions & Answers
Philadelphia to Saint Paul bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Newark Penn Station.
Saint Paul is 1h behind Philadelphia. It is currently 6:06 PM in Philadelphia and 5:06 PM in Saint Paul.
Philadelphia to Saint Paul train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Washington Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Philadelphia to Saint Paul is 1164 miles. It takes approximately 18h 57m to drive from Philadelphia to Saint Paul.
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