There are 9 ways to get from Plainfield to Tampa by plane, bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), 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 Newark Liberty International Airport to Tampa
best- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Tampa (TPA)plane EWR - TPA
6h$224–1,042Train to Philadelphia International Airport, fly to Tampa
cheapest- Take the train from Newark Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Tampa (TPA)plane PHL - TPA
7h 22m$110–1,010Bus
- Take the bus from E Front St At Terrill Rd to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus 113 / ...
- Take the bus from New York City Chinatown to Orlando Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Orlando Bus Station to Tampa Bus Stationbus
26h 59m$198–334Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Newark Penn Station to Kissimmee Amtrak Stationtrain Silver Meteor
- Take the train from Kissimmee Amtrak Station to Tampatrain Floridian
27h 4m$643–1,079Drive 1,101.6 mi
- Drive from Plainfield to Tampacar 1,101.6 mi
19h 4m$201–291Train, train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Tampa, line 30 bus
- Take the train from Netherwood to Newark Penn Stationtrain
- Take the train from Newark Penn Station to New York Penn Stationtrain
- Take the train from New York Penn Station to Jamaicatrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Tampa (TPA)plane JFK - TPA
- Take the bus from TPA Internat'l Airport Post Office to Kennedy Blvd @ Ashley Drbus
6h 49m$442–1,148Train, train to Laguardia Airport, fly to Tampa, line 30 bus
- Take the train from Netherwood to Newark Penn Stationtrain
- Take the train from Newark Penn Station to New York Penn Stationtrain
- Take the train from New York Penn Station to Flushing Main Streettrain
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Tampa (TPA)plane LGA - TPA
- Take the bus from TPA Internat'l Airport Post Office to Kennedy Blvd @ Ashley Drbus
7h 23m$146–1,646Fly Newark Liberty International Airport to Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport, bus
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport (SRQ)plane EWR - SRQ
- Take the bus from Sarasota Cattlemen Transfer Center to Tampa Bus Stationbus
8h 28m$134–559Train, train to Westchester County Airport, fly to Tampa, line 30 bus
- Take the train from Netherwood to Newark Penn Stationtrain
- Take the train from Newark Penn Station to New York Penn Stationtrain
- Take the train from Grand Central Terminal to White Plainstrain
- Fly from Westchester County Airport (HPN) to Tampa (TPA)plane HPN - TPA
- Take the bus from TPA Internat'l Airport Post Office to Kennedy Blvd @ Ashley Drbus
8h 55m$213–1,000
Plainfield to Tampa by bus and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Plainfield to Tampa is to drive which costs $200 - $290 and takes 19h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Plainfield to Tampa is to fly which takes 6h and costs $220 - $1,100.
No, there is no direct bus from Plainfield to Tampa station. However, there are services departing from E Front St At Terrill Rd and arriving at Tampa Bus Station via Warren St/Church St, New York City Chinatown and Orlando Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 59m.
No, there is no direct train from Plainfield to Tampa. However, there are services departing from Netherwood and arriving at Tampa via Newark Penn Station and Kissimmee Amtrak Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 4m.
The distance between Plainfield and Tampa is 1031 miles. The road distance is 1108 miles.
The best way to get from Plainfield to Tampa without a car is to bus which takes 26h 59m and costs $190 - $340.
It takes approximately 6h to get from Plainfield to Tampa, including transfers.
Plainfield to Tampa bus services, operated by NJ Transit, depart from E Front St At Terrill Rd station.
Plainfield to Tampa train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Newark Penn Station.
The best way to get from Plainfield to Tampa is to fly which takes 6h and costs $220 - $1,100. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $190 - $340 and takes 26h 59m, you could also train, which costs $600 - $1,100 and takes 27h 4m.
What companies run services between Plainfield, NJ, USA and Tampa, FL, USA?
United Airlines, American Airlines, and Delta fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Tampa (TPA) every 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from E Front St At Terrill Rd to Tampa Bus Station via Port Authority Bus Terminal, 42 St-Port Authority Bus Terminal, Chambers St, Warren St/Church St, East Broadway/Pike St, New York City Chinatown, and Orlando Bus Station in around 26h 59m.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Tampa via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Tampa via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Tampa via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Westchester County Airport to Tampa via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Westchester County Airport to Tampa via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Tampa via Raleigh/Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–490
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Tampa via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Tampa via Raleigh/Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Westchester County Airport to Tampa via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–500
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–490
Flights from Westchester County Airport to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Westchester County Airport to Tampa via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–190
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Tampa via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Newark Penn Station to Kissimmee Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $600–1,000
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Kissimmee Amtrak Station to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Newark Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 973-275-5555
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
Train from Netherwood to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–14
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–14
Train from Newark Penn Station to New York Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3–13
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–13
Train from Netherwood to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–14
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–14
Train from Newark Penn Station to New York Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3–13
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–13
Train from Netherwood to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–14
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–14
Train from Newark Penn Station to New York Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3–13
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–13
- Phone
- +1-718-217-5477
- Website
- Long Island Rail Road
Train from New York Penn Station to Jamaica
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–10
- Website
- Long Island Rail Road
- Schedules at
- Long Island Rail Road Schedules
- Off-Peak
- $5–8
- Peak
- $6–10
Train from New York Penn Station to Flushing Main Street
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Website
- Long Island Rail Road
- Schedules at
- Long Island Rail Road Schedules
- Off-Peak
- $5–7
- Peak
- $5–9
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Newark Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $18–450
- First Class
- $120–600
- Phone
- +1 877.690.5114
- Website
- Metro North Railroad
Train from Grand Central Terminal to White Plains
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Website
- Metro North Railroad
- Schedules at
- Metro North Railroad Schedules
- Off-Peak
- $9–11
- Peak
- $13–15
- Phone
- +1 973-275-5555
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
Bus from E Front St At Terrill Rd to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–35
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adults
- $10–35
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from New York City Chinatown to Orlando Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $170–270
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Orlando Bus Station to Tampa Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–20
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Sarasota Cattlemen Transfer Center to Tampa Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Orlando Bus Station to Tampa Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–22
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 813-254-4278
- Website
- HART
Bus from TPA Internat'l Airport Post Office to Kennedy Blvd @ Ashley Dr
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Website
- HART
Bus from TPA Internat'l Airport Post Office to Kennedy Blvd @ Ashley Dr
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Website
- HART
Bus from TPA Internat'l Airport Post Office to Kennedy Blvd @ Ashley Dr
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Website
- HART
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Plainfield to Tampa bus services, operated by NJ Transit, arrive at Port Authority Bus Terminal station.
Plainfield to Tampa train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Kissimmee Amtrak Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Plainfield to Tampa is 1108 miles. It takes approximately 19h 4m to drive from Plainfield to Tampa.
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