There are 8 ways to get from Princeton to Grinnell by train, plane, bus, bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), or car
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Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Des Moines, bus
best- Take the train from Princeton Jct. to Newark Airport Railroad Stationtrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Des Moines (DSM)plane EWR - DSM
- Take the bus from Des Moines to Grinnellbus
8h 25m$254–1,069Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Nassau St & S Tulane St - Palmer Square to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from New York Midtown to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Grinnellbus
28h 5m$188–342Train, bus via Ossining
- Take the train from Princeton Jct. to New York Penn Stationtrain Nec
- 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 bus from Chicago Bus Station to Grinnellbus
29h 55m$343–748Drive 1,039.9 mi
- Drive from Princeton to Grinnellcar 1,039.9 mi
17h 48m$190–275Train to Philadelphia International Airport, fly to Des Moines, bus
- Take the train from Princeton Junction Amtrak Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Des Moines (DSM)plane PHL - DSM
- Take the bus from Des Moines to Grinnellbus
9h 13m$283–1,265Train to Laguardia Airport, fly to Des Moines, bus
- Take the train from Princeton Jct. to New York Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Des Moines (DSM)plane LGA - DSM
- Take the bus from Des Moines to Grinnellbus
10h 7m$278–1,273Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to The Eastern Iowa Airport, bus
- Take the train from Princeton Jct. to Newark Airport Railroad Stationtrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID)plane EWR - CID
- Take the bus from GTC Bay 9 to Court St Transportation Centerbus
- Take the bus from Iowa City to Grinnellbus
12h 44mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Trenton to Chicago Union Stationtrain Cardinal
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Grinnellbus Greyhound US0155S
37h 51m$362–792
Princeton to Grinnell by bus and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Princeton to Grinnell is to drive which costs $190 - $280 and takes 17h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Princeton to Grinnell is to train and fly and bus which takes 8h 25m and costs $250 - $1,100.
No, there is no direct bus from Princeton to Grinnell. However, there are services departing from Nassau St & S Tulane St - Palmer Square and arriving at Grinnell via New York Midtown and Chicago Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 5m.
The distance between Princeton and Grinnell is 1131 miles. The road distance is 1046 miles.
The best way to get from Princeton to Grinnell without a car is to bus which takes 28h 5m and costs $180 - $350.
It takes approximately 8h 25m to get from Princeton to Grinnell, including transfers.
Princeton to Grinnell bus services, operated by Rockland Coaches, depart from Nassau St & S Tulane St - Palmer Square station.
Princeton to Grinnell bus services, operated by Rockland Coaches, arrive at Port Authority Bus Terminal station.
Grinnell is 1h behind Princeton. It is currently 4:17 PM in Princeton and 3:17 PM in Grinnell.
Yes, the driving distance between Princeton to Grinnell is 1046 miles. It takes approximately 17h 48m to drive from Princeton to Grinnell.
What companies run services between Princeton, NJ, USA and Grinnell, IA, USA?
You can take a bus from Nassau St & S Tulane St - Palmer Square to Grinnell via Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York Midtown, and Chicago Bus Station in around 28h 5m.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–440
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Des Moines via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–900
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Des Moines via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,200
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–1,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–440
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Des Moines via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Des Moines via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Des Moines via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,100
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- 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
- $200–1,000
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
- Phone
- +1 973-275-5555
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
Train from Princeton Jct. to Newark Airport Railroad Station
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–25
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult Airport
- $20–25
Train from Princeton Jct. to New York Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–21
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $2–21
Train from Princeton Jct. to New York Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–21
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $2–21
Train from Princeton Jct. to Newark Airport Railroad Station
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–25
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult Airport
- $20–25
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–21
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $280–600
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Princeton Junction Amtrak Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–27
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Trenton to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 43m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $320–700
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Des Moines to Grinnell
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–14
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Grinnell
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Grinnell
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Des Moines to Grinnell
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–14
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Des Moines to Grinnell
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–14
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Iowa City to Grinnell
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–19
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Grinnell
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (866) 912 - 6224
- [email protected]
- Website
- Rockland Coaches
Bus from Nassau St & S Tulane St - Palmer Square to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–40
- Schedules at
- Rockland Coaches
- Adult
- $17–40
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from New York Midtown to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $130–220
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1-319-362-0375
- Website
- 380 Express Corridor Rides
Bus from GTC Bay 9 to Court St Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- 380 Express Corridor Rides
- Schedules at
- 380 Express Schedule
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