There are 10 ways to get from Princeton to Sacramento by train, plane, bus (Greyhound), bus, car, subway, or train (Amtrak)
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Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Sacramento International Airport
best- Take the train from Princeton Jct. to Newark Airport Railroad Stationtrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane EWR - SMF
9h 3m$251–647Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Sacramento International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Princeton Jct. to New York Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane JFK - SMF
10h 14m$221–853Bus
- Take the bus from Nassau St & S Tulane St - Palmer Square to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Denver Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Denver Union Station to Sparks Transit Centerbus
- Take the bus from Sparks Transit Center to Sacramento Bus Stationbus
2d 21h$447–877Bus, train
- 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 train from Chicago Union Station to Sacramentotrain
2d 23h$788–1,747Drive 2,793.8 mi
- Drive from Princeton to Sacramentocar 2,793.8 mi
44h 25m$510–737Train to Philadelphia International Airport, fly to Sacramento International Airport
- Take the train from Princeton Junction Amtrak Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane PHL - SMF
10h 58m$299–1,142Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Sacramento International Airport
- Take the train from Trenton to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane BWI - SMF
10h 26m$269–1,046Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART, train
- Take the train from Princeton Jct. to Newark Airport Railroad Stationtrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane EWR - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Richmondsubway
- Take the train from Richmond to Sacramentotrain
12h 8m$242–759Train via New York
- Take the train from Princeton Jct. to New York Penn Stationtrain
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Sacramentotrain
3d 2h$925–2,130Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Trenton to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Sacramentotrain
3d 9h$952–2,207
Princeton to Sacramento by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Princeton to Sacramento is to train and fly and BART which costs $240 - $800 and takes 12h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Princeton to Sacramento is to train and fly which takes 9h 3m and costs $250 - $650.
No, there is no direct bus from Princeton to Sacramento station. However, there are services departing from Nassau St & S Tulane St - Palmer Square and arriving at Sacramento Bus Station via Port Authority Bus Terminal, St Louis Bus Station, Denver Union Station and Sparks Transit Center. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 21h.
No, there is no direct train from Princeton to Sacramento. However, there are services departing from Princeton and arriving at Sacramento via Princeton Jct., Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station and Chicago Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 2h.
The distance between Princeton and Sacramento is 2560 miles. The road distance is 2810.1 miles.
The best way to get from Princeton to Sacramento without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 21h and costs $440 - $900.
It takes approximately 9h 3m to get from Princeton to Sacramento, including transfers.
Princeton to Sacramento bus services, operated by Rockland Coaches, depart from Nassau St & S Tulane St - Palmer Square station.
Princeton to Sacramento train services, operated by NJ Transit, depart from Princeton Jct. station.
The best way to get from Princeton to Sacramento is to bus which takes 2 days 21h and costs $440 - $900. Alternatively, you can train via New York, which costs $900 - $2,200 and takes 3 days 2h.
What companies run services between Princeton, NJ, USA and Sacramento, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Nassau St & S Tulane St - Palmer Square to Sacramento Bus Station via Port Authority Bus Terminal, St Louis Bus Station, Denver Union Station, and Sparks Transit Center in around 2d 21h. Alternatively, you can take a train from Princeton to Sacramento via Princeton Jct., Penn Station, Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station, and Chicago Union Station in around 3d 2h.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
- 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 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
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $650–1,500
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Princeton Junction Amtrak Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–26
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Trenton to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Richmond to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–50
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $270–600
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $650–1,500
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Trenton to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 43m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $300–700
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $650–1,500
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- BART
Subway from San Francisco International Airport to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–16
- Website
- BART
- Adult Single Ride
- $12–16
- 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
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
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $140–280
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Denver Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $120–230
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Denver Union Station to Sparks Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–290
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Sparks Transit Center to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- Greyhound
- 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
- $120–210
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
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More Questions & Answers
Princeton to Sacramento bus services, operated by Rockland Coaches, arrive at Port Authority Bus Terminal station.
Sacramento is 3h behind Princeton. It is currently 2:54 PM in Princeton and 11:54 AM in Sacramento.
Princeton to Sacramento train services, operated by NJ Transit, arrive at New York Penn Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Princeton to Sacramento is 2810 miles. It takes approximately 44h 25m to drive from Princeton to Sacramento.
There are 332+ hotels available in Sacramento.












