There are 10 ways to get from Princeton to Traverse City by train, plane, bus, bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), car, or bus (Greyhound)
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Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Traverse City
best- Take the train from Princeton Jct. to Newark Airport Railroad Stationtrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Traverse City (TVC)plane EWR - TVC
8h 32m$107–446Train to Laguardia Airport, fly to Traverse City
cheapest- Take the train from Princeton Jct. to New York Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Traverse City (TVC)plane LGA - TVC
8h 25m$106–540Train, bus via Toledo
- Take the train from Princeton Jct. to New York Penn Stationtrain Nec
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Toledotrain
- Take the bus from Toledo to Ann Arbor Amtrak Stationbus
- Take the train from Ann Arbor Amtrak Station to Kalamazootrain
- Take the bus from Kalamazoo Metro Transit to Traverse City, MIbus
28h 37m$291–643Bus
- Take the bus from Nassau St & S Tulane St - Palmer Square to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from New York Midtown to Gary Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Gary Bus Station to Kalamazoo Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Kalamazoo Metro Transit to Traverse City, MIbus
28h 40m$185–342Drive 798.9 mi
- Drive from Princeton to Traverse Citycar 798.9 mi
15h 25m$146–211Train to Philadelphia International Airport, fly to Traverse City
- Take the train from Princeton Junction Amtrak Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Traverse City (TVC)plane PHL - TVC
7h 48m$116–592Train to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, fly to Traverse City
- Take the train from Princeton Junction Amtrak Station to New Carrollton Amtrak Stationtrain
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Traverse City (TVC)plane DCA - TVC
9h 20m$165–728Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Gerald R. Ford International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Princeton Jct. to Newark Airport Railroad Stationtrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR)plane EWR - GRR
- Take the bus from Grand Rapids to Traverse City, MIbus
11h 48m$168–747Bus via Detroit
- 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 Detroit Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Detroit Bus Station to Greyhound Grand Rapidsbus
- Take the bus from Grand Rapids to Traverse City, MIbus
30h 55m$173–347Train, bus
- Take the train from Trenton to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Grand Rapids Vernon J. Ehlers Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Grand Rapids to Traverse City, MIbus
39h 36m$397–877
Princeton to Traverse City by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Princeton to Traverse City is to drive which costs $140 - $220 and takes 15h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Princeton to Traverse City is to train and fly which takes 7h 48m and costs $110 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from Princeton to Traverse City. However, there are services departing from Nassau St & S Tulane St - Palmer Square and arriving at Traverse City, MI via New York Midtown, Gary Bus Station and Kalamazoo Metro Transit. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 40m.
The distance between Princeton and Traverse City is 695 miles. The road distance is 803.6 miles.
The best way to get from Princeton to Traverse City without a car is to train and bus via Toledo which takes 28h 37m and costs $290 - $650.
It takes approximately 8h 32m to get from Princeton to Traverse City, including transfers.
Princeton to Traverse City bus services, operated by Rockland Coaches, depart from Nassau St & S Tulane St - Palmer Square station.
Princeton to Traverse City bus services, operated by Rockland Coaches, arrive at Port Authority Bus Terminal station.
Yes, the driving distance between Princeton to Traverse City is 804 miles. It takes approximately 15h 25m to drive from Princeton to Traverse City.
There are 497+ hotels available in Traverse City.
What companies run services between Princeton, NJ, USA and Traverse City, MI, USA?
You can take a bus from Nassau St & S Tulane St - Palmer Square to Traverse City, MI via Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York Midtown, Gary Bus Station, and Kalamazoo Metro Transit in around 28h 40m.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Traverse City via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–400
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Traverse City via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Traverse City via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–450
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Traverse City
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–490
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Traverse City via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–500
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Traverse City via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Traverse City via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Traverse City via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Traverse City via Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–650
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Traverse City via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–450
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Traverse City via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Traverse City via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Traverse City via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–650
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Traverse City via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Traverse City via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–450
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Traverse City
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–490
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Traverse City via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Traverse City via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Traverse City
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Traverse City via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Traverse City via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Traverse City via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Traverse City
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Traverse City via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
- 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 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 Toledo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $210–460
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ann Arbor Amtrak Station to Kalamazoo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- 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 Princeton Junction Amtrak Station to New Carrollton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Trenton to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 43m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $320–700
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Grand Rapids Vernon J. Ehlers Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 888-378-3823
- [email protected]
- Website
- Barons Bus
Bus from Toledo to Ann Arbor Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5–40
- Website
- Barons Bus
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Toledo to Ann Arbor Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–23
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 989-725-5105
- Website
- Indian Trails
Bus from Kalamazoo Metro Transit to Traverse City, MI
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- Indian Trails
Bus from Kalamazoo Metro Transit to Traverse City, MI
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- Indian Trails
Bus from Grand Rapids to Traverse City, MI
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- Indian Trails
Bus from Detroit Bus Station to Greyhound Grand Rapids
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- Indian Trails
Bus from Grand Rapids to Traverse City, MI
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- Indian Trails
Bus from Grand Rapids to Traverse City, MI
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- Indian Trails
- 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
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from New York Midtown to Gary Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Gary Bus Station to Kalamazoo Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–200
- Website
- Greyhound
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