There are 10 ways to get from Sacramento to Princeton by plane, train, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), train (Amtrak), car, or subway
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Fly Sacramento International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
best- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane SMF - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Airport Railroad Station to Princeton Jct.train
8h 11m$250–646Fly Sacramento International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane SMF - JFK
- Take the train from New York Penn Station to Princeton Jct.train
9h 8m$180–702Bus
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Sparks Transit Centerbus
- Take the bus from Sparks Transit Center to Denver Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Denver Union Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to New York Midtownbus
- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Nassau St & Witherspoon St - Palmer Squarebus
2d 18h$446–856Train via New York
- Take the train from Sacramento to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Take the train from New York Penn Station to Princeton Jct.train
3d 1h$928–2,045Drive 2,792.6 mi
- Drive from Sacramento to Princetoncar 2,792.6 mi
44h 30m$510–737Fly Sacramento International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport, train
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane SMF - PHL
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Princeton Junction Amtrak Stationtrain
10h 26m$248–941Train, BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmondtrain
- Take the subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airportsubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane SFO - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Airport Railroad Station to Princeton Jct.train
10h 56m$242–756Fly Sacramento International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane SMF - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Trentontrain
10h 41m$249–948Train, BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Philadelphia International Airport
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmondtrain
- Take the subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airportsubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane SFO - PHL
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Princeton Junction Amtrak Stationtrain
11h 51m$230–701Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Sacramento to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Trentontrain
3d 6h$956–2,123
Sacramento to Princeton by bus and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sacramento to Princeton is to train and BART and fly which costs $230 - $700 and takes 11h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Sacramento to Princeton is to fly and train which takes 8h 11m and costs $250 - $650.
No, there is no direct bus from Sacramento station to Princeton. However, there are services departing from Sacramento Bus Station and arriving at Nassau St & Witherspoon St - Palmer Square via Sparks Transit Center, Denver Union Station, Chicago Bus Station and Port Authority Bus Terminal. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 18h.
No, there is no direct train from Sacramento to Princeton. However, there are services departing from Sacramento and arriving at Princeton via Chicago Union Station, New York Penn Station and Princeton Jct.. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 1h.
The distance between Sacramento and Princeton is 2559 miles. The road distance is 2808.9 miles.
The best way to get from Sacramento to Princeton without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 18h and costs $440 - $900.
It takes approximately 8h 11m to get from Sacramento to Princeton, including transfers.
Sacramento to Princeton bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Sacramento Bus Station.
Sacramento to Princeton train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Sacramento station.
The best way to get from Sacramento to Princeton is to bus which takes 2 days 18h and costs $440 - $900. Alternatively, you can train via New York, which costs $900 - $2,100 and takes 3 days 1h.
What companies run services between Sacramento, CA, USA and Princeton, NJ, USA?
You can take a bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Nassau St & Witherspoon St - Palmer Square via Sparks Transit Center, Denver Union Station, Chicago Bus Station, New York Midtown, and Port Authority Bus Terminal in around 2d 18h. Alternatively, you can take a train from Sacramento to Princeton via Chicago Union Station, Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station, New York Penn Station, and Princeton Jct. in around 3d 1h.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Cleveland
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Saturday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 39m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Phone
- +1 973-275-5555
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
Train from Newark Airport Railroad Station to Princeton Jct.
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $20–25
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult Airport
- $20–25
Train from New York Penn Station to Princeton Jct.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–21
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $2–21
Train from New York Penn Station to Princeton Jct.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–21
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $2–21
Train from Newark Airport Railroad Station to Princeton Jct.
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- 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 Sacramento to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $650–1,500
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $270–600
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Princeton Junction Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–26
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Sacramento to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–50
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Trenton
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Sacramento to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–50
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Princeton Junction Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–26
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Sacramento to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $650–1,500
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Trenton
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 32m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $300–700
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- BART
Subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–16
- Website
- BART
- Adult Single Ride
- $12–16
Subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–16
- Website
- BART
- Adult Single Ride
- $12–16
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Sparks Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Sparks Transit Center to Denver Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–290
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Denver Union Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–280
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to New York Midtown
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1 (866) 912 - 6224
- [email protected]
- Website
- Rockland Coaches
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Nassau St & Witherspoon St - Palmer Square
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–40
- Schedules at
- Rockland Coaches
- Adult
- $17–40
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More Questions & Answers
Sacramento to Princeton bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Sparks Transit Center station.
Princeton is 3h ahead of Sacramento. It is currently 1:04 PM in Sacramento and 4:04 PM in Princeton.
Sacramento to Princeton train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Sacramento to Princeton is 2809 miles. It takes approximately 44h 30m to drive from Sacramento to Princeton.
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