There are 11 ways to get from San Francisco to Amherst College by plane, train (Amtrak), bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), car, train, or bus
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Fly San Francisco International Airport to Bradley International Airport
best- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Bradley International Airport (BDL)plane SFO - BDL
13h 10m$467–1,429Caltrain to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Bradley International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Santa Clara Caltrain Southboundtrain
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Bradley International Airport (BDL)plane SJC - BDL
14h$209–781Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Richmond to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Springfieldtrain
3d 4h$1,047–2,260Bus
- Take the bus from San Francisco to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Port Authority Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to University of Massachusetts Amherstbus
3d 10h$544–1,026Drive 3,005.8 mi
- Drive from San Francisco to Amherst Collegecar 3,005.8 mi
2d$549–793Fly Oakland International Airport to Bradley International Airport
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Bradley International Airport (BDL)plane OAK - BDL
13h 4m$213–825Fly San Francisco International Airport to Boston Logan Airport, train, bus
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Boston Logan Airport (BOS)plane SFO - BOS
- Take the train from Lansdowne to Worcestertrain
- Take the bus from Union Station Garage - Worcester to Amherst Commonbus
12h 49m$217–588Fly San Francisco International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane SFO - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to New Haventrain
- Take the bus from New Haven Bus Stop to University of Massachusetts Amherstbus
13h 30m$245–1,149Fly San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane SFO - EWR
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to New Haventrain
- Take the bus from New Haven Bus Stop to University of Massachusetts Amherstbus
13h 44m$231–1,468Fly San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport, train
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane SFO - PHL
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Northamptontrain
16h 10m$279–787Train, bus
- Take the train from Richmond to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Newark Penn Stationbus
- Take the train from Newark Penn Station to Northamptontrain
3d 6h$936–1,948
San Francisco to Amherst College by subway, train, bus, and foot (Amtrak)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Amherst College is to fly and train which costs $270 - $800 and takes 16h 10m.
The fastest way to get from San Francisco to Amherst College is to fly and train and bus which takes 12h 49m and costs $210 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from San Francisco to Amherst College. However, there are services departing from San Francisco and arriving at Amherst Town Hall via Los Angeles Union Station, St Louis Bus Station, Port Authority Bus Terminal and Fine Arts Center. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 10h.
No, there is no direct train from San Francisco to Amherst College. However, there are services departing from Civic Center / UN Plaza and arriving at Springfield via Richmond and Chicago Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 4h.
The distance between San Francisco and Amherst College is 2698 miles. The road distance is 3023.3 miles.
The best way to get from San Francisco to Amherst College without a car is to train which takes 3 days 4h and costs $1,000 - $2,300.
It takes approximately 13h 10m to get from San Francisco to Amherst College, including transfers.
San Francisco to Amherst College bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from San Francisco station.
San Francisco to Amherst College train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Richmond station.
The best way to get from San Francisco to Amherst College is to fly which takes 13h 10m and costs $460 - $1,500. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $1,000 - $2,300 and takes 3 days 4h, you could also bus, which costs $500 - $1,100 and takes 3 days 10h.
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Amherst College, MA, USA?
Southwest Airlines and Delta fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Bradley International Airport (BDL) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a subway from Civic Center / UN Plaza to Amherst College via Richmond, Richmond, Chicago Union Station, Springfield, Union Station Bay 10, Academy of Music, and Amherst College in around 3d 4h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Bradley International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Bradley International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Bradley International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Bradley International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Bradley International Airport via Salt Lake City, Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Bradley International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Bradley International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Sunday, Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Bradley International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Bradley International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Bradley International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Bradley International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 54m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Bradley International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Bradley International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Bradley International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Cleveland
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–490
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 39m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 34m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Richmond to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $750–1,600
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Springfield
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $290–650
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to New Haven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to New Haven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Northampton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–170
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Richmond to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $750–1,600
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Newark Penn Station to Northampton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1-617-222-3200
- Website
- mbta.com
Train from Lansdowne to Worcester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- https://www.mbta.com
- Website
- https://www.mbta.com/guides/world-cup-guide
- Adult
- $6–9
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Santa Clara Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $9–12
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to New Haven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–600
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $17–450
- First Class
- $120–600
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to New Haven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–600
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $17–450
- First Class
- $120–600
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from San Francisco to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $130–230
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $290–550
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $160–310
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $24–50
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from New Haven Bus Stop to University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $13–26
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from New Haven Bus Stop to University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $13–26
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 413-781-7882
- Website
- pvta.com
Bus from Union Station Garage - Worcester to Amherst Common
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- pvta.com
- Seniors 60+, disabled
- $1
- Child 6-12
- $1
- Adult 13-59
- $2
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More Questions & Answers
San Francisco to Amherst College bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at Los Angeles Union Station.
Amherst College is 3h ahead of San Francisco. It is currently 9:50 PM in San Francisco and 12:50 AM in Amherst College.
San Francisco to Amherst College train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between San Francisco to Amherst College is 3023 miles. It takes approximately 2 days 0h to drive from San Francisco to Amherst College.
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