There are 9 ways to get from San Francisco to Niagara Falls Station by plane, bus, bus (Greyhound), train (Amtrak), car, or train
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Fly San Francisco International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, bus
best- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)plane SFO - BUF
- Take the bus from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Niagara Falls USAbus
10h 30m$137–573Bus
- Take the bus from San Francisco 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 to Clevelandbus
- Take the bus from Cleveland, OH to Buffalo, NYbus
- Take the bus from Ellicott Street & MTC Static to Portage Road & NF Transportation Centerbus 40 / ...
2d 15h$385–797Train
- Take the train from Richmond to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Buffalo Depew Stationtrain
- Take the train from Buffalo Depew Station to Niagara Falls Amtrak Stationtrain
2d 19h$924–2,106Drive 2,631.6 mi
- Drive from San Francisco to Niagara Falls Stationcar 2,631.6 mi
41h 20m$603–870Fly Oakland International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, bus
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)plane OAK - BUF
- Take the bus from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Niagara Falls USAbus
10h 26m$283–1,119Caltrain to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, bus
- Take the train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Santa Clara Caltrain Southboundtrain
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)plane SJC - BUF
- Take the bus from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Niagara Falls USAbus
11h 30m$279–1,125Fly San Francisco International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport, bus
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)plane SFO - YYZ
- Take the bus from Toronto Union Station to Niagara Falls, ONbus
11h 45m$253–876Fly Oakland International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport, bus
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)plane OAK - YYZ
- Take the bus from Toronto Union Station to Niagara Falls, ONbus
13h 36m$389–872Train, bus
- Take the train from Richmond to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Chicago Union Station to Detroitbus
- Take the bus from Detroit Bus Station to Torontobus
- Take the bus from Toronto Union Station to Niagara Falls, ONbus
2d 23h$893–1,868
San Francisco to Niagara Falls Station by bus and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Niagara Falls Station is to fly and bus which costs $130 - $600 and takes 10h 30m.
The fastest way to get from San Francisco to Niagara Falls Station is to fly and bus which takes 10h 26m and costs $280 - $1,200.
No, there is no direct bus from San Francisco station to Niagara Falls Station. However, there are services departing from San Francisco Bus Station and arriving at Portage Road & NF Transportation Center via Sparks Transit Center, Denver Union Station, Chicago, Cleveland, OH and Ellicott Street & MTC Static. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 15h.
No, there is no direct train from San Francisco to Niagara Falls Station station. However, there are services departing from Civic Center / UN Plaza and arriving at Niagara Falls Amtrak Station via Richmond, Chicago Union Station and Buffalo Depew Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 19h.
The distance between San Francisco and Niagara Falls Station is 2366 miles. The road distance is 2647 miles.
The best way to get from San Francisco to Niagara Falls Station without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 15h and costs $380 - $800.
It takes approximately 10h 30m to get from San Francisco to Niagara Falls Station, including transfers.
San Francisco to Niagara Falls Station bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from San Francisco Bus Station.
San Francisco to Niagara Falls Station train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Richmond station.
The best way to get from San Francisco to Niagara Falls Station is to bus which takes 2 days 15h and costs $380 - $800. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $900 - $2,200 and takes 2 days 19h.
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Niagara Falls Station, NY, USA?
You can take a bus from San Francisco Bus Station to Niagara Falls Station via Sparks Transit Center, Denver Union Station, Chicago, Cleveland, OH, Ellicott Street & MTC Static, and Portage Road & NF Transportation Center in around 2d 15h. Alternatively, you can take a subway from Civic Center / UN Plaza to Niagara Falls Amtrak Station via Richmond, Richmond, Chicago Union Station, and Buffalo Depew Station in around 2d 19h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Sunday, Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–500
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–500
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–500
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 9m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–950
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 9m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–950
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Richmond to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $750–1,600
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Buffalo Depew Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $160–350
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Buffalo Depew Station to Niagara Falls Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–22
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Richmond to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $750–1,600
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- VIA Rail
Train from Buffalo Depew Station to Niagara Falls Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–150
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $9–50
- Business
- $40–140
- Business Plus
- $50–150
- Economy
- $10–55
- Economy Plus
- $11–65
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- Cal Train
Train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Santa Clara Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- $9–12
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Niagara Falls USA
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Niagara Falls USA
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Niagara Falls USA
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Detroit Bus Station to Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from San Francisco Bus Station to Sparks Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Sparks Transit Center to Denver Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $150–300
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Denver Union Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $150–290
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 888-378-3823
- [email protected]
- Website
- Barons Bus
Bus from Chicago to Cleveland
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–80
- Website
- Barons Bus
Bus from Cleveland, OH to Buffalo, NY
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–60
- Website
- Barons Bus
- Phone
- +1 716-855-7211
- [email protected]
- Website
- NFTA
Bus from Ellicott Street & MTC Static to Portage Road & NF Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2
- Website
- NFTA
- Phone
- +1 866 488 4452
- [email protected]
- Website
- Megabus
Bus from Toronto Union Station to Niagara Falls, ON
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–55
- Website
- Megabus
- Adult Advanced Booking
- $7–45
- Adult Standard
- $16–55
Bus from Toronto Union Station to Niagara Falls, ON
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–55
- Website
- Megabus
- Adult Advanced Booking
- $7–45
- Adult Standard
- $16–55
Bus from Toronto Union Station to Niagara Falls, ON
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–55
- Website
- Megabus
- Adult Advanced Booking
- $7–45
- Adult Standard
- $16–55
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Chicago Union Station to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $95–140
- Website
- Amtrak
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More Questions & Answers
San Francisco to Niagara Falls Station bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Sparks Transit Center station.
Niagara Falls Station is 3h ahead of San Francisco. It is currently 11:22 PM in San Francisco and 2:22 AM in Niagara Falls Station.
San Francisco to Niagara Falls Station train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between San Francisco to Niagara Falls Station is 2647 miles. It takes approximately 41h 20m to drive from San Francisco to Niagara Falls Station.
There are 736+ hotels available in Niagara Falls Station.




























