There are 10 ways to get from San Francisco to Poughkeepsie by plane, train, train (Amtrak), bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), car, or bus
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Fly San Francisco International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
best- 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 Poughkeepsie Amtrak Stationtrain
9h 46m$254–586Fly San Francisco International Airport to Westchester County Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Westchester County Airport (HPN)plane SFO - HPN
- Take the train from 125th Street - Harlem to Poughkeepsietrain
13h 45m$199–707Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Richmond to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Poughkeepsie Amtrak Stationtrain
3d 1h$1,795–2,856Bus
- 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 TransCenter to Metro North Stationbus
3d 7h$576–886Drive 2,923.5 mi
- Drive from San Francisco to Poughkeepsiecar 2,923.5 mi
46h 10m$534–771Fly San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- 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 Poughkeepsie Amtrak Stationtrain
9h 55m$262–856Fly 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 Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Poughkeepsie Amtrak Stationtrain
11h 26m$252–1,281Train to Sacramento International Airport, fly to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- Take the train from Richmond to Sacramentotrain
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane SMF - EWR
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Poughkeepsie Amtrak Stationtrain
13h 19m$309–774Train to Sacramento International Airport, fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Take the train from Richmond to Sacramentotrain
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane SMF - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Poughkeepsie Amtrak Stationtrain
13h 25m$221–644Train, bus
- Take the train from Richmond to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to New York Midtownbus
- Take the train from Grand Central Terminal to Poughkeepsietrain
3d 5h$1,477–2,373
San Francisco to Poughkeepsie by subway and train (Amtrak)
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Poughkeepsie is to train and fly which costs $220 - $650 and takes 13h 25m.
The fastest way to get from San Francisco to Poughkeepsie is to fly and train which takes 9h 46m and costs $250 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from San Francisco to Poughkeepsie station. However, there are services departing from San Francisco and arriving at Metro North Station via Los Angeles Union Station, St Louis Bus Station, Port Authority Bus Terminal and TransCenter. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 7h.
No, there is no direct train from San Francisco to Poughkeepsie station. However, there are services departing from Civic Center / UN Plaza and arriving at Poughkeepsie Amtrak Station via Richmond and Chicago Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 1h.
The distance between San Francisco and Poughkeepsie is 2700 miles. The road distance is 2940.6 miles.
The best way to get from San Francisco to Poughkeepsie without a car is to train which takes 3 days 1h and costs $1,700 - $2,900.
It takes approximately 9h 46m to get from San Francisco to Poughkeepsie, including transfers.
San Francisco to Poughkeepsie bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from San Francisco station.
San Francisco to Poughkeepsie train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Richmond station.
The best way to get from San Francisco to Poughkeepsie is to train which takes 3 days 1h and costs $1,700 - $2,900. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $550 - $900 and takes 3 days 7h.
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Poughkeepsie, NY, USA?
You can take a subway from Civic Center / UN Plaza to Poughkeepsie Amtrak Station via Richmond, Richmond, and Chicago Union Station in around 3d 1h. Alternatively, you can take a bus from San Francisco to Metro North Station via Los Angeles Union Station, St Louis Bus Station, Port Authority Bus Terminal, White Plains Bus Station, and TransCenter in around 3d 7h.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–440
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Cleveland
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–440
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Pittsburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–440
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Westchester County Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Westchester County Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Westchester County Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 58m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–480
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–480
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Westchester County Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Westchester County Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–480
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–480
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–490
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
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 Poughkeepsie Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Richmond to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,300–2,100
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Poughkeepsie Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $490–750
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Poughkeepsie Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Poughkeepsie Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Richmond to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Poughkeepsie Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Richmond to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Poughkeepsie Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Richmond to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,300–2,100
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 877.690.5114
- Website
- Metro North Railroad
Train from 125th Street - Harlem to Poughkeepsie
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–28
- Website
- Metro North Railroad
- Schedules at
- Metro North Railroad Schedules
- Off-Peak
- $18–21
- Peak
- $25–28
Train from Grand Central Terminal to Poughkeepsie
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–29
- Website
- Metro North Railroad
- Schedules at
- Metro North Railroad Schedules
- Off-Peak
- $19–22
- Peak
- $26–29
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from San Francisco to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to New York Midtown
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $150–230
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $330–500
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $180–280
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 800-624-4217
- [email protected]
- Website
- Leprechaun Lines
Bus from TransCenter to Metro North Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $1–9
- Schedules at
- Leprechaun Lines
- Newburgh - Beacon Shuttle
- $1
- Newburgh Local
- $2
- White Plains Commuter
- $7–9
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Booking & Getting There
San Francisco to Poughkeepsie bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at Los Angeles Union Station.
Poughkeepsie is 3h ahead of San Francisco. It is currently 3:31 AM in San Francisco and 6:31 AM in Poughkeepsie.
San Francisco to Poughkeepsie train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between San Francisco to Poughkeepsie is 2941 miles. It takes approximately 46h 10m to drive from San Francisco to Poughkeepsie.
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