There are 10 ways to get from Santa Barbara to Connecticut by plane, bus, train, bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), car, or train (Amtrak)
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Fly Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Bradley International Airport
best- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Bradley International Airport (BDL)plane SBA - BDL
9h 34m$142–556Bus, train
- Take the bus from Santa Barbara Bus Stop to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to New York Midtownbus
- Take the train from Grand Central Terminal to Bridgeporttrain
2d 19h$873–1,787Bus
- Take the bus from Santa Barbara Bus Stop 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 Bridgeport Bus Stopbus
3d$484–963Drive 2,878.8 mi
- Drive from Santa Barbara to Bridgeportcar 2,878.8 mi
2d$526–759Fly Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Laguardia Airport, train
- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Laguardia Airport (LGA)plane SBA - LGA
- Take the train from 125th Street - Harlem to Stamfordtrain
10h 46m$204–777Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angelestrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane LAX - JFK
- Take the train from Grand Central Terminal to Stamfordtrain
12h 13m$246–917Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angelestrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane LAX - EWR
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Stamford Amtrak Stationtrain
12h 12m$259–1,309Train to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Van Nuystrain
- Fly from Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane BUR - JFK
- Take the train from Grand Central Terminal to Stamfordtrain
12h 15m$399–1,000Train to Van Nuys Airport, fly to Laguardia Airport, train
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Van Nuystrain
- Fly from Van Nuys Airport (VNY) to Laguardia Airport (LGA)plane VNY - LGA
- Take the train from 125th Street - Harlem to Stamfordtrain
11h 4m$312–1,182Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angelestrain
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Bridgeport Amtrak Stationtrain
2d 22h$1,063–2,258
Santa Barbara to Connecticut by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santa Barbara to Connecticut is to fly which costs $140 - $600 and takes 9h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Santa Barbara to Connecticut is to fly which takes 9h 34m and costs $140 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from Santa Barbara to Connecticut. However, there are services departing from Santa Barbara Bus Stop and arriving at Bridgeport Bus Stop via Los Angeles Union Station, St Louis Bus Station and Port Authority Bus Terminal. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 0h.
No, there is no direct train from Santa Barbara to Connecticut station. However, there are services departing from Santa Barbara and arriving at Bridgeport Amtrak Station via Los Angeles, Chicago Union Station and Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 22h.
The distance between Santa Barbara and Connecticut is 2618 miles. The road distance is 2895.6 miles.
The best way to get from Santa Barbara to Connecticut without a car is to bus and train which takes 2 days 19h and costs $850 - $1,800.
It takes approximately 9h 34m to get from Santa Barbara to Connecticut, including transfers.
Santa Barbara to Connecticut bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Santa Barbara Bus Stop station.
Santa Barbara to Connecticut train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Santa Barbara station.
The best way to get from Santa Barbara to Connecticut is to fly which takes 9h 34m and costs $140 - $600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $480 - $1,000 and takes 3 days 0h, you could also train, which costs $1,000 - $2,300 and takes 2 days 22h.
What companies run services between Santa Barbara, CA, USA and Connecticut, USA?
Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Bradley International Airport (BDL) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Santa Barbara Bus Stop to Bridgeport Bus Stop via Los Angeles Union Station, St Louis Bus Station, and Port Authority Bus Terminal in around 3d.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Bradley International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Laguardia Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Laguardia Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Cleveland
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Bradley International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Laguardia Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Laguardia Airport via Las Vegas, Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Laguardia Airport via Las Vegas, St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Laguardia Airport via Denver, Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Laguardia Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–650
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Bradley International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 44m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–700
- Website
- eastcoastflight.com
Flights from Van Nuys Airport to Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $700–1,500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Stamford Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–24
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Santa Barbara to Van Nuys
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–60
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Santa Barbara to Van Nuys
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–60
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $700–1,500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $310–650
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Bridgeport Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 877.690.5114
- Website
- mta.info
Train from Grand Central Terminal to Bridgeport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $15–24
- Website
- https://www.mta.info/agency/metro-north-railroad
- Schedules at
- https://www.mta.info/schedules
- Off-Peak
- $15–18
- Peak
- $22–24
Train from 125th Street - Harlem to Stamford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–17
- Website
- https://www.mta.info/agency/metro-north-railroad
- Schedules at
- https://www.mta.info/schedules
- Off-Peak
- $10–12
- Peak
- $14–17
Train from Grand Central Terminal to Stamford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–18
- Website
- https://www.mta.info/agency/metro-north-railroad
- Schedules at
- https://www.mta.info/schedules
- Off-Peak
- $11–13
- Peak
- $16–18
Train from Grand Central Terminal to Stamford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–18
- Website
- https://www.mta.info/agency/metro-north-railroad
- Schedules at
- https://www.mta.info/schedules
- Off-Peak
- $11–13
- Peak
- $16–18
Train from 125th Street - Harlem to Stamford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–17
- Website
- https://www.mta.info/agency/metro-north-railroad
- Schedules at
- https://www.mta.info/schedules
- Off-Peak
- $10–12
- Peak
- $14–17
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 Stamford Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $8–440
- First Class
- $100–550
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Santa Barbara Bus Stop to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $15–25
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to New York Midtown
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $140–230
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Santa Barbara Bus Stop to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $15–25
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- 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
- $300–600
- 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
- $160–320
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Bridgeport Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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More Questions & Answers
Santa Barbara to Connecticut bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at Los Angeles Union Station.
Connecticut is 3h ahead of Santa Barbara. It is currently 2:10 AM in Santa Barbara and 5:10 AM in Connecticut.
Santa Barbara to Connecticut train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Los Angeles station.
Yes, the driving distance between Santa Barbara to Connecticut is 2896 miles. It takes approximately 2 days 0h to drive from Santa Barbara to Connecticut.
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