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2024-2025 Schedule

Itinerary Table of Cornell-Phila Bus

  • The order of the stops and departure/arrival times have been adjusted in the Phila area to accommodate for adding a permanent stop at the Amtrak Train Station in Philadelphia, Sats allowing students to arrive to Cornell on time for dinner. Please verify the Bus Schedules for details.

  • In order to shorten the trip time we will not wait for any late students in Phila area unless they notify us by phone. Please use numbers listed in the Contacts section.

  • Estimated arrival times include rest stops. Adjust your pick up time accordingly to road conditions and length of rest stops taken.

  • Additional on Demand (no extra charge) Stop:  Ithaca College Campus in Ithaca, NY (typically for Thanksgiving and Winter trips).

  • For students planning to arrive to University City in Philadelphia. The cost of taxi fare between the Amtrak Train Station and University City at Walnut Street and 34th Street is around $10 to $15 according to Taxi Fare Finder. Please check their site here to estimate the current cost of any taxi ride in Philadelphia. Hint for taxis at 30th Street Station: If the line for a cab is long, and there are no cabs in the queue, walk over to Market Street and hail a cab. Market Street will be to your right as you come out of the station to stand in the cab line.
  • When two or more buses are used we have split routes for them in Phila area. Please board them accordingly to your trip plans following the stops listed in the table below if applicable for the current trip.

 

 


  Winter Trips: Friday, December 20, 24 - Monday, January 20, 25

Bus

Stop

Departure Time

Bus Ride /Bus Stop Location

Please see Bus Stops page for details.

Expected Arrival Time

 

 

 

Winter Bus Cornell->Phila (C-P)

 

C-P

1

Fri12/20/24
5:45 PM

North Campus

North Cross at Jessup Rd Ithaca NY, 14850

 

C-P

2

Fri12/20/24 
6:00 PM

West Campus

336 West Ave. Ithaca NY 14850

 

 

 

 

 

 

C-P

3

 

Allentown Service Plaza - There is no need to get on the turnpike. The employee parking lot is located on an access road off of Cetronia Rd. This road goes south off of Tilghman St. This is how the parents can pick up and drop off. If you look at Google Maps you can see a large parking lot behind the rest area building. We drop at the gate at the far end of the lot near the access gate.

Fri 1

2/20/24

9:45-10:15 PM

C-P

4

 

Luk Oil Gas Station at Plymouth Meeting Mall, 434 W Germantown Pike, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462.

The passenger car parking lot is just behind the gas station as visible on the Google Maps shown on the Bus Stops page.

Fri

12/20/24 ,
10:45-11:15 PM

C-P

5

 

Amtrak Train Station - PHL, 2955 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Please use a Bus Stop near what used to be the blue Drexel University dragon bridge. Please see Bus Stops page for details.

Fri

12/20/24 ,
11:25PM-11:55PM

C-P

6

 

Penn DOT Park & Ride parking lot at 1102 Bill Smith Blvd, King Of Prussia, PA 19406.

The location is near the SEPTA bus stop. It is between Home Depot and the parking lot of Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon. Look at the map on Bus Stops page.

DON'T ENTER THE PENN DOT official address: 1102 Bill Smith Blvd. INTO YOUR GPS. It is likely that it will direct you to the wrong location. Almost all maps show the road south of the S. Gulph intersection as King of Prussia Rd instead of Bill Smith Blvd. Google Maps shows address 160 S Gulph Rd, King of Prussia, PA 19406.

Sat

12/21/24,
12:25-12:55 AM

 

 

 

 Winter Bus Phila->Cornell (P-C)

 

P-C

6

Mon

1/20/25,

11:15 AM

Penn DOT Park & Ride parking lot at 1102 Bill Smith Blvd, King Of Prussia, PA 19406.

The location is near the SEPTA bus stop. It is between Home Depot and the parking lot of Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon. Look at the picture on the Bus Stops page.

DON'T ENTER THE PENN DOT official address: 1102 Bill Smith Blvd. INTO YOUR GPS. It is likely that it will direct you to the wrong location. Almost all maps show the road south of the S. Gulph intersection as King of Prussia Rd instead of Bill Smith Blvd. Google Maps shows address 160 S Gulph Rd, King of Prussia, PA 19406.

 

P-C

5

Mon
1/20/25,

12:15 PM

Amtrak Train Station - 2955 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Please use a Bus Stop near what used to be the blue Drexel University dragon bridge. Please see Bus Stops page for details.

 

P-C

4

Mon,

1/20/25,

1:10 PM

Luk Oil Gas Station at Plymouth Meeting Mall, 434 W Germantown Pike, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462.

The passenger car parking lot is just behind the gas station as visible on the Google Maps shown on the Bus Stops page.

 

P-C

3

Mon,

1/20/25,

2:20 PM

Allentown Service Plaza - There is no need to get on the turnpike. The employee parking lot is located on an access road off of Cetronia Rd. This road goes south off of Tilghman St. This is how the parents can pick up and drop off. If you look at Google Maps you can see a large parking lot behind the rest area building. We pickup at the gate at the far end of the lot near the access gate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

P-C

2

 

West Campus

336 West Ave Ithaca, NY 14850

Mon,

1/20/25,

6:15-6:45 PM

P-C

1

 

North Campus North Cross at Jessup Rd Ithaca NY, 14850

Mon,

1/20/25,

6:20-6:50 PM

 

Chartered Bus Rides between Cornell and Philadelphia, PA

 

Bus No.

Recess

Leave Cornell (from: West Campus, North Campus & as needed from Ithaca College) with stop in Allentown

Leave Phila (from: King of Prussia, Amtrak Station, Plymouth Meeting) with stop in Allentown

Full Payment

Deadline

CU --> PHI

CU <-- PHI

#1

Fall

 

Fri.

10/11/24

5:40 PM

Tue.

10/15/24

11:15 AM

10/11/24

10/15/24

#2

Thanksgiving

Tue.

11/26/24

5:40 PM

Sun.

12/01/24

11:50 AM if two buses

11:15 AM if one bus

11/26/24

12/01/24

#3

Winter

Fri

12/20/24

5:40 PM

Mon

1/20/25

11:15 AM

12/20/24

1/20/25

#4

February

Fri

2/14/25

5:40 PM

Tue.

2/18/25

11:15 AM

2/14/25

2/18/25

#5

Spring

Fri.

3/28/25

2:30 PM

Sun.

4/06/25

11:15 AM

3/28/25

4/06/25

 

 

Notes:

  • The above schedule follows the Cornell Academic calendar shown here: http://www.cornell.edu/academics/calendar/
  • We will accept the orders and payments for as long as free seats are available.
  • Two buses are planned for the Thanksgiving and Spring Recesses.
  • There is no seat assignment to bus 1 or 2 for the Thanksgiving and Spring trips. There are less than 54 students boarding/departing the bus in KOP and Amtrak combined. While boarding the bus at CU please ask the driver which bus will continue to NM, Amtrak and KOP and board that bus or switch to it later in Plymouth Meeting as needed. It will wait until all students departing in NM, Amtrak and KOP board it.