Cheapest€26.58
- Altamont Corridor Express AC326206:476h 35m13:22Van NuysSalinas Transit Center
Door to door 7h 19mCO2 12.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Van Nuys to Salinas bus
Buses from Van Nuys to Salinas start at €28.23 and take 7h 19m at their fastest.
The Buses from Van Nuys to Salinas starts at €28.23 and takes 7h 19m door to door, run by 1 operator over 462 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 7h 19mDoor to door
- 6h 35mMoving
- €28.23From
- 12.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€58.48
- Altamont Corridor Express AC687007:302h 29m09:59Van NuysBakersfield Greyhound Bus Station
- Amtrak California AC805510:532h 22m13:15BakersfieldSalinas station
Changes at Bakersfield, with 54 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 6h 29mCO2 15.0 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Altamont Corridor Express | €26.58 | 6h 47m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
That is the travelling done. What happens after you walk out into Salinas is not something we sell.
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When to book Van Nuys to Salinas
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €29.8890 days
- €22.7360 days
- €22.7345 days
- €29.8830 days
- €27.6821 days
- €37.5814 days
- €54.637 days
- €51.883 days
- €53.531 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €22.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 140 percent. The dearest point is €54.63, 7 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €33.73Sun
- €33.73Mon
- €28.23Tue
- €35.38Wed
- €37.58Thu
- €30.43Fri
- €44.73Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Van Nuys
Coach
- Van Nuys
- LAX FlyAway Van Nuys Terminal
Salinas
Coach
- Salinas Transit Center
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 462 km against 401 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Bakersfield, Visalia, Oxnard, Fresno. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Van Nuys at 06:47 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Van Nuys to Salinas
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Van Nuys to Salinas take?
The Coach from Van Nuys to Salinas takes 7h 19m door to door, of which 6h 35m is spent moving. The route runs 462 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Van Nuys to Salinas cost?
The Coach from Van Nuys to Salinas starts at €28.23 for one passenger, checked on 28 September 2026. A typical fare is €52.16. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Van Nuys to Salinas?
1 operators run the Coach from Van Nuys to Salinas: Altamont Corridor Express. Between them they file around 4 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Van Nuys to Salinas use?
The Coach from Van Nuys to Salinas leaves from Van Nuys and arrives at Salinas Transit Center. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Coach from Van Nuys to Salinas?
Fares for the Coach from Van Nuys to Salinas bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €22.73. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 140 percent, measured on 28 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Van Nuys to Salinas produce?
The Coach from Van Nuys to Salinas produces about 12.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 462 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Van Nuys to Salinas?
Operators on the Coach from Van Nuys to Salinas publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 19m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Van Nuys to Salinas on 10 September 2026: 462 km of route against 401 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €28.23, and 7h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The coach is the simple part. What you do once you are in Salinas is somebody else's catalogue.
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