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Fresno to Riverside

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Fresno to Riverside. From €22.72, fastest 5h 13m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Fresno to Riverside runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €22.72 and €52.06, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 13m over 456 km, on services run by 4 operators across 2 modes.

Checked 22 September 2026Priced for 12 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 0 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for 12 October 2026

€22.72 to €52.06

  • 102%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Fresno

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 3Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €48.03Wed23
  2. about €58.48Thu24
  3. about €41.43Fri25
  4. about €50.23Sat26
  5. about €38.13Sun27
  6. about €41.43Mon28
  7. about €30.98Tue29
  8. about €29.88Wed30
  9. about €39.78Thu1
  10. about €32.63Fri2
  11. about €35.38Sat3
  12. about €33.73Sun4
  13. about €27.68Mon5
  14. about €24.37Tue6
  15. about €24.93Wed7
  16. about €33.73Thu8
  17. about €27.13Fri9
  18. about €31.53Sat10
  19. about €26.03Sun11
  20. about €22.72Mon12
  21. about €23.82Tue13

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The coach gets you into Riverside. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Riverside for the night the coach gets in

Sort by distance from Riverside station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Fresno to Riverside

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €25.4890 days
  2. €24.9260 days
  3. €23.8245 days
  4. €24.9330 days
  5. €23.8221 days
  6. €24.3714 days
  7. €30.987 days
  8. €41.433 days
  9. €48.031 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €23.82.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 102 percent. The dearest point is €48.03, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€48.03€23.82137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Fresno to Riverside and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

456 km

378 km as the crow flies, 21% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

542,107317,261

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

United StatesLos AngelesLos AngelesTijuanaTijuanaPhoenixPhoenixSan DiegoSan DiegoMexicaliMexicaliSan JoseSan JoseSan FranciscoSan FranciscoTucsonTucsonBakersfieldBakersfieldSanta ClaritaSanta ClaritaSanta RosaSanta RosaOceansideOceansideDeer ValleyDeer ValleySalinasSalinasVallejoVallejoSanta MariaSanta MariaFresnoFresnoRiversideRiversideMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 456 km against 378 km in a straight line, a detour of 21 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Van Nuys, Santa Clarita, Valencia, Los Angeles. The gap between arriving and leaving is 83 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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.

Who runs this route

The coach gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Riverside station

Most of the points near Riverside station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Fresno to Riverside

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 it take to get from Fresno to Riverside?

The fastest journey from Fresno to Riverside takes 5h 13m door to door, of which 1h 34m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 44m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Fresno to Riverside?

The cheapest fare from Fresno to Riverside is €22.72, as of 22 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €41.98. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Fresno to Riverside?

The cheapest way from Fresno to Riverside is by coach, at €22.72 for one passenger on 12 October 2026. That journey takes 8h 19m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

What is the fastest way to get from Fresno to Riverside?

The fastest way from Fresno to Riverside is by flight, at 5h 13m door to door. Only 1h 34m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 39m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €52.06.

When should I book Fresno to Riverside?

Fares from Fresno to Riverside bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €23.82. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 102 percent, measured on 22 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Fresno to Riverside?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Fresno to Riverside, at €24.37. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 22 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Fresno to Riverside?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Fresno to Riverside, at €23.27 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Fresno to Riverside?

4 operators sell services from Fresno to Riverside across 2 modes: Altamont Corridor Express, Amtrak California, Metrolink, SkyWest. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Fresno to Riverside?

0 percent of the services we sell from Fresno to Riverside are direct. The rest connect at Van Nuys, Santa Clarita, Valencia, Los Angeles, with about 83 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

How much CO2 does the journey from Fresno to Riverside produce?

Travelling from Fresno to Riverside by coach produces about 15.7 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 74.1 kg, roughly 5 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Fresno to Riverside use?

Services from Fresno to Riverside by flight leave from Fresno Yosemite International Airport FAT and arrive at Riverside station. Allow about 1h 57m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Fresno to Riverside?

3 of the 4 operators we sell from Fresno to Riverside allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Fresno to Riverside on 22 September 2026: 456 km of route against 378 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €22.72, and 5h 13m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The coach is the simple part. What you do once you are in Riverside is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Riverside and across United States

Day trips that leave Riverside in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Fresno reaches 64 places in 4 countries on services we hold, over distances from 63 to 4,130 km. Riverside reaches 53 places in 3 countries, from 44 to 4,316 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Fresno

  • 64Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 21Operators

Arriving in Riverside

Leaving Riverside

  • 53Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 5Operators

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