Lancaster to Santa Monica runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:21 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €12.44 and €14.64, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 1h 28m over 95 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€12.44 to €14.64
- 71%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Lancaster
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:21First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Southern California Regional Rail Authority runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Lancaster to Santa Monica on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €21.24Wed16
- about €26.58Thu17
- about €20.69Fri18
- about €22.17Sat19
- about €23.27Sun20
- about €19.96Mon21
- about €14.64Tue22
- about €14.64Wed23
- about €21.24Thu24
- about €18.49Fri25
- about €19.04Sat26
- about €17.39Sun27
- about €17.39Mon28
- about €15.19Tue29
- about €12.44Wed30
- about €19.59Thu1
- about €15.74Fri2
- about €19.04Sat3
- about €16.84Sun4
- about €15.19Mon5
- about €15.19Tue6
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Santa Monica. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Santa Monica for the night the train gets in
The search opens on Santa Monica with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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When to book Lancaster to Santa Monica
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.4490 days
- €14.6460 days
- €14.6445 days
- €12.9930 days
- €15.1921 days
- €15.1914 days
- €14.647 days
- €20.693 days
- €21.241 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €12.44.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 71 percent. The dearest point is €21.24, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Lancaster to Santa Monica 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
95 km
82 km as the crow flies, 16% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
161,103 → 93,220
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 95 km against 82 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Santa Clarita, Valencia. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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
Santa Monica is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Where to leave your bags in Santa Monica
Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Lancaster to Santa Monica
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 Lancaster to Santa Monica?
The fastest journey from Lancaster to Santa Monica takes 1h 28m door to door, of which 49m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 31m, 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 Lancaster to Santa Monica?
The cheapest fare from Lancaster to Santa Monica is €12.44, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €18.49. 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 Lancaster to Santa Monica?
The cheapest way from Lancaster to Santa Monica is by train, at €14.64 for one passenger on 30 September 2026. That journey takes 1h 33m 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.
When should I book Lancaster to Santa Monica?
Fares from Lancaster to Santa Monica bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €12.44. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 71 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Lancaster to Santa Monica?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Lancaster to Santa Monica, at €14.64. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Lancaster to Santa Monica?
December is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Lancaster to Santa Monica, at €11.89 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 Lancaster to Santa Monica?
1 operators sell services from Lancaster to Santa Monica across 1 mode: Southern California Regional Rail Authority. 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 Lancaster to Santa Monica?
33 percent of the services we sell from Lancaster to Santa Monica are direct. The rest connect at Santa Clarita, Valencia, with about 62 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Lancaster to Santa Monica use?
Services from Lancaster to Santa Monica by train leave from Lancaster and arrive at Santa Monica station. Allow about 44m 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 Lancaster to Santa Monica?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Lancaster to Santa Monica 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.
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.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Lancaster to Santa Monica on 15 September 2026: 95 km of route against 82 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €12.44, and 1h 28m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Santa Monica is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Santa Monica and across United States
Day trips that leave Santa Monica in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Lancaster reaches 23 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 43 to 272 km. Santa Monica reaches 7 places in 1 countries, from 42 to 206 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Lancaster
- 23Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 4Operators
Arriving in Santa Monica
Leaving Santa Monica
- 7Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators