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Reno to Sacramento

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Reno to Sacramento. From €11.18, fastest 3h 29m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Reno to Sacramento runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:15 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €11.18 and €13.93, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 29m over 206 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 15 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

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

€11.18 to €13.93

  • 133%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Reno

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.

  • 06:15First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 5Services per day
  • 20%Run direct

Amtrak San Joaquins runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this journey

Bookaway lists departures for Reno to Sacramento 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

  1. about €26.03Wed16
  2. about €23.83Thu17
  3. about €19.43Fri18
  4. about €25.48Sat19
  5. about €20.53Sun20
  6. about €18.33Mon21
  7. about €15.58Tue22
  8. about €13.93Wed23
  9. about €18.33Thu24
  10. about €17.23Fri25
  11. about €18.88Sat26
  12. about €16.13Sun27
  13. about €14.48Mon28
  14. about €15.03Tue29
  15. about €15.58Wed30
  16. about €15.58Thu1
  17. about €16.13Fri2
  18. about €15.03Sat3
  19. about €13.93Sun4
  20. about €12.28Mon5
  21. about €11.18Tue6

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 coach gets you into Sacramento. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Sacramento for the night the coach gets in

Sort by distance from Sacramento Valley 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 Reno to Sacramento

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

  1. €12.2890 days
  2. €12.2860 days
  3. €13.9345 days
  4. €16.1330 days
  5. €11.1821 days
  6. €15.0314 days
  7. €15.587 days
  8. €19.433 days
  9. €26.031 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €11.18.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 133 percent. The dearest point is €26.03, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€26.03€11.181371421304560

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Reno to Sacramento 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

206 km

179 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

264,165524,943

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

RenoRenoSacramentoSacramento
The journey

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 206 km against 179 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 Chico, Modesto, Stockton, Concord. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Sacramento Valley Station

Most of the points near Sacramento Valley Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Reno to Sacramento

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 Reno to Sacramento?

The fastest journey from Reno to Sacramento takes 3h 29m door to door, of which 3h 5m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 3h 42m, 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 Reno to Sacramento?

The cheapest fare from Reno to Sacramento is €11.18, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €16.13. 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 Reno to Sacramento?

The cheapest way from Reno to Sacramento is by coach, at €13.93 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 3h 49m 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 Reno to Sacramento?

Fares from Reno to Sacramento bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €11.18. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 133 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 Reno to Sacramento?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Reno to Sacramento, at €14.48. 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 Reno to Sacramento?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Reno to Sacramento, at €10.63 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 Reno to Sacramento?

1 operators sell services from Reno to Sacramento across 1 mode: Amtrak San Joaquins. 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 Reno to Sacramento?

20 percent of the services we sell from Reno to Sacramento are direct. The rest connect at Chico, Modesto, Stockton, Concord, with about 45 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 Reno to Sacramento use?

Services from Reno to Sacramento by coach leave from 4th Street Station and arrive at Sacramento Greyhound Terminal. 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 Reno to Sacramento?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Reno to Sacramento 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 Reno to Sacramento on 15 September 2026: 206 km of route against 179 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.18, and 3h 29m 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 Sacramento is somebody else's catalogue.

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

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The two ends, compared

Reno reaches 38 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 154 to 3,852 km. Sacramento reaches 79 places in 3 countries, from 50 to 4,023 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Reno

  • 38Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 15Operators

Arriving in Sacramento

Leaving Sacramento

  • 79Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 21Operators

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