Riverside to Denver runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €110.34, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 41m over 1,444 km, on services run by 4 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €110.34, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026
€110.34
- 104%Moves across the booking window
104%When it runs, leaving Riverside
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
2
0%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
- about €224.74Wed23
- about €269.84Thu24
- about €220.34Fri25
- about €204.39Sat26
- about €235.19Sun27
- about €198.89Mon28
- about €144.43Tue29
- about €151.04Wed30
- about €190.64Thu1
- about €176.89Fri2
- about €207.69Sat3
- about €144.99Sun4
- about €127.39Mon5
- about €133.98Tue6
- about €111.98Wed7
- about €157.08Thu8
- about €124.64Fri9
- about €135.09Sat10
- about €153.78Sun11
- about €118.58Mon12
- about €110.34Tue13
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
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A room in Denver for the night the train gets in
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When to book Riverside to Denver
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €139.4990 days
- €115.2860 days
- €119.6845 days
- €147.7330 days
- €110.3421 days
- €133.9814 days
- €144.437 days
- €220.343 days
- €224.741 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €110.34.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 104 percent. The dearest point is €224.74, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Riverside to Denver and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
1,444 km
1,276 km as the crow flies, 13% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
317,261 → 729,019
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
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 1,444 km against 1,276 km in a straight line, a detour of 13 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Carlsbad, Santa Ana. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near 38th & Blake
Most of the points near 38th & Blake open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Riverside to Denver
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 Riverside to Denver?
The fastest journey from Riverside to Denver takes 5h 41m door to door, of which 3h 10m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 6h 6m, 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 Riverside to Denver?
The cheapest fare from Riverside to Denver is €110.34, as of 22 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €174.42. 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 Riverside to Denver?
The cheapest way from Riverside to Denver is by train, at €110.34 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 56m 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 Riverside to Denver?
Fares from Riverside to Denver bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €110.34. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 104 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 Riverside to Denver?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Riverside to Denver, at €127.39. 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 Riverside to Denver?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Riverside to Denver, at €93.29 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 Riverside to Denver?
4 operators sell services from Riverside to Denver across 1 mode: Amtrak California, Frontier Airlines, SkyWest, 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 Riverside to Denver?
0 percent of the services we sell from Riverside to Denver are direct. The rest connect at Carlsbad, Santa Ana, with about 49 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 Riverside to Denver use?
Services from Riverside to Denver by train leave from Riverside station and arrive at Denver International Airport DEN. 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 Riverside to Denver?
2 of the 4 operators we sell from Riverside to Denver 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 Riverside to Denver on 22 September 2026: 1444 km of route against 1276 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €110.34, and 5h 41m 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 two ends, compared
Riverside reaches 53 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 44 to 4,316 km. Denver reaches 202 places in 17 countries, from 94 to 14,525 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Riverside
- 53Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 5Operators
3
5Arriving in Denver
Leaving Denver
- 202Places you can leave for
- 17Countries
- 31Operators