Salem to Portland runs about 8 times a day, with the first departure around 06:21 and the last around 14:47. One passenger pays between €10.07 and €15.74, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 1h 22m over 81 km, on services run by 5 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 5 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 21 September 2026
€10.07 to €15.74
- 16%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Salem
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
- 14:47Last departure
- 8Services per day
- 100%Run direct
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Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Salem to Portland on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Salem to Portland 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 €11.73Sat19
- about €10.63Sun20
- about €10.07Mon21
- about €10.07Tue22
- about €10.07Wed23
- about €10.08Thu24
- about €10.07Fri25
- about €10.07Sat26
- about €10.07Sun27
- about €10.07Mon28
- about €10.07Tue29
- about €10.07Wed30
- about €10.07Thu1
- about €10.07Fri2
- about €10.07Sat3
- about €10.07Sun4
- about €10.07Mon5
- about €10.07Tue6
- about €10.07Wed7
- about €10.07Thu8
- about €10.07Fri9
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 Portland. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Portland for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Hall/Nimbus and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Salem to Portland
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0790 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €10.0714 days
- €10.077 days
- €10.073 days
- €11.731 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 16 percent. The dearest point is €11.73, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 3 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Salem to Portland 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
81 km
70 km as the crow flies, 16% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
175,535 → 652,503
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 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 looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 77% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 23% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 81 km against 70 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 Olympia, Corvallis, Eugene. 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
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 Hall/Nimbus
Most of the points near Hall/Nimbus open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Salem to Portland
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 Salem to Portland?
The fastest journey from Salem to Portland takes 1h 22m door to door, of which 39m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 51m, 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 Salem to Portland?
The cheapest fare from Salem to Portland is €10.07, as of 18 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €10.07. 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 Salem to Portland?
The cheapest way from Salem to Portland is by coach, at €10.07 for one passenger on 21 September 2026. That journey takes 1h 53m 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 Salem to Portland?
The fastest way from Salem to Portland is by train, at 1h 23m door to door. Only 39m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €15.74.
When should I book Salem to Portland?
Fares from Salem to Portland bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €10.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 16 percent, measured on 18 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Salem to Portland?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Salem to Portland, at €10.07. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 18 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Salem to Portland?
October is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Salem to Portland, at €10.07 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 Salem to Portland?
No operator record names Salem to Portland directly. Amtrak, Caravan Airport Transportation, Oregon Department of Transportation, Oregon Express Shuttle, Pacific Crest Bus Lines publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Salem to Portland?
77 percent of the services we sell from Salem to Portland are direct. The rest connect at Olympia, Corvallis, Eugene, with about 62 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 Salem to Portland produce?
Travelling from Salem to Portland by coach produces about 2.2 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 2.7 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Salem to Portland use?
Services from Salem to Portland by train leave from Salem station and arrive at Hall/Nimbus. 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 Salem to Portland?
5 of the 5 operators we sell from Salem to Portland 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 Salem to Portland on 18 September 2026: 81 km of route against 70 km in a straight line, 13 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 1h 22m 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 Portland is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Portland and across United States
Day trips that leave Portland in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Salem reaches 17 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 46 to 1,263 km. Portland reaches 91 places in 9 countries, from 70 to 8,451 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Salem
- 17Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 6Operators
Arriving in Portland
Leaving Portland
- 91Places you can leave for
- 9Countries
- 30Operators