Thornton to Elk Grove runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:27 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €75.53 and €80.48, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 21h 55m over 1,635 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
€75.53 to €80.48
- 130%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Thornton
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.
- 06:27First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
RTD runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Thornton to Elk Grove 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 €132.18Wed16
- about €182.23Thu17
- about €164.63Fri18
- about €139.33Sat19
- about €130.53Sun20
- about €143.18Mon21
- about €92.02Tue22
- about €122.83Wed23
- about €121.73Thu24
- about €113.47Fri25
- about €111.27Sat26
- about €108.53Sun27
- about €99.73Mon28
- about €80.48Tue29
- about €82.13Wed30
- about €92.57Thu1
- about €92.02Fri2
- about €93.13Sat3
- about €88.72Sun4
- about €69.47Mon5
- about €75.53Tue6
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 Elk Grove. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Elk Grove for the night the coach gets in
Sort by distance from Elk Grove station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Thornton to Elk Grove
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €79.3890 days
- €74.4260 days
- €86.5345 days
- €71.6830 days
- €75.5321 days
- €80.4814 days
- €92.027 days
- €164.633 days
- €132.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €71.68.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 130 percent. The dearest point is €164.63, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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 Thornton to Elk Grove and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
1,635 km
1,422 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
133,451 → 166,913
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
- 25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,635 km against 1,422 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 Colorado Springs, Stockton, Fort Collins. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 near Elk Grove station
Most of the points near Elk Grove station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Thornton to Elk Grove
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 Thornton to Elk Grove?
The fastest journey from Thornton to Elk Grove takes 21h 55m door to door, of which 24h 7m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 23h 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 Thornton to Elk Grove?
The cheapest fare from Thornton to Elk Grove is €69.47, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €114.58. 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 Thornton to Elk Grove?
The cheapest way from Thornton to Elk Grove is by coach, at €80.48 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 24h 51m 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 Thornton to Elk Grove?
Fares from Thornton to Elk Grove bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €71.68. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 130 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 Thornton to Elk Grove?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Thornton to Elk Grove, at €80.48. 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 Thornton to Elk Grove?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Thornton to Elk Grove, at €55.18 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 Thornton to Elk Grove?
1 operators sell services from Thornton to Elk Grove across 1 mode: RTD. 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 Thornton to Elk Grove?
25 percent of the services we sell from Thornton to Elk Grove are direct. The rest connect at Colorado Springs, Stockton, Fort Collins, with about 54 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 Thornton to Elk Grove use?
Services from Thornton to Elk Grove by coach leave from Wagon Road Park-n-Ride and arrive at Elk Grove bus 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 Thornton to Elk Grove?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Thornton to Elk Grove 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 Thornton to Elk Grove on 15 September 2026: 1635 km of route against 1422 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €69.47, and 21h 55m 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 Elk Grove is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Elk Grove and across United States
Day trips that leave Elk Grove in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Thornton reaches 4 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 80 to 1,426 km. Elk Grove reaches 40 places in 1 countries, from 51 to 1,437 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Thornton
- 4Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Elk Grove
Leaving Elk Grove
- 40Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 7Operators