Van Nuys to Santa Ana runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:33 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €10.07, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 1h 55m over 84 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €10.07, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€10.07
- 11%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Van Nuys
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.
- 06:33First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
Metrolink runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Van Nuys to Santa Ana 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 €11.18Wed16
- about €13.38Thu17
- about €11.18Fri18
- about €11.18Sat19
- about €10.07Sun20
- about €10.63Mon21
- about €10.07Tue22
- about €10.07Wed23
- about €11.18Thu24
- about €10.63Fri25
- about €10.08Sat26
- about €10.08Sun27
- 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
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 Santa Ana. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Santa Ana for the night the coach gets in
Sort by distance from Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Van Nuys to Santa Ana
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
- €11.183 days
- €11.181 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 11 percent. The dearest point is €11.18, 3 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 7 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Van Nuys to Santa Ana 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
84 km
73 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
136,443 → 310,227
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
- 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 84 km against 73 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 Ontario, Torrance, Rancho Cucamonga, Palmdale. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center
Most of the points near Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Van Nuys to Santa Ana
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 Van Nuys to Santa Ana?
The fastest journey from Van Nuys to Santa Ana takes 1h 55m door to door, of which 1h 11m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 2h, 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 Van Nuys to Santa Ana?
The cheapest fare from Van Nuys to Santa Ana is €10.07, as of 15 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 Van Nuys to Santa Ana?
The cheapest way from Van Nuys to Santa Ana is by coach, at €10.07 for one passenger on 20 September 2026. That journey takes 1h 55m 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 Van Nuys to Santa Ana?
Fares from Van Nuys to Santa Ana 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 11 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 Van Nuys to Santa Ana?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Van Nuys to Santa Ana, at €10.07. 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 Van Nuys to Santa Ana?
October is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Van Nuys to Santa Ana, 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 Van Nuys to Santa Ana?
1 operators sell services from Van Nuys to Santa Ana across 1 mode: Metrolink. 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 Van Nuys to Santa Ana?
20 percent of the services we sell from Van Nuys to Santa Ana are direct. The rest connect at Ontario, Torrance, Rancho Cucamonga, Palmdale, with about 75 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 Van Nuys to Santa Ana use?
Services from Van Nuys to Santa Ana by coach leave from Van Nuys and arrive at Santa Ana 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 Van Nuys to Santa Ana?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Van Nuys to Santa Ana 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 Van Nuys to Santa Ana on 15 September 2026: 84 km of route against 73 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 1h 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 Santa Ana is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Santa Ana and across United States
Day trips that leave Santa Ana in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Van Nuys reaches 40 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 40 to 559 km. Santa Ana reaches 61 places in 3 countries, from 41 to 3,918 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Van Nuys
- 40Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 4Operators
Arriving in Santa Ana
Leaving Santa Ana
- 61Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 18Operators