Bakersfield to Sunnyvale train

Trains from Bakersfield to Sunnyvale start at €60.29 and take 3h 41m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Bakersfield to Sunnyvale starts at €60.29 and takes 3h 41m door to door, run by 1 operator over 402 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 14 days before departure.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 28 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 41mDoor to door
  • 2h 57mMoving
  • €60.29 to €118.04From
  • 06:01 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 13.3 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 28 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€60.29 to €118.04 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €77.34Tue15
  2. about €118.04Wed16
  3. about €100.99Thu17
  4. about €104.29Fri18
  5. about €98.79Sat19
  6. about €100.99Sun20
  7. about €60.29Mon21
  8. about €61.39Tue22
  9. about €71.29Wed23
  10. about €76.79Thu24
  11. about €79.54Fri25
  12. about €65.79Sat26
  13. about €70.19Sun27
  14. about €61.39Mon28

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026

Fastest€63.04
  1. Amtrak California AC850906:012h 57m08:58BakersfieldSunnyvale station

Door to door 3h 41mCO2 13.3 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Amtrak California€45.443h 30m140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
  • Amtrak California

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A hotel room

A room in Sunnyvale for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Bakersfield to Sunnyvale

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

  1. €23.8390 days
  2. €21.0860 days
  3. €24.9345 days
  4. €21.6330 days
  5. €21.6321 days
  6. €20.5314 days
  7. €29.337 days
  8. €40.333 days
  9. €41.431 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 14 days ahead, at €20.53.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 102 percent. The dearest point is €41.43, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 14 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €30.43Sun
  2. €21.63Mon
  3. €24.93Tue
  4. €28.78Wed
  5. €33.18Thu
  6. €31.53Fri
  7. €29.88Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Bakersfield

Rail
  • Bakersfield
  • Bakersfield statiob
  • Adobe Station

Sunnyvale

Rail
  • Sunnyvale station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 402 km against 350 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 Visalia, Salinas, Clovis, Fresno. 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Bakersfield at 06:01 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train3h 41m2h 57m44m€60.2913.3 kg5
Coach6h 31m5h 47m44m€20.5310.9 kg2

Questions about Bakersfield to Sunnyvale

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 the Train from Bakersfield to Sunnyvale take?

The Train from Bakersfield to Sunnyvale takes 3h 41m door to door, of which 2h 57m is spent moving. The route runs 402 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Bakersfield to Sunnyvale cost?

The Train from Bakersfield to Sunnyvale starts at €60.29 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €62.49. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Bakersfield to Sunnyvale?

1 operators run the Train from Bakersfield to Sunnyvale: Amtrak California. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Bakersfield to Sunnyvale use?

The Train from Bakersfield to Sunnyvale leaves from Bakersfield and arrives at Sunnyvale station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Train the best way from Bakersfield to Sunnyvale?

Travelling from Bakersfield to Sunnyvale by Coach costs €20.53 and takes 6h 31m door to door, against 3h 41m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Train from Bakersfield to Sunnyvale?

Fares for the Train from Bakersfield to Sunnyvale bottom out around 14 days ahead, at €20.53. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 102 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Bakersfield to Sunnyvale produce?

The Train from Bakersfield to Sunnyvale produces about 13.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 402 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Bakersfield to Sunnyvale?

Operators on the Train from Bakersfield to Sunnyvale publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 41m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Bakersfield to Sunnyvale on 14 September 2026: 402 km of route against 350 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €60.29, and 3h 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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