Trains to San Diego

42 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.

42 places connect to San Diego by Trains, across 1 country, run by 3 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88. Origins run from 48 km away to 249 km, with a median of 139 km.

Checked 3 October 2026Priced for 3 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in San Diego

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into San Diego, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Oceanside to San Diego train€11.881h 17m57 km
Carlsbad to San Diego train€11.881h 16m52 km
Vista to San Diego train€11.881h 17m54 km
San Marcos to San Diego train€11.881h 14m48 km
Los Angeles to San Diego train€23.992h 1m179 km
Irvine to San Diego train€23.991h 47m122 km
Santa Ana to San Diego train€25.641h 57m132 km
Huntington Beach to San Diego train€26.191h 57m131 km
Corona to San Diego train€26.191h 55m134 km
Riverside to San Diego train€26.741h 55m139 km
Moreno Valley to San Diego train€27.291h 57m136 km
Garden Grove to San Diego train€27.291h 54m138 km
Anaheim to San Diego train€27.841h 57m143 km
San Bernardino to San Diego train€29.492h 7m155 km
Fontana to San Diego train€29.492h 11m155 km
Ontario to San Diego train€29.492h 5m156 km
Long Beach to San Diego train€30.042h 7m151 km
Rancho Cucamonga to San Diego train€30.042h 3m160 km
Pomona to San Diego train€30.042h 5m159 km
Santa Clarita to San Diego train€39.382h 46m226 km
Oxnard to San Diego train€47.642h 50m249 km
  • 42Places you can arrive from
  • 42Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 3Operators

The train gets you into San Diego. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Where to sleep in San Diego

Filter by neighbourhood and by price per night, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a taxi.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Trains, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km3890%San Marcos, 48 km
200 to 600 km410%Santa Clarita, 226 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into San Diego that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
United States42100%
Carriers

Train operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

  • Amtrak California
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in San Diego

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

San Diego

Rail
  • Santa Fe Depot
  • National City station
Leaving

Leaving San Diego

Common questions about Trains to San Diego

Where can I travel to San Diego by Trains from?

42 places connect to San Diego by Trains on our network, across 1 countries. The nearest is 48 km away in a straight line and the furthest 249 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Trains to San Diego cost?

The cheapest Trains fare into San Diego is €11.88 for one passenger, across 42 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 139 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Trains to San Diego take?

The fastest Trains journey into San Diego is 1h 14m door to door. The median origin sits 139 km away in a straight line, so most journeys on this list take considerably longer than the fastest one quoted here.

Which operators run the Trains to San Diego?

3 operators run Trains services into San Diego on our network: Amtrak California, Lossan Rail Corridor Agency, TransitAmerica. Each has its own fares and its own conditions, and every one of them is a real carrier from the published operator catalogue rather than a name we generated.

Which terminal does the Trains to San Diego use?

Trains services into San Diego use 2 named terminals, among them Santa Fe Depot, National City station. The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door

Other ways to reach San Diego

Check-in is at three and you will be in San Diego well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Santa Fe Depot

Most of the points near Santa Fe Depot open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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