Travel to Oakland

Every way to reach Oakland: 4 modes compared, with fares.

Oakland is reachable from 73 places across 5 countries by 4 modes, on services run by 23 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €10.07 and the fastest takes 1h 10m door to door. The nearest origin is 21 km away.

Checked 4 October 2026Priced for 4 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Oakland

Every mode that actually calls at Oakland, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train44€11.881h 10m397 km3
Coach44€10.071h 38m549 km3
Flight75€42.034h9,560 km16
Ferry4€11.882h 29m33 km1
  • 73Places you can arrive from
  • 73Places you can leave for
  • 5Countries
  • 23Operators

That is the travelling done. What happens after you walk out into Oakland is not something we sell.

A hotel room

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, 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 km5835%South San Francisco, 21 km
200 to 600 km4326%Chico, 217 km
600 to 1,500 km2917%Santa Ana, 601 km
Over 1,500 km3722%Denver, 1512 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Oakland 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 States15492%
Mexico85%
Spain21%
France21%
El Salvador11%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Oakland

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

Oakland

Rail
  • Oakland Long Wharf
  • Oakland Coliseum station
  • Oakland-Jack London Square station
Coach
  • Emeryville
  • 31st Avenue
Air
  • OAK
Ferry
  • Oakland Jack London Square Terminal
  • Harbor Bay Terminal
Fares

The cheapest journeys into Oakland

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

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Oakland, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Sacramento to Oakland bus€10.072h 32m110 km
San Jose to Oakland bus€10.071h 47m61 km
Stockton to Oakland bus€10.072h 9m88 km
Modesto to Oakland bus€10.072h 33m114 km
Elk Grove to Oakland bus€10.072h 30m103 km
Sunnyvale to Oakland bus€10.071h 38m53 km
Santa Clara to Oakland bus€10.071h 43m57 km
Salinas to Oakland bus€10.083h 8m137 km
Roseville to Oakland bus€10.082h 54m136 km
San Jose to Oakland train€11.881h 19m61 km
Sunnyvale to Oakland train€11.881h 14m53 km
Santa Clara to Oakland train€11.881h 17m57 km
Antioch to Oakland train€11.881h 13m46 km
Fairfield to Oakland train€11.881h 16m53 km
Vacaville to Oakland train€11.881h 22m66 km
Mountain View to Oakland train€11.881h 16m49 km

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to leave the bags in Oakland?

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Popular journeys to Oakland

Common questions about Travel to Oakland

How can I get to Oakland?

Oakland is reachable by 4 modes on our network, from 73 places, across 5 countries, on services run by 23 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Oakland?

The cheapest way into Oakland is by coach, from €10.07 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 73 origins we sell into Oakland over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Oakland?

The fastest journey into Oakland is by train, at 1h 10m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 21 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Oakland have?

Oakland has 8 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Oakland Long Wharf, Oakland Coliseum station, Oakland-Jack London Square station. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Oakland from within 200 km?

58 of the routes we sell into Oakland start within 200 km. The nearest is South San Francisco, 21 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or coach beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Oakland in United States?

Oakland connects to 73 places on our network across 5 countries, the furthest of them 9,560 km away in a straight line. United States routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

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, Distances

Elsewhere in United States

The wider region

Our job ends on the platform. What fills the days in Oakland afterwards does not belong to us.

A guided tour group

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Day trips that leave Oakland in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.

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