Cheapest€23.28
- Amtrak San Joaquins AS186506:396h 48m13:27El Cerrito Plaza BARTBakersfield Greyhound Bus Station
Door to door 7h 32mCO2 12.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Berkeley to Bakersfield bus
Buses from Berkeley to Bakersfield start at €24.38 and take 6h 58m at their fastest.
The Buses from Berkeley to Bakersfield starts at €24.38 and takes 6h 58m door to door, run by 2 operators over 462 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 6h 58mDoor to door
- 6h 14mMoving
- €24.38From
- 12.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Altamont Corridor Express | €24.38 | 6h 47m |
| Amtrak San Joaquins | €23.28 | 6h 51m |
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When to book Berkeley to Bakersfield
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €26.0390 days
- €26.5860 days
- €21.6345 days
- €23.2830 days
- €26.5821 days
- €24.3814 days
- €31.537 days
- €38.683 days
- €50.781 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €21.63.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 135 percent. The most expensive point is €50.78, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €32.63Sun
- €33.18Mon
- €26.58Tue
- €28.78Wed
- €37.58Thu
- €30.43Fri
- €42.53Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Berkeley
Bus
- El Cerrito Plaza BART
Bakersfield
Bus
- Bakersfield Greyhound Bus Station
- GET Bus Station
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
- 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 462 km against 402 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 Fremont, San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Berkeley at 06:39 and the last at 06:47, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 4h | 3h 16m | 44m | €58.09 | 15.2 kg | 5 |
| Coach | 6h 58m | 6h 14m | 44m | €24.38 | 12.5 kg | 2 |
Questions about Berkeley to Bakersfield
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Coach from Berkeley to Bakersfield take?
The Coach from Berkeley to Bakersfield takes 6h 58m door to door, of which 6h 14m is spent moving. The route runs 462 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 Coach from Berkeley to Bakersfield cost?
The Coach from Berkeley to Bakersfield starts at €24.38 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €24.93. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Berkeley to Bakersfield?
2 operators run the Coach from Berkeley to Bakersfield: Altamont Corridor Express, Amtrak San Joaquins. Between them they file around 2 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 Coach from Berkeley to Bakersfield use?
The Coach from Berkeley to Bakersfield leaves from El Cerrito Plaza BART and arrives at Bakersfield Greyhound Bus 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 Coach the best way from Berkeley to Bakersfield?
Traveling from Berkeley to Bakersfield by Train costs €58.09 and takes 4h door to door, against 6h 58m by Coach. 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 Coach from Berkeley to Bakersfield?
Fares for the Coach from Berkeley to Bakersfield bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €21.63. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 135 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Berkeley to Bakersfield produce?
The Coach from Berkeley to Bakersfield produces about 12.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 462 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Berkeley to Bakersfield?
Operators on the Coach from Berkeley to Bakersfield publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 58m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
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 modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Berkeley to Bakersfield on September 8, 2026: 462 km of route against 402 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €24.38, and 6h 58m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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