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Berkeley to Modesto bus

Buses from Berkeley to Modesto start at €10.07 and take 2h 32m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Berkeley to Modesto starts at €10.07 and takes 2h 32m door to door, run by 3 operators over 132 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 7, 2026Priced for September 15, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 32mDoor to door
  • 1h 48mMoving
  • €10.07From
  • 3.6 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 15, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€10.07
  1. Amtrak San Joaquins AS144414:321h 53m16:25El Cerrito Plaza BARTModesto Greyhound Bus Station

Door to door 2h 37mCO2 3.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

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

The bus gets you into Modesto. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Modesto for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Modesto station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Berkeley to Modesto

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

  1. €10.0890 days
  2. €10.0760 days
  3. €10.0745 days
  4. €10.0730 days
  5. €10.0721 days
  6. €11.1814 days
  7. €11.187 days
  8. €18.883 days
  9. €16.131 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 87 percent. The most expensive point is €18.88, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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. €11.18Sun
  2. €11.18Mon
  3. €10.07Tue
  4. €10.63Wed
  5. €12.83Thu
  6. €11.18Fri
  7. €11.73Sat
Terminals

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

Modesto

Bus
  • Modesto Greyhound Bus Station
  • Southern Pacific Depot - Modesto
The journey

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
67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 132 km against 115 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 Stockton, Antioch, Vallejo, Fremont. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 06:40 and the last at 14:53, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

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
Train1h 43m59m44m€21.244.4 kg5
Coach2h 32m1h 48m44m€10.073.6 kg6

Questions about Berkeley to Modesto

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 Modesto take?

The Coach from Berkeley to Modesto takes 2h 32m door to door, of which 1h 48m is spent moving. The route runs 132 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 Modesto cost?

The Coach from Berkeley to Modesto starts at €10.07 for one passenger, checked on September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €11.18. 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 Modesto?

3 operators run the Coach from Berkeley to Modesto: Altamont Corridor Express, Amtrak San Joaquins, Capitol Corridor. Between them they file around 6 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 Modesto use?

The Coach from Berkeley to Modesto leaves from El Cerrito Plaza BART and arrives at Modesto 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 Modesto?

Traveling from Berkeley to Modesto by Train costs €21.24 and takes 1h 43m door to door, against 2h 32m 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 Modesto?

Fares for the Coach from Berkeley to Modesto bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 87 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Berkeley to Modesto produce?

The Coach from Berkeley to Modesto produces about 3.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 132 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 Modesto?

Operators on the Coach from Berkeley to Modesto publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 32m 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 Modesto on September 7, 2026: 132 km of route against 115 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 2h 32m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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