Cheapest€13.93
- Amtrak San Joaquins AS572306:083h 14m09:22Chico Transit CenterEl Cerrito Plaza BART
Door to door 3h 58mCO2 6.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Chico to Berkeley bus
Buses from Chico to Berkeley start at €17.23 and take 3h 58m at their fastest.
The Buses from Chico to Berkeley starts at €17.23 and takes 3h 58m door to door, run by 1 operator over 241 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 58mDoor to door
- 3h 14mMoving
- €17.23From
- 6.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 23, 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 | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amtrak San Joaquins | €13.93 | 3h 57m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The trip ends at Berkeley station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
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When to book Chico to Berkeley
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.1390 days
- €12.8360 days
- €17.7845 days
- €14.4830 days
- €14.4821 days
- €17.2314 days
- €19.987 days
- €34.283 days
- €28.781 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.83.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 167 percent. The most expensive point is €34.28, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €19.43Sun
- €17.23Mon
- €17.23Tue
- €20.53Wed
- €18.88Thu
- €18.33Fri
- €23.83Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Chico
Bus
- Chico Transit Center
Berkeley
Bus
- El Cerrito Plaza BART
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
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 241 km against 210 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 Vallejo, Elk Grove, Sacramento, Roseville. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Chico at 06:08 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.
Questions about Chico to Berkeley
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 Chico to Berkeley take?
The Coach from Chico to Berkeley takes 3h 58m door to door, of which 3h 14m is spent moving. The route runs 241 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 Chico to Berkeley cost?
The Coach from Chico to Berkeley starts at €17.23 for one passenger, checked on September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €23.83. 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 Chico to Berkeley?
1 operators run the Coach from Chico to Berkeley: Amtrak San Joaquins. 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 Coach from Chico to Berkeley use?
The Coach from Chico to Berkeley leaves from Chico Transit Center and arrives at El Cerrito Plaza BART. 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.
When should I book the Coach from Chico to Berkeley?
Fares for the Coach from Chico to Berkeley bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.83. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 167 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Chico to Berkeley produce?
The Coach from Chico to Berkeley produces about 6.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 241 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 Chico to Berkeley?
Operators on the Coach from Chico to Berkeley publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 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 Chico to Berkeley on September 7, 2026: 241 km of route against 210 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €17.23, and 3h 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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