Cheapest€10.07
- Altamont Corridor Express AC642314:501h 9m15:59San Jose Diridon Transit CenterEmeryville
Door to door 1h 53mCO2 1.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
San Jose to Oakland bus
Buses from San Jose to Oakland start at €10.07 and take 1h 46m at their fastest.
The Buses from San Jose to Oakland starts at €10.07 and takes 1h 46m door to door, run by 3 operators over 71 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 1h 46mDoor to door
- 1h 2mMoving
- €10.07From
- 1.9 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 14, 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.
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Rooms within reach of Oakland Long Wharf
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book San Jose to Oakland
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0790 days
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- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 11 percent. The most expensive point is €11.18, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €10.07Sun
- €10.07Mon
- €10.07Tue
- €10.07Wed
- €10.07Thu
- €10.07Fri
- €10.07Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
San Jose
Bus
- San Jose Diridon Transit Center
- Gish
Oakland
Bus
- Emeryville
- 31st Avenue
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
- 75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 71 km against 61 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Antioch, Vallejo, Fairfield, Stockton. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 San Jose at 06:32 and the last at 14:50, across 6 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 | 1h 19m | 35m | 44m | €11.88 | 2.3 kg | 10 |
| Coach | 1h 46m | 1h 2m | 44m | €10.07 | 1.9 kg | 6 |
Questions about San Jose to Oakland
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 San Jose to Oakland take?
The Coach from San Jose to Oakland takes 1h 46m door to door, of which 1h 2m is spent moving. The route runs 71 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 San Jose to Oakland cost?
The Coach from San Jose to Oakland starts at €10.07 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €10.08. 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 San Jose to Oakland?
3 operators run the Coach from San Jose to Oakland: 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 San Jose to Oakland use?
The Coach from San Jose to Oakland leaves from San Jose Diridon Transit Center and arrives at Emeryville. 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 San Jose to Oakland?
Traveling from San Jose to Oakland by Train costs €11.88 and takes 1h 19m door to door, against 1h 46m 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 San Jose to Oakland?
Fares for the Coach from San Jose to Oakland bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 11 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from San Jose to Oakland produce?
The Coach from San Jose to Oakland produces about 1.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 71 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 San Jose to Oakland?
Operators on the Coach from San Jose to Oakland publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 46m 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 San Jose to Oakland on September 12, 2026: 71 km of route against 61 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 1h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Oakland is somebody else's catalog.
What to book in Oakland before you go
Day trips that leave Oakland in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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