Bakersfield to Santa Clara runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:01 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €19.98 and €59.19, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 27m over 394 km, on services run by 3 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€19.98 to €59.19
- 105%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Bakersfield
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:01First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
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Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Bakersfield to Santa Clara on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Bakersfield to Santa Clara on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €40.88Tue15
- about €36.48Wed16
- about €39.78Thu17
- about €32.08Fri18
- about €45.28Sat19
- about €34.28Sun20
- about €28.78Mon21
- about €24.93Tue22
- about €28.23Wed23
- about €32.63Thu24
- about €30.98Fri25
- about €29.33Sat26
- about €29.88Sun27
- about €19.98Mon28
- about €23.28Tue29
- about €21.08Wed30
- about €24.38Thu1
- about €23.28Fri2
- about €23.83Sat3
- about €20.53Sun4
- about €21.08Mon5
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The bus gets you into Santa Clara. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Santa Clara for the night the bus gets in
The search opens on Santa Clara with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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When to book Bakersfield to Santa Clara
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €23.2890 days
- €20.5360 days
- €24.3845 days
- €21.0830 days
- €21.0821 days
- €19.9814 days
- €28.787 days
- €39.783 days
- €40.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 14 days ahead, at €19.98.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 105 percent. The most expensive point is €40.88, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 14 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 14 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Bakersfield to Santa Clara and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
394 km
343 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
373,640 → 126,215
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
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 394 km against 343 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 Clovis, Salinas, Visalia, Fresno. 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.
Who runs this route
The bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Where to leave your bags in Santa Clara
Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Bakersfield to Santa Clara
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 it take to get from Bakersfield to Santa Clara?
The fastest journey from Bakersfield to Santa Clara takes 3h 27m door to door, of which 2h 58m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 5h 21m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Bakersfield to Santa Clara?
The cheapest fare from Bakersfield to Santa Clara is €19.98, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €35.38. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Bakersfield to Santa Clara?
The cheapest way from Bakersfield to Santa Clara is by coach, at €19.98 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 5h 58m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
What is the fastest way to get from Bakersfield to Santa Clara?
The fastest way from Bakersfield to Santa Clara is by train, at 3h 42m door to door. Only 2h 58m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €59.19.
When should I book Bakersfield to Santa Clara?
Fares from Bakersfield to Santa Clara bottom out around 14 days before departure, at €19.98. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 105 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Bakersfield to Santa Clara?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Bakersfield to Santa Clara, at €21.08. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Bakersfield to Santa Clara?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Bakersfield to Santa Clara, at €17.23 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Bakersfield to Santa Clara?
3 operators sell services from Bakersfield to Santa Clara across 2 modes: Altamont Corridor Express, Amtrak California, Amtrak San Joaquins. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Bakersfield to Santa Clara?
43 percent of the services we sell from Bakersfield to Santa Clara are direct. The rest connect at Clovis, Salinas, Visalia, Fresno, with about 70 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Bakersfield to Santa Clara produce?
Traveling from Bakersfield to Santa Clara by coach produces about 10.6 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 13.0 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Bakersfield to Santa Clara use?
Services from Bakersfield to Santa Clara by train leave from Bakersfield and arrive at Santa Clara station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Bakersfield to Santa Clara?
3 of the 3 operators we sell from Bakersfield to Santa Clara allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
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.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Bakersfield to Santa Clara on September 14, 2026: 394 km of route against 343 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €19.98, and 3h 27m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Santa Clara is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Santa Clara and across United States
Day trips that leave Santa Clara in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Bakersfield reaches 45 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 109 to 2,296 km. Santa Clara reaches 39 places in 1 countries, from 40 to 493 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Bakersfield
- 45Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 11Operators
Arriving in Santa Clara
Leaving Santa Clara
- 39Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 8Operators