Chinatown to Santa Clara runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:02 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €11.88 and €11.89, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 1h 19m over 73 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for September 29, 2026
€11.88 to €11.89
- 88%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Chinatown
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.
- 06:02First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 40%Run direct
Amtrak runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Chinatown 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 €22.34Sat19
- about €23.99Sun20
- about €14.64Mon21
- about €15.74Tue22
- about €15.74Wed23
- about €22.34Thu24
- about €16.29Fri25
- about €16.84Sat26
- about €15.74Sun27
- about €13.54Mon28
- about €11.88Tue29
- about €14.09Wed30
- about €14.64Thu1
- about €12.44Fri2
- about €11.88Sat3
- about €11.88Sun4
- about €11.88Mon5
- about €11.88Tue6
- about €11.88Wed7
- about €11.89Thu8
- about €12.44Fri9
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 train 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 train 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 Chinatown to Santa Clara
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.9990 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €12.4421 days
- €12.4414 days
- €16.297 days
- €14.643 days
- €22.341 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 88 percent. The most expensive point is €22.34, 1 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Chinatown 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
73 km
63 km as the crow flies, 16% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
100,574 → 126,215
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 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 looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 73 km against 63 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 Vacaville, Vallejo, Fairfield, Antioch. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 train 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 Chinatown 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 Chinatown to Santa Clara?
The fastest journey from Chinatown to Santa Clara takes 1h 19m door to door, of which 36m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 22m, 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 Chinatown to Santa Clara?
The cheapest fare from Chinatown to Santa Clara is €11.88, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €14.37. 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 Chinatown to Santa Clara?
The cheapest way from Chinatown to Santa Clara is by train, at €11.88 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 1h 20m 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.
When should I book Chinatown to Santa Clara?
Fares from Chinatown to Santa Clara bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 88 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Chinatown to Santa Clara?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Chinatown to Santa Clara, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Chinatown to Santa Clara?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Chinatown to Santa Clara, at €11.88 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 Chinatown to Santa Clara?
No operator record names Chinatown to Santa Clara directly. Amtrak, TransitAmerica publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Chinatown to Santa Clara?
33 percent of the services we sell from Chinatown to Santa Clara are direct. The rest connect at Vacaville, Vallejo, Fairfield, Antioch, with about 48 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Chinatown to Santa Clara use?
Services from Chinatown to Santa Clara by train leave from Chinatown station 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 Chinatown to Santa Clara?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Chinatown 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 Chinatown to Santa Clara on September 18, 2026: 73 km of route against 63 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train 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
Chinatown reaches 18 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 16 to 118 km. Santa Clara reaches 39 places in 1 countries, from 40 to 493 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Chinatown
- 18Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 4Operators
Arriving in Santa Clara
Leaving Santa Clara
- 39Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 8Operators