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Compton to Sacramento

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Compton to Sacramento. From €57.53, fastest 5h 15m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Compton to Sacramento runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €57.53, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 15m over 691 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 22, 2026Priced for October 7, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €57.53, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 7, 2026

€57.53

  • 172%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Compton

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €160.94Wed23
  2. about €136.19Thu24
  3. about €136.19Fri25
  4. about €107.04Sat26
  5. about €114.74Sun27
  6. about €99.34Mon28
  7. about €91.09Tue29
  8. about €93.29Wed30
  9. about €96.59Thu1
  10. about €98.78Fri2
  11. about €103.19Sat3
  12. about €75.14Sun4
  13. about €65.79Mon5
  14. about €79.53Tue6
  15. about €57.53Wed7
  16. about €78.43Thu8
  17. about €71.28Fri9
  18. about €78.43Sat10
  19. about €77.33Sun11
  20. about €60.83Mon12
  21. about €63.03Tue13

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

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A hotel room

A room in Sacramento for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Compton to Sacramento

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

  1. €70.7390 days
  2. €59.1860 days
  3. €61.3845 days
  4. €75.1430 days
  5. €63.0321 days
  6. €79.5314 days
  7. €91.097 days
  8. €136.193 days
  9. €160.941 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €59.18.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 172 percent. The most expensive point is €160.94, 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.
€160.94€59.18137142130456090

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This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Compton to Sacramento 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

691 km

598 km as the crow flies, 16% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

98,462524,943

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

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
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 691 km against 598 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 Ontario. The gap between arriving and leaving is 93 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Sacramento Valley Station

Most of the points near Sacramento Valley Station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Compton to Sacramento

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 Compton to Sacramento?

The fastest journey from Compton to Sacramento takes 5h 15m door to door, of which 1h 49m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 5h 18m, 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 Compton to Sacramento?

The cheapest fare from Compton to Sacramento is €57.53, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €91.09. 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 Compton to Sacramento?

The cheapest way from Compton to Sacramento is by train, at €57.53 for one passenger on October 7, 2026. That journey takes 5h 19m 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 Compton to Sacramento?

Fares from Compton to Sacramento bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €59.18. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 172 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Compton to Sacramento?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Compton to Sacramento, at €65.79. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 22, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Compton to Sacramento?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Compton to Sacramento, at €56.43 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 Compton to Sacramento?

2 operators sell services from Compton to Sacramento across 1 mode: Frontier Airlines, Southern California Regional Rail Authority. 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 Compton to Sacramento?

0 percent of the services we sell from Compton to Sacramento are direct. The rest connect at Ontario, with about 93 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 Compton to Sacramento use?

Services from Compton to Sacramento by train leave from Compton station and arrive at Sacramento International Airport SMF. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Compton to Sacramento?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Compton to Sacramento 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.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Compton to Sacramento on September 22, 2026: 691 km of route against 598 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €57.53, and 5h 15m 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 two ends, compared

Compton reaches 13 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 47 to 598 km. Sacramento reaches 90 places in 6 countries, from 50 to 10,411 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Compton

  • 13Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

Arriving in Sacramento

Leaving Sacramento

  • 90Places you can leave for
  • 6Countries
  • 21Operators

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