Hollywood to San Jose runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:05 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €25.48 and €31.53, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 8h 2m over 556 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€25.48 to €31.53
- 128%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Hollywood
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.
- 06:05First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 33%Run direct
Altamont Corridor Express runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Hollywood to San Jose 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 €58.09Wed16
- about €77.34Thu17
- about €44.18Fri18
- about €65.63Sat19
- about €48.58Sun20
- about €49.13Mon21
- about €33.18Tue22
- about €41.98Wed23
- about €44.73Thu24
- about €42.53Fri25
- about €39.78Sat26
- about €40.88Sun27
- about €37.03Mon28
- about €31.53Tue29
- about €38.13Wed30
- about €32.63Thu1
- about €30.98Fri2
- about €37.18Sat3
- about €30.43Sun4
- about €30.43Mon5
- about €25.48Tue6
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 San Jose. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in San Jose for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Hollywood to San Jose
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €28.7890 days
- €27.6860 days
- €33.1845 days
- €28.2330 days
- €25.4821 days
- €31.5314 days
- €33.187 days
- €44.183 days
- €58.091 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €25.48.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 128 percent. The most expensive point is €58.09, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Hollywood to San Jose 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
556 km
483 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
167,664 → 997,368
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 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 556 km against 483 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 Simi Valley, Valencia, Salinas, Bakersfield. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.
Baggage storage near San Jose Diridon station
Most of the points near San Jose Diridon station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Hollywood to San Jose
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 Hollywood to San Jose?
The fastest journey from Hollywood to San Jose takes 8h 2m door to door, of which 7h 59m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 8h 33m, 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 Hollywood to San Jose?
The cheapest fare from Hollywood to San Jose is €25.48, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €39.78. 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 Hollywood to San Jose?
The cheapest way from Hollywood to San Jose is by coach, at €31.53 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 8h 43m 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 Hollywood to San Jose?
Fares from Hollywood to San Jose bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €25.48. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 128 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Hollywood to San Jose?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Hollywood to San Jose, at €31.53. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Hollywood to San Jose?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Hollywood to San Jose, at €23.28 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 Hollywood to San Jose?
1 operators sell services from Hollywood to San Jose across 1 mode: Altamont Corridor Express. 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 Hollywood to San Jose?
20 percent of the services we sell from Hollywood to San Jose are direct. The rest connect at Simi Valley, Valencia, Salinas, Bakersfield, with about 47 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 Hollywood to San Jose use?
Services from Hollywood to San Jose by coach leave from Hollywood bus station and arrive at San Jose Diridon Transit Center. 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 Hollywood to San Jose?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Hollywood to San Jose 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 Hollywood to San Jose on September 15, 2026: 556 km of route against 483 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €25.48, and 8h 2m 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 San Jose is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of San Jose and across United States
Day trips that leave San Jose in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Hollywood reaches 41 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 45 to 573 km. San Jose reaches 73 places in 4 countries, from 40 to 8,632 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Hollywood
- 41Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 4Operators
Arriving in San Jose
Leaving San Jose
- 73Places you can leave for
- 4Countries
- 23Operators