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Irvine to Seattle

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Irvine to Seattle. From €116.93, fastest 5h 52m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Irvine to Seattle runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €116.93, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 52m over 1,657 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 22, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €116.93, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026

€116.93

  • 169%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Irvine

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services 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 €314.94Wed23
  2. about €401.84Thu24
  3. about €266.54Fri25
  4. about €259.39Sat26
  5. about €298.99Sun27
  6. about €232.99Mon28
  7. about €161.49Tue29
  8. about €215.38Wed30
  9. about €225.84Thu1
  10. about €187.34Fri2
  11. about €232.44Sat3
  12. about €205.49Sun4
  13. about €150.48Mon5
  14. about €145.53Tue6
  15. about €142.78Wed7
  16. about €196.68Thu8
  17. about €147.18Fri9
  18. about €155.98Sat10
  19. about €174.68Sun11
  20. about €121.88Mon12
  21. about €116.93Tue13

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

The train gets you into Seattle. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Seattle for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Seattle King Street and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Irvine to Seattle

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

  1. €148.8390 days
  2. €135.0860 days
  3. €142.7845 days
  4. €135.0830 days
  5. €116.9321 days
  6. €145.5314 days
  7. €161.497 days
  8. €266.543 days
  9. €314.941 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €116.93.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 169 percent. The most expensive point is €314.94, 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.
€314.94€116.93137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Irvine to Seattle 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

1,657 km

1,595 km as the crow flies, 4% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.

Who lives at each end

256,927780,995

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 1,657 km against 1,595 km in a straight line, a detour of 4 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Los Angeles, Ontario. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Seattle King Street

Most of the points near Seattle King Street open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Irvine to Seattle

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 Irvine to Seattle?

The fastest journey from Irvine to Seattle takes 5h 52m door to door, of which 2h 56m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 6h 8m, 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 Irvine to Seattle?

The cheapest fare from Irvine to Seattle is €116.93, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €202.74. 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 Irvine to Seattle?

The cheapest way from Irvine to Seattle is by train, at €116.93 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 6h 4m 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 Irvine to Seattle?

Fares from Irvine to Seattle bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €116.93. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 169 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 Irvine to Seattle?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Irvine to Seattle, at €145.53. 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 Irvine to Seattle?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Irvine to Seattle, at €98.78 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 Irvine to Seattle?

3 operators sell services from Irvine to Seattle across 1 mode: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Amtrak California. 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 Irvine to Seattle?

0 percent of the services we sell from Irvine to Seattle are direct. The rest connect at Los Angeles, Ontario, with about 57 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 Irvine to Seattle use?

Services from Irvine to Seattle by train leave from Irvine Transportation Center and arrive at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport SEA. 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 Irvine to Seattle?

1 of the 3 operators we sell from Irvine to Seattle 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 Irvine to Seattle on September 22, 2026: 1657 km of route against 1595 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €116.93, and 5h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Seattle a set of days out that do not start at a station.

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Day trips out of Seattle and across United States

Day trips that leave Seattle in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Irvine reaches 44 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 40 to 11,809 km. Seattle reaches 150 places in 21 countries, from 15 to 11,930 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Irvine

  • 44Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 5Operators

Arriving in Seattle

Leaving Seattle

  • 150Places you can leave for
  • 21Countries
  • 52Operators

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