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Pleasanton to San Francisco

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Pleasanton to San Francisco. From €11.88, fastest 1h 13m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Pleasanton to San Francisco runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:52 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 1h 13m over 57 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for September 22, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €11.88, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for September 22, 2026

€11.88

  • 107%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Pleasanton

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.

  • 06:52First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 50%Run direct

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Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Pleasanton to San Francisco 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

  1. about €24.54Fri18
  2. about €21.79Sat19
  3. about €17.39Sun20
  4. about €11.89Mon21
  5. about €11.88Tue22
  6. about €12.99Wed23
  7. about €15.74Thu24
  8. about €11.89Fri25
  9. about €15.19Sat26
  10. about €11.89Sun27
  11. about €12.44Mon28
  12. about €11.88Tue29
  13. about €11.88Wed30
  14. about €12.44Thu1
  15. about €11.88Fri2
  16. about €11.88Sat3
  17. about €11.88Sun4
  18. about €11.88Mon5
  19. about €11.88Tue6
  20. about €11.88Wed7
  21. about €11.88Thu8

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 San Francisco. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in San Francisco for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from San Francisco 4th and King and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Pleasanton to San Francisco

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

  1. €11.8890 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €11.8845 days
  4. €11.8830 days
  5. €11.8821 days
  6. €12.4414 days
  7. €15.747 days
  8. €17.393 days
  9. €24.541 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 107 percent. The most expensive point is €24.54, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€24.54€11.88137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Pleasanton to San Francisco 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

57 km

50 km as the crow flies, 14% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

79,510827,526

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

PleasantonPleasantonSan FranciscoSan Francisco
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
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 57 km against 50 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Stockton. The gap between arriving and leaving is 87 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 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 San Francisco 4th and King

Most of the points near San Francisco 4th and King open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Pleasanton to San Francisco

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 Pleasanton to San Francisco?

The fastest journey from Pleasanton to San Francisco takes 1h 13m door to door, of which 30m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 14m, 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 Pleasanton to San Francisco?

The cheapest fare from Pleasanton to San Francisco is €11.88, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.89. 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 Pleasanton to San Francisco?

The cheapest way from Pleasanton to San Francisco is by train, at €11.88 for one passenger on September 22, 2026. That journey takes 1h 14m 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 Pleasanton to San Francisco?

Fares from Pleasanton to San Francisco bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 107 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Pleasanton to San Francisco?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Pleasanton to San Francisco, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Pleasanton to San Francisco?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Pleasanton to San Francisco, 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 Pleasanton to San Francisco?

No operator record names Pleasanton to San Francisco directly. 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 Pleasanton to San Francisco?

50 percent of the services we sell from Pleasanton to San Francisco are direct. The rest connect at Stockton, with about 87 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 Pleasanton to San Francisco use?

Services from Pleasanton to San Francisco by train leave from Pleasanton station and arrive at San Francisco 4th and King. 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 Pleasanton to San Francisco?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Pleasanton to San Francisco 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 Pleasanton to San Francisco on September 17, 2026: 57 km of route against 50 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 13m 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 San Francisco a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

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The two ends, compared

Pleasanton reaches 7 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 40 to 61 km. San Francisco reaches 127 places in 31 countries, from 24 to 13,585 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Pleasanton

  • 7Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 2Operators

Arriving in San Francisco

Leaving San Francisco

  • 127Places you can leave for
  • 31Countries
  • 54Operators

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