San Diego to Long Beach runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:27 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €18.49 and €24.54, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 1h 59m over 173 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
€18.49 to €24.54
- 155%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving San Diego
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.
- 06:27First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 6Services per day
- 33%Run direct
Amtrak California runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for San Diego to Long Beach 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 €43.79Tue15
- about €44.89Wed16
- about €47.09Thu17
- about €43.79Fri18
- about €37.19Sat19
- about €43.79Sun20
- about €27.84Mon21
- about €26.19Tue22
- about €25.09Wed23
- about €37.19Thu24
- about €37.74Fri25
- about €30.59Sat26
- about €30.04Sun27
- about €24.54Mon28
- about €20.14Tue29
- about €25.64Wed30
- about €23.99Thu1
- about €26.73Fri2
- about €30.04Sat3
- about €21.79Sun4
- about €18.49Mon5
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 Long Beach. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Long Beach for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Pacific Coast Highway and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book San Diego to Long Beach
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €23.4490 days
- €24.5460 days
- €26.7445 days
- €19.0430 days
- €18.4921 days
- €24.5414 days
- €27.847 days
- €47.093 days
- €43.791 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €18.49.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 155 percent. The most expensive point is €47.09, 3 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to San Diego to Long Beach 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
173 km
151 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
1,404,452 → 474,140
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
- 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 173 km against 151 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 Pomona, Oceanside, Corona, Riverside. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Pacific Coast Highway
Most of the points near Pacific Coast Highway open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about San Diego to Long Beach
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 San Diego to Long Beach?
The fastest journey from San Diego to Long Beach takes 1h 59m door to door, of which 1h 22m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 4m, 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 San Diego to Long Beach?
The cheapest fare from San Diego to Long Beach is €18.49, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €31.14. 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 San Diego to Long Beach?
The cheapest way from San Diego to Long Beach is by train, at €24.54 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 2h 6m 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 San Diego to Long Beach?
Fares from San Diego to Long Beach bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €18.49. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 155 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for San Diego to Long Beach?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from San Diego to Long Beach, at €24.54. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for San Diego to Long Beach?
January is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from San Diego to Long Beach, at €19.04 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 San Diego to Long Beach?
2 operators sell services from San Diego to Long Beach across 1 mode: Amtrak California, Lossan Rail Corridor Agency. 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 San Diego to Long Beach?
33 percent of the services we sell from San Diego to Long Beach are direct. The rest connect at Pomona, Oceanside, Corona, Riverside, with about 45 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 San Diego to Long Beach use?
Services from San Diego to Long Beach by train leave from Santa Fe Depot and arrive at Pacific Coast Highway. 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 San Diego to Long Beach?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from San Diego to Long Beach 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 San Diego to Long Beach on September 14, 2026: 173 km of route against 151 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €18.49, and 1h 59m 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 Long Beach a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Long Beach and across United States
Day trips that leave Long Beach in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
San Diego reaches 88 places in 7 countries on services we hold, over distances from 45 to 9,682 km. Long Beach reaches 36 places in 1 countries, from 41 to 4,180 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving San Diego
- 88Places you can leave for
- 7Countries
- 27Operators
Arriving in Long Beach
Leaving Long Beach
- 36Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 10Operators