San Jose to Oakland runs about 9 times a day, with the first departure around 06:06 and the last around 14:34. One passenger pays between €10.07 and €11.88, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 1h 18m over 71 km, on services run by 6 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 6 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€10.07 to €11.88
When it runs, leaving San Jose
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.
- 06:06First departure
- 14:34Last departure
- 9Services per day
- 67%Run direct
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Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for San Jose to Oakland on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Altamont Corridor Express runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for San Jose to Oakland 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 €10.07Tue15
- about €10.07Wed16
- about €10.08Thu17
- about €10.07Fri18
- about €10.07Sat19
- about €10.07Sun20
- about €10.07Mon21
- about €10.07Tue22
- about €10.07Wed23
- about €10.07Thu24
- about €10.07Fri25
- about €10.07Sat26
- about €10.07Sun27
- about €10.07Mon28
- about €10.07Tue29
- about €10.07Wed30
- about €10.07Thu1
- about €10.07Fri2
- about €10.07Sat3
- about €10.07Sun4
- about €10.07Mon5
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 Oakland. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Oakland for the night the bus gets in
Sort by distance from Oakland Long Wharf and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book San Jose to Oakland
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0790 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €10.0714 days
- €10.077 days
- €10.083 days
- €10.071 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 0 percent. The most expensive point is €10.08, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 1 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to San Jose to Oakland 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
71 km
61 km as the crow flies, 16% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
997,368 → 419,267
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 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
- 80% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 20% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 71 km against 61 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 Antioch, Fairfield, Stockton. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Oakland Long Wharf
Most of the points near Oakland Long Wharf open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about San Jose to Oakland
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 Jose to Oakland?
The fastest journey from San Jose to Oakland takes 1h 18m door to door, of which 35m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 35m, 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 Jose to Oakland?
The cheapest fare from San Jose to Oakland is €10.07, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.81. 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 Jose to Oakland?
The cheapest way from San Jose to Oakland is by coach, at €10.07 for one passenger on September 15, 2026. That journey takes 1h 45m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from San Jose to Oakland?
The fastest way from San Jose to Oakland is by train, at 1h 19m door to door. Only 35m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €11.88.
When should I book San Jose to Oakland?
Fares from San Jose to Oakland bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €10.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 0 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 Jose to Oakland?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from San Jose to Oakland, at €10.07. 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 Jose to Oakland?
September is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from San Jose to Oakland, at €10.07 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 Jose to Oakland?
6 operators sell services from San Jose to Oakland across 2 modes: Altamont Corridor Express, Amtrak, Amtrak California, Amtrak San Joaquins, Capitol Corridor, TransitAmerica. 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 Jose to Oakland?
80 percent of the services we sell from San Jose to Oakland are direct. The rest connect at Antioch, Fairfield, Stockton, with about 70 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from San Jose to Oakland produce?
Traveling from San Jose to Oakland by coach produces about 1.9 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 2.3 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from San Jose to Oakland use?
Services from San Jose to Oakland by train leave from San Jose Diridon station and arrive at Oakland Long Wharf. 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 Jose to Oakland?
6 of the 6 operators we sell from San Jose to Oakland 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 Jose to Oakland on September 14, 2026: 71 km of route against 61 km in a straight line, 15 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 1h 18m 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 Oakland a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Oakland and across United States
Day trips that leave Oakland in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
San Jose reaches 73 places in 4 countries on services we hold, over distances from 40 to 8,632 km. Oakland reaches 73 places in 5 countries, from 21 to 9,560 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving San Jose
- 73Places you can leave for
- 4Countries
- 23Operators
Arriving in Oakland
Leaving Oakland
- 73Places you can leave for
- 5Countries
- 23Operators