View of a portion of the San Fernando Valley. The immediate foreground is Universal City, the left 2/3 of the picture being the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, with the remainder being Burbank. It appears this photo was taken from Universal Studios.

Santa Maria to Burbank

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Santa Maria to Burbank. From €23.44, fastest 2h 15m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Santa Maria to Burbank runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:33 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €23.44 and €31.41, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 15m over 216 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.

Checked September 14, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€23.44 to €31.41

  • 141%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Santa Maria

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.

  • 06:33First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 5Services per day
  • 20%Run direct

Amtrak California runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Santa Maria to Burbank 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 €39.67Tue15
  2. about €45.99Wed16
  3. about €56.44Thu17
  4. about €55.01Fri18
  5. about €43.21Sat19
  6. about €44.98Sun20
  7. about €30.04Mon21
  8. about €32.59Tue22
  9. about €31.69Wed23
  10. about €43.21Thu24
  11. about €41.44Fri25
  12. about €35.54Sat26
  13. about €35.54Sun27
  14. about €31.41Mon28
  15. about €30.59Tue29
  16. about €29.49Wed30
  17. about €30.04Thu1
  18. about €34.99Fri2
  19. about €31.41Sat3
  20. about €29.49Sun4
  21. about €23.44Mon5

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 flight gets you into Burbank. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Burbank for the night the flight gets in

The search opens on Burbank with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.

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Booking window

When to book Santa Maria to Burbank

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

  1. €28.3990 days
  2. €23.9960 days
  3. €31.1445 days
  4. €25.6430 days
  5. €23.4421 days
  6. €31.4114 days
  7. €30.047 days
  8. €56.443 days
  9. €39.671 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €23.44.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 141 percent. The most expensive point is €56.44, 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.
€56.44€23.441371421304560

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Santa Maria to Burbank 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

216 km

213 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

105,093105,319

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

2/4

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

Santa MariaSanta MariaBurbankBurbank
The journey

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 216 km against 213 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, Valencia, Ventura. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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

Burbank is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Burbank

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Questions about Santa Maria to Burbank

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 Santa Maria to Burbank?

The fastest journey from Santa Maria to Burbank takes 2h 15m door to door, of which 1h 45m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 7m, 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 Santa Maria to Burbank?

The cheapest fare from Santa Maria to Burbank is €23.44, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €36.13. 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 Santa Maria to Burbank?

The cheapest way from Santa Maria to Burbank is by train, at €30.04 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 2h 29m 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 Santa Maria to Burbank?

The fastest way from Santa Maria to Burbank is by train, at 2h 29m door to door. Only 1h 45m 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 €30.04.

When should I book Santa Maria to Burbank?

Fares from Santa Maria to Burbank bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €23.44. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 141 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 Santa Maria to Burbank?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Santa Maria to Burbank, at €30.04. 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 Santa Maria to Burbank?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Santa Maria to Burbank, at €21.24 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 Santa Maria to Burbank?

2 operators sell services from Santa Maria to Burbank across 2 modes: Ameriflight, 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 Santa Maria to Burbank?

33 percent of the services we sell from Santa Maria to Burbank are direct. The rest connect at Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, Valencia, Ventura, with about 50 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 Santa Maria to Burbank produce?

Traveling from Santa Maria to Burbank by train produces about 7.0 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 53.9 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Santa Maria to Burbank use?

Services from Santa Maria to Burbank by train leave from Guadalupe station and arrive at Burbank station. 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 Santa Maria to Burbank?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Santa Maria to Burbank 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

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 Santa Maria to Burbank on September 14, 2026: 216 km of route against 213 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €23.44, and 2h 15m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Burbank is somebody else's catalog.

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The two ends, compared

Santa Maria reaches 16 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 129 to 498 km. Burbank reaches 38 places in 2 countries, from 40 to 4,116 km.

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  • 4Operators

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  • 2Countries
  • 16Operators

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