Santa Maria to East Los Angeles runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:33 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €27.29, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 2h 36m over 267 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €27.29, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€27.29
- 199%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Santa Maria
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:33First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Departure times on this route
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Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €74.59Mon21
- about €60.29Tue22
- about €75.14Wed23
- about €68.54Thu24
- about €64.14Fri25
- about €57.54Sat26
- about €56.44Sun27
- about €48.74Mon28
- about €41.59Tue29
- about €41.59Wed30
- about €42.14Thu1
- about €43.24Fri2
- about €53.14Sat3
- about €38.29Sun4
- about €27.29Mon5
- about €33.34Tue6
- about €37.19Wed7
- about €37.74Thu8
- about €35.54Fri9
- about €41.04Sat10
- about €32.24Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into East Los Angeles. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in East Los Angeles for the night the train gets in
The search opens on East Los Angeles with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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When to book Santa Maria to East Los Angeles
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €38.8490 days
- €35.5360 days
- €29.4845 days
- €25.0930 days
- €32.2421 days
- €38.2914 days
- €56.447 days
- €75.143 days
- €74.591 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €25.09.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 199 percent. The most expensive point is €75.14, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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 Santa Maria to East Los Angeles 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
267 km
232 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
105,093 → 126,496
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
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
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 267 km against 232 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 Thousand Oaks, Ventura, Simi Valley, Oxnard. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 5 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. 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.
Where to leave your bags in East Los Angeles
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 East Los Angeles
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 East Los Angeles?
The fastest journey from Santa Maria to East Los Angeles takes 2h 36m door to door, of which 2h is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 44m, 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 East Los Angeles?
The cheapest fare from Santa Maria to East Los Angeles is €27.29, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €46.54. 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 East Los Angeles?
The cheapest way from Santa Maria to East Los Angeles is by train, at €27.29 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 2h 44m 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 Santa Maria to East Los Angeles?
Fares from Santa Maria to East Los Angeles bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €25.09. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 199 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Santa Maria to East Los Angeles?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Santa Maria to East Los Angeles, at €38.29. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 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 East Los Angeles?
January is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Santa Maria to East Los Angeles, at €31.13 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 East Los Angeles?
Amtrak California publish service areas covering both Santa Maria and East Los Angeles, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Santa Maria to East Los Angeles?
20 percent of the services we sell from Santa Maria to East Los Angeles are direct. The rest connect at Thousand Oaks, Ventura, Simi Valley, Oxnard, with about 56 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 Santa Maria to East Los Angeles use?
Services from Santa Maria to East Los Angeles by train leave from Guadalupe station and arrive at East Los Angeles 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 East Los Angeles?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Santa Maria to East Los Angeles 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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
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 Santa Maria to East Los Angeles on September 20, 2026: 267 km of route against 232 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €27.29, and 2h 36m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in East Los Angeles 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. East Los Angeles reaches 28 places in 1 countries, from 41 to 232 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Santa Maria
- 16Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 4Operators
Arriving in East Los Angeles
Leaving East Los Angeles
- 28Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators