Fastest€72.39
- Amtrak California AC966806:013h 38m09:39BakersfieldBerkeley station
Door to door 4h 22mCO2 15.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
Bakersfield to Berkeley train
Trains from Bakersfield to Berkeley start at €68.54 and take 4h 22m at their fastest.
The Trains from Bakersfield to Berkeley starts at €68.54 and takes 4h 22m door to door, run by 1 operator over 462 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 4h 22mDoor to door
- 3h 38mMoving
- €68.54From
- 15.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Amtrak California | €63.04 | 3h 55m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The trip ends at Berkeley station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Berkeley for the night the train gets in
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When to book Bakersfield to Berkeley
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €21.0890 days
- €22.7360 days
- €21.6345 days
- €23.8330 days
- €23.8321 days
- €27.6814 days
- €28.787 days
- €43.633 days
- €56.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €21.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 170 percent. The most expensive point is €56.83, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €32.63Sun
- €33.18Mon
- €28.23Tue
- €27.68Wed
- €37.58Thu
- €30.43Fri
- €42.53Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Bakersfield
Rail
- Bakersfield
- Bakersfield statiob
- Adobe Station
Berkeley
Rail
- Berkeley station
- Berkeley Station
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
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 462 km against 402 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 Sunnyvale, San Jose, Fremont, Santa Clara. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 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. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Bakersfield at 06:01 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 4h 22m | 3h 38m | 44m | €68.54 | 15.2 kg | 5 |
| Coach | 7h 20m | 6h 36m | 44m | €27.68 | 12.5 kg | 2 |
Questions about Bakersfield to Berkeley
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 the Train from Bakersfield to Berkeley take?
The Train from Bakersfield to Berkeley takes 4h 22m door to door, of which 3h 38m is spent moving. The route runs 462 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Bakersfield to Berkeley cost?
The Train from Bakersfield to Berkeley starts at €68.54 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €70.74. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Bakersfield to Berkeley?
1 operators run the Train from Bakersfield to Berkeley: Amtrak California. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Bakersfield to Berkeley use?
The Train from Bakersfield to Berkeley leaves from Bakersfield and arrives at Berkeley station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Bakersfield to Berkeley?
Traveling from Bakersfield to Berkeley by Coach costs €27.68 and takes 7h 20m door to door, against 4h 22m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Bakersfield to Berkeley?
Fares for the Train from Bakersfield to Berkeley bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €21.08. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 170 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Bakersfield to Berkeley produce?
The Train from Bakersfield to Berkeley produces about 15.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 462 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Bakersfield to Berkeley?
Operators on the Train from Bakersfield to Berkeley publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 22m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Bakersfield to Berkeley on September 9, 2026: 462 km of route against 402 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €68.54, and 4h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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