Fastest€19.04
- Lossan Rail Corridor Agency LR604606:3629m07:05Irvine Transportation CenterRiverside station
Door to door 1h 13mCO2 1.9 kgChanges 0Refundable
Irvine to Riverside train
Trains from Irvine to Riverside start at €11.88 and take 1h 13m at their fastest.
The Trains from Irvine to Riverside starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 13m door to door, run by 3 operators over 58 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 1h 13mDoor to door
- 29mMoving
- €11.88From
- 1.9 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 13, 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.
The trip ends at Riverside station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
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When to book Irvine to Riverside
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
- €10.073 days
- €10.081 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, 1 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €10.07Sun
- €10.07Mon
- €10.07Tue
- €10.07Wed
- €10.07Thu
- €10.07Fri
- €10.07Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Irvine
Rail
- Irvine Transportation Center
- Tustin
Riverside
Rail
- Riverside station
- Riverside-Downtown
- Riverside-La Sierra 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
- 71% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 29% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 58 km against 51 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at West Covina, El Monte, East Los Angeles, Downey. 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Irvine at 06:04 and the last at 14:23, across 10 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 | 1h 13m | 29m | 44m | €11.88 | 1.9 kg | 10 |
| Coach | 1h 39m | 55m | 44m | €10.07 | 1.6 kg | 4 |
Questions about Irvine to Riverside
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 Irvine to Riverside take?
The Train from Irvine to Riverside takes 1h 13m door to door, of which 29m is spent moving. The route runs 58 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 Irvine to Riverside cost?
The Train from Irvine to Riverside starts at €11.88 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €20.42. 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 Irvine to Riverside?
3 operators run the Train from Irvine to Riverside: Amtrak California, Lossan Rail Corridor Agency, Southern California Regional Rail Authority. Between them they file around 10 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 Irvine to Riverside use?
The Train from Irvine to Riverside leaves from Irvine Transportation Center and arrives at Riverside 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 Irvine to Riverside?
Traveling from Irvine to Riverside by Coach costs €10.07 and takes 1h 39m door to door, against 1h 13m 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 Irvine to Riverside?
Fares for the Train from Irvine to Riverside bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 0 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Irvine to Riverside produce?
The Train from Irvine to Riverside produces about 1.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 58 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 Irvine to Riverside?
Operators on the Train from Irvine to Riverside publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 13m 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 Irvine to Riverside on September 10, 2026: 58 km of route against 51 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 13m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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