Cheapest€19.04
- Lossan Rail Corridor Agency LR972311:311h 19m12:50Los Angeles Union StationSanta Fe Depot
Door to door 2h 3mCO2 5.9 kgChanges 0Refundable
Los Angeles to San Diego train
Trains from Los Angeles to San Diego start at €19.04 and take 2h 2m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Los Angeles to San Diego on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Los Angeles to San Diego starts at €19.04 and takes 2h 2m door to door, run by 2 operators over 179 km, with around 18 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 2h 2mDoor to door
- 1h 18mMoving
- €23.99 to €50.94From
- 06:27 to 20:41First and last departure
- 18Per day
- 5.9 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€23.99 to €50.94 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
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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 €50.94Sun20
- about €36.64Mon21
- about €35.54Tue22
- about €31.69Wed23
- about €39.94Thu24
- about €37.74Fri25
- about €37.74Sat26
- about €31.14Sun27
- about €23.99Mon28
- about €23.99Tue29
- about €25.09Wed30
- about €30.04Thu1
- about €27.29Fri2
- about €28.39Sat3
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 cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026
Fastest€19.59
- Amtrak California AC686906:331h 18m07:51Los Angeles Union StationSanta Fe Depot
Door to door 2h 2mCO2 5.9 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Amtrak California | €19.59 |
| Lossan Rail Corridor Agency | €19.04 |
The train gets you into San Diego. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in San Diego for the night the train gets in
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When to book Los Angeles to San Diego
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €23.9990 days
- €16.2960 days
- €15.1945 days
- €16.8430 days
- €23.4421 days
- €28.3914 days
- €37.317 days
- €34.363 days
- €44.391 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €15.19.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 192 percent. The most expensive point is €44.39, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €31.14Sun
- €23.99Mon
- €23.99Tue
- €25.09Wed
- €30.04Thu
- €27.29Fri
- €28.39Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Los Angeles
Rail
- Los Angeles Union Station
- El Monte
- Arcade Depot
San Diego
Rail
- Santa Fe Depot
- National City station
What the journey looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 179 km against 179 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Los Angeles at 06:27 and the last at 20:41, across 18 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
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 2m | 1h 18m | 44m | €19.04 | 5.9 kg | 18 |
| Flight | 3h 49m | 39m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 45.5 kg | 18 |
Questions about Los Angeles to San Diego
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 Los Angeles to San Diego take?
The Train from Los Angeles to San Diego takes 2h 2m door to door, of which 1h 18m is spent moving. The route runs 179 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 Los Angeles to San Diego cost?
The Train from Los Angeles to San Diego starts at €19.04 for one passenger, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare is €23.44. 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 Los Angeles to San Diego?
2 operators run the Train from Los Angeles to San Diego: Amtrak California, Lossan Rail Corridor Agency. Between them they file around 18 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 Los Angeles to San Diego use?
The Train from Los Angeles to San Diego leaves from Los Angeles Union Station and arrives at Santa Fe Depot. 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 Los Angeles to San Diego?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Los Angeles to San Diego, at €19.04 and 2h 2m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Train from Los Angeles to San Diego?
Fares for the Train from Los Angeles to San Diego bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €15.19. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 192 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Los Angeles to San Diego produce?
The Train from Los Angeles to San Diego produces about 5.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 179 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 Los Angeles to San Diego?
Operators on the Train from Los Angeles to San Diego publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 2m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Los Angeles to San Diego on September 19, 2026: 179 km of route against 179 km in a straight line, 18 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €19.04, and 2h 2m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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