Cheapest€12.44
- San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority SJ408206:4549m07:34MercedClovis station
Door to door 1h 33mCO2 3.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Merced to Clovis train
Trains from Merced to Clovis start at €14.64 and take 1h 32m at their fastest.
The Trains from Merced to Clovis starts at €14.64 and takes 1h 32m door to door, run by 2 operators over 100 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 1h 32mDoor to door
- 48mMoving
- €14.64From
- 3.3 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.
Fastest€15.19
- Amtrak A186606:3548m07:23MercedClovis station
Door to door 1h 32mCO2 3.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Amtrak | €12.99 |
| San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority | €12.44 |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Clovis is not something we sell.
Where to stay in Clovis
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Merced to Clovis
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.9990 days
- €14.6460 days
- €13.5445 days
- €13.5430 days
- €12.9921 days
- €14.6414 days
- €14.647 days
- €26.193 days
- €23.441 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €12.99.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 102 percent. The most expensive point is €26.19, 3 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.
- €19.59Sun
- €14.64Mon
- €14.64Tue
- €15.74Wed
- €24.54Thu
- €17.94Fri
- €20.69Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Merced
Rail
- Merced
- Merced 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
- 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 100 km against 87 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 Visalia, Tracy, Modesto, Manteca. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 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 Merced at 06:35 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Merced to Clovis
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 Merced to Clovis take?
The Train from Merced to Clovis takes 1h 32m door to door, of which 48m is spent moving. The route runs 100 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 Merced to Clovis cost?
The Train from Merced to Clovis starts at €14.64 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €34.44. 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 Merced to Clovis?
2 operators run the Train from Merced to Clovis: Amtrak, San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority. Between them they file around 6 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 Merced to Clovis use?
The Train from Merced to Clovis leaves from Merced and arrives at Clovis 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.
When should I book the Train from Merced to Clovis?
Fares for the Train from Merced to Clovis bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €12.99. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 102 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Merced to Clovis produce?
The Train from Merced to Clovis produces about 3.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 100 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 Merced to Clovis?
Operators on the Train from Merced to Clovis publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 32m 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 Merced to Clovis on September 8, 2026: 100 km of route against 87 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €14.64, and 1h 32m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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What to book in Clovis before you go
Day trips that leave Clovis in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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