Cheapest€15.19
- San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority SJ563706:4559m07:44Modesto stationMadera
Door to door 1h 43mCO2 4.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Modesto to Madera train
Trains from Modesto to Madera start at €18.49 and take 1h 43m at their fastest.
The Trains from Modesto to Madera starts at €18.49 and takes 1h 43m door to door, run by 2 operators over 129 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 1h 43mDoor to door
- 59mMoving
- €18.49From
- 4.3 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€19.04
- Amtrak A667106:3559m07:34Modesto stationMadera
Door to door 1h 43mCO2 4.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Amtrak | €16.29 | 1h 42m |
| San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority | €15.19 | 1h 43m |
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When to book Modesto to Madera
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.1990 days
- €16.8460 days
- €18.4945 days
- €16.2930 days
- €20.1421 days
- €21.7814 days
- €24.547 days
- €39.943 days
- €48.741 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €15.19.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 221 percent. The most expensive point is €48.74, 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.
- €25.09Sun
- €18.49Mon
- €21.79Tue
- €21.78Wed
- €25.09Thu
- €22.34Fri
- €24.54Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Modesto
Rail
- Modesto station
- Modesto Transportation Center
Madera
Rail
- Madera
- Madera station
- Storey Train 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 129 km against 112 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 Elk Grove, Merced, Stockton, Lodi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Modesto 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 Modesto to Madera
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 Modesto to Madera take?
The Train from Modesto to Madera takes 1h 43m door to door, of which 59m is spent moving. The route runs 129 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 Modesto to Madera cost?
The Train from Modesto to Madera starts at €18.49 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €29.20. 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 Modesto to Madera?
2 operators run the Train from Modesto to Madera: 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 Modesto to Madera use?
The Train from Modesto to Madera leaves from Modesto station and arrives at Madera. 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 Modesto to Madera?
Fares for the Train from Modesto to Madera bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €15.19. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 221 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Modesto to Madera produce?
The Train from Modesto to Madera produces about 4.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 129 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 Modesto to Madera?
Operators on the Train from Modesto to Madera publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 43m 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 Modesto to Madera on September 9, 2026: 129 km of route against 112 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €18.49, and 1h 43m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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