Cheapest€11.88
- TransitAmerica TA604006:2834m07:02Castro stationChinatown station
Door to door 1h 18mCO2 2.0 kgChanges 0Refundable
Mountain View to Chinatown train
Trains from Mountain View to Chinatown start at €11.88 and take 1h 18m at their fastest.
The Trains from Mountain View to Chinatown starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 18m door to door, run by 1 operator over 62 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 18mDoor to door
- 34mMoving
- €11.88From
- 2.0 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 21, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TransitAmerica | €11.88 | 1h 15m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Chinatown is not something we sell.
Where to stay in Chinatown
Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.
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When to book Mountain View to Chinatown
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.9990 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €14.0914 days
- €15.747 days
- €11.893 days
- €20.691 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 74 percent. The most expensive point is €20.69, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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.
- €12.99Sun
- €11.88Mon
- €11.88Tue
- €11.88Wed
- €14.09Thu
- €12.99Fri
- €14.09Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Mountain View
Rail
- Castro station
- Los Altos station
- San Antonio station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 62 km against 54 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Mountain View at 06:28 and the last at 06:28, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Mountain View to Chinatown
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 Mountain View to Chinatown take?
The Train from Mountain View to Chinatown takes 1h 18m door to door, of which 34m is spent moving. The route runs 62 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 Mountain View to Chinatown cost?
The Train from Mountain View to Chinatown starts at €11.88 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €11.88. 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 Mountain View to Chinatown?
1 operators run the Train from Mountain View to Chinatown: TransitAmerica. Between them they file around 1 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 Mountain View to Chinatown use?
The Train from Mountain View to Chinatown leaves from Castro station and arrives at Chinatown 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 Mountain View to Chinatown?
Fares for the Train from Mountain View to Chinatown bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 74 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Mountain View to Chinatown produce?
The Train from Mountain View to Chinatown produces about 2.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 62 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 Mountain View to Chinatown?
Operators on the Train from Mountain View to Chinatown publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 18m 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 Mountain View to Chinatown on September 12, 2026: 62 km of route against 54 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Chinatown is somebody else's catalog.
Things to do in Chinatown
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Chinatown, with free cancellation on most of it.
See Chinatown on GetYourGuideOr browse Viator
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