Northridge to East Los Angeles train

Trains from Northridge to East Los Angeles start at €11.88 and take 1h 10m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Northridge to East Los Angeles starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 10m door to door, run by 1 operator over 47 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for September 22, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 10mDoor to door
  • 26mMoving
  • €11.88 to €15.74From
  • 06:49 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 4Per day
  • 1.6 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 22, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€11.88 to €15.74 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

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Southern California Regional Rail Authority runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

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

  1. about €15.74Mon21
  2. about €11.88Tue22
  3. about €11.88Wed23
  4. about €14.09Thu24
  5. about €11.89Fri25
  6. about €12.44Sat26
  7. about €11.88Sun27
  8. about €11.88Mon28
  9. about €11.88Tue29
  10. about €11.88Wed30
  11. about €12.44Thu1
  12. about €11.88Fri2
  13. about €11.89Sat3
  14. about €11.88Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 22, 2026

Cheapest€11.88
  1. Southern California Regional Rail Authority SC310806:4926m07:15Northridge stationEast Los Angeles station

Door to door 1h 10mCO2 1.6 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Southern California Regional Rail Authority€11.881h 9m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

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A hotel room

A room in East Los Angeles for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Northridge to East Los Angeles

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €11.8890 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €11.8845 days
  4. €11.8830 days
  5. €11.8821 days
  6. €11.8814 days
  7. €11.887 days
  8. €11.883 days
  9. €15.741 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 32 percent. The most expensive point is €15.74, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €11.88Sun
  2. €11.88Mon
  3. €11.88Tue
  4. €11.88Wed
  5. €12.44Thu
  6. €11.88Fri
  7. €11.89Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Northridge

Rail
  • Northridge station
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 47 km against 41 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 Palmdale, Oxnard, Lancaster. The gap between arriving and leaving is 66 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Northridge at 06:49 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Northridge to East Los Angeles

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 Northridge to East Los Angeles take?

The Train from Northridge to East Los Angeles takes 1h 10m door to door, of which 26m is spent moving. The route runs 47 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 Northridge to East Los Angeles cost?

The Train from Northridge to East Los Angeles starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €36.37. 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 Northridge to East Los Angeles?

1 operators run the Train from Northridge to East Los Angeles: Southern California Regional Rail Authority. Between them they file around 4 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 Northridge to East Los Angeles use?

The Train from Northridge to East Los Angeles leaves from Northridge station and arrives at East Los Angeles 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 Northridge to East Los Angeles?

Fares for the Train from Northridge to East Los Angeles bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 32 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Northridge to East Los Angeles produce?

The Train from Northridge to East Los Angeles produces about 1.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 47 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 Northridge to East Los Angeles?

Operators on the Train from Northridge to East Los Angeles publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 10m 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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Northridge to East Los Angeles on September 20, 2026: 47 km of route against 41 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 10m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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