Cheapest€17.39
- Amtrak California AC842106:331h 20m07:53Santa Fe DepotAnaheim Canyon
Door to door 2h 4mCO2 5.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
San Diego to Anaheim train
Trains from San Diego to Anaheim start at €17.39 and take 2h 3m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price San Diego to Anaheim on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from San Diego to Anaheim starts at €17.39 and takes 2h 3m door to door, run by 2 operators over 164 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 2h 3mDoor to door
- 1h 19mMoving
- €22.89 to €50.94From
- 06:27 to 07:30First and last departure
- 6Per day
- 5.4 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.
€22.89 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 €49.84Sat19
- about €50.94Sun20
- about €38.84Mon21
- about €31.14Tue22
- about €29.49Wed23
- about €43.79Thu24
- about €43.79Fri25
- about €29.49Sat26
- about €28.94Sun27
- about €27.29Mon28
- about €22.89Tue29
- about €27.29Wed30
- about €26.74Thu1
- about €27.84Fri2
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€24.54
- Lossan Rail Corridor Agency LR980406:271h 19m07:46Santa Fe DepotAnaheim Canyon
Door to door 2h 3mCO2 5.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Amtrak California | €17.39 | 1h 55m |
| Lossan Rail Corridor Agency | €22.89 | 1h 56m |
The train gets you into Anaheim. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Anaheim for the night the train gets in
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When to book San Diego to Anaheim
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €26.7490 days
- €17.3960 days
- €16.2945 days
- €21.7930 days
- €23.4321 days
- €27.8414 days
- €43.797 days
- €38.843 days
- €49.841 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €16.29.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 206 percent. The most expensive point is €49.84, 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.
- €28.94Sun
- €27.29Mon
- €22.89Tue
- €27.29Wed
- €26.74Thu
- €27.84Fri
- €29.49Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
San Diego
Rail
- Santa Fe Depot
- National City station
Anaheim
Rail
- Anaheim Canyon
- Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center
- Placentia station
What the journey looks like
- 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 164 km against 143 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 Oceanside, Moreno Valley, Rancho Cucamonga, Riverside. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 San Diego at 06:27 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 San Diego to Anaheim
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 San Diego to Anaheim take?
The Train from San Diego to Anaheim takes 2h 3m door to door, of which 1h 19m is spent moving. The route runs 164 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 San Diego to Anaheim cost?
The Train from San Diego to Anaheim starts at €17.39 for one passenger, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare is €29.21. 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 San Diego to Anaheim?
2 operators run the Train from San Diego to Anaheim: Amtrak California, Lossan Rail Corridor Agency. 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 San Diego to Anaheim use?
The Train from San Diego to Anaheim leaves from Santa Fe Depot and arrives at Anaheim Canyon. 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 San Diego to Anaheim?
Fares for the Train from San Diego to Anaheim bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €16.29. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 206 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from San Diego to Anaheim produce?
The Train from San Diego to Anaheim produces about 5.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 164 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 San Diego to Anaheim?
Operators on the Train from San Diego to Anaheim publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 3m 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 San Diego to Anaheim on September 18, 2026: 164 km of route against 143 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €17.39, and 2h 3m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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