Trains to San Francisco

20 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.

Beautiful view of San Francisco skyline with tranquil waters and a dramatic sunset sky.

20 places connect to San Francisco by Trains, across 1 country, run by 2 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88. Origins run from 46 km away to 126 km, with a median of 61 km.

Checked October 3, 2026Priced for October 3, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in San Francisco

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into San Francisco, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Fremont to San Francisco train€11.881h 12m46 km
Sunnyvale to San Francisco train€11.881h 18m56 km
Santa Clara to San Francisco train€11.881h 19m62 km
Mountain View to San Francisco train€11.881h 15m52 km
Pleasanton to San Francisco train€11.881h 16m50 km
Milpitas to San Francisco train€11.881h 21m59 km
San Jose to San Francisco train€11.891h 24m67 km
Sacramento to San Francisco train€16.841h 39m121 km
Stockton to San Francisco train€17.941h 43m101 km
Modesto to San Francisco train€21.791h 53m126 km
  • 20Places you can arrive from
  • 20Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 2Operators

The trip ends at San Francisco 4th and King. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in San Francisco for the night the train gets in

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Trains, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km20100%Fremont, 46 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into San Francisco that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
United States20100%
Carriers

Rail operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

  • Amtrak
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in San Francisco

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

San Francisco

Rail
  • San Francisco 4th and King
  • San Francisco Transbay Terminal
  • Eureka Valley
Leaving

Leaving San Francisco

Common questions about Trains to San Francisco

Where can I travel to San Francisco by Trains from?

20 places connect to San Francisco by Trains on our network, across 1 countries. The nearest is 46 km away in a straight line and the furthest 126 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Trains to San Francisco cost?

The cheapest Trains fare into San Francisco is €11.88 for one passenger, across 20 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 61 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Trains to San Francisco take?

The fastest Trains journey into San Francisco is 1h 12m door to door. The median origin sits 61 km away in a straight line, so most journeys on this list take considerably longer than the fastest one quoted here.

Which operators run the Trains to San Francisco?

2 operators run Trains services into San Francisco on our network: Amtrak, TransitAmerica. Each has its own fares and its own conditions, and every one of them is a real carrier from the published operator catalog rather than a name we generated.

Which terminal does the Trains to San Francisco use?

Trains services into San Francisco use 3 named terminals, among them San Francisco 4th and King, San Francisco Transbay Terminal, Eureka Valley. The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door

Other ways to reach San Francisco

We cannot promise San Francisco 4th and King still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in San Francisco

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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