Travel to San Jose

Every way to reach San Jose: 3 modes compared, with fares.

San Jose is reachable from 73 places across 4 countries by 3 modes, on services run by 23 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €10.07 and the fastest takes 1h 8m door to door. The nearest origin is 40 km away.

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

Arriving

How people reach San Jose

Every mode that actually calls at San Jose, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train58€11.881h 8m338 km4
Coach48€10.071h 26m488 km5
Flight62€54.424h 13m8,632 km14
  • 73Places you can arrive from
  • 73Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 23Operators

The train gets you into San Jose. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of San Jose Diridon station

Sort by distance from San Jose Diridon station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, 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 km7243%Hayward, 40 km
200 to 600 km4426%Fresno, 200 km
600 to 1,500 km1911%Las Vegas, 616 km
Over 1,500 km3320%San José del Cabo, 1970 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into San Jose 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 States15693%
Mexico95%
Japan21%
United Kingdom11%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in San Jose

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

San Jose

Rail
  • San Jose Diridon station
  • Downtown San José station
  • Agnew Depot
Bus
  • San Jose Diridon Transit Center
  • Gish
Air
  • SJC
Fares

The cheapest journeys into San Jose

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

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into San Jose, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Modesto to San Jose bus€10.072h 8m86 km
Stockton to San Jose bus€10.072h 8m87 km
Hayward to San Jose bus€10.071h 26m40 km
Concord to San Jose bus€10.071h 54m72 km
Oakland to San Jose bus€10.071h 45m61 km
Vallejo to San Jose bus€10.072h 14m91 km
Berkeley to San Jose bus€10.071h 53m68 km
Salinas to San Jose bus€10.072h 2m77 km
Elk Grove to San Jose bus€10.632h 45m127 km
Sacramento to San Jose bus€11.182h 58m143 km
Hayward to San Jose train€11.881h 8m40 km
Oakland to San Jose train€11.881h 19m61 km
San Mateo to San Jose train€11.881h 11m45 km
San Leandro to San Jose train€11.881h 14m49 km
Daly City to San Jose train€11.881h 22m64 km
Concord to San Jose train€11.891h 23m72 km

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near San Jose Diridon station

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Popular trips to San Jose

Common questions about Travel to San Jose

How can I get to San Jose?

San Jose is reachable by 3 modes on our network, from 73 places, across 4 countries, on services run by 23 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to San Jose?

The cheapest way into San Jose is by coach, from €10.07 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 73 origins we sell into San Jose over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to San Jose?

The fastest journey into San Jose is by train, at 1h 8m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 40 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does San Jose have?

San Jose has 6 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are San Jose Diridon station, Downtown San José station, Agnew Depot. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to San Jose from within 200 km?

72 of the routes we sell into San Jose start within 200 km. The nearest is Hayward, 40 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from San Jose in United States?

San Jose connects to 73 places on our network across 4 countries, the furthest of them 8,632 km away in a straight line. United States routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

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, Distances

Elsewhere in United States

The wider region

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside San Jose and elsewhere in United States. None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

What to book in San Jose before you go

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of San Jose, with free cancellation on most of it.

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