Trains in United States

12,400 routes and 26 operators Fares below are the cheapest we currently sell on each.

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We sell 12,400 Trains routes in United States, serving 541 places through 26 operators. 668 of those routes cross a border. The cheapest fare is £10.18 and the median route runs 123 km.

Priced for 25 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

The network

Trains in United States, in numbers

  • £10.18 to £18.67Fare range
  • 01:19 to 07:13First and last departure
  • 12,400Routes we sell
  • 541Places served
  • 26Operators
  • 11,732Domestic routes
  • 668Cross border routes
  • 123 kmMedian route
  • 3,941 kmLongest route

£10.18 to £18.67 for one passenger across the 32 routes priced below, all of them on 25 October 2026. A single figure hides which end of that a journey sits at. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

What the operators filed inside United States on 12 October 2026, taken from the busiest routes we sell there. Real times, and a fare only where an operator published one.

Departures on 12 October 2026

Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. Times only, no fares.

  1. 01:1901:5233m

    Orange-SBay Area Rapid TransitDirect

    Hayward → Berryessa / North San Jose

    Bay Area Rapid Transit timetable
  2. 02:3505:353h

    5818Amtrak Chartered VehicleDirect

    Los Angeles → San Diego

    Amtrak Chartered Vehicle timetable
  3. 04:4105:1231m

    Green-SBay Area Rapid TransitDirect

    Berryessa / North San Jose → Hayward

    Bay Area Rapid Transit timetable
  4. 04:5705:2932m

    Orange-NBay Area Rapid TransitDirect

    Berryessa / North San Jose → Hayward

    Bay Area Rapid Transit timetable
  5. 05:1306:551h 42m

    757AmtrakDirect

    Los Angeles → Oxnard

    Amtrak timetable
  6. 05:4906:571h 8m

    761AmtrakDirect

    Irvine → Los Angeles

    Amtrak timetable
  7. 06:0106:5756m

    761AmtrakDirect

    Santa Ana → Los Angeles

    Amtrak timetable
  8. 06:1009:042h 54m

    562AmtrakDirect

    Los Angeles → San Diego

    Amtrak timetable
  9. 07:1308:541h 41m

    761AmtrakDirect

    Los Angeles → Oxnard

    Amtrak timetable
Routes

The busiest Trains routes in United States

The routes we sell in United States, busiest first, priced over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Hayward to San Jose train£10.181h 17m40 km
San Jose to Hayward train£10.181h 15m40 km
Astoria to Stamford train£10.181h 11m45 km
Stamford to Astoria train£10.181h 11m45 km
Manhattan to Stamford train£10.181h 12m47 km
Stamford to Manhattan train£10.181h 12m47 km
Stamford to Upper West Side train£10.181h 12m47 km
Upper West Side to Stamford train£10.181h 12m47 km
Stamford to Washington Heights train£10.181h 8m40 km
Washington Heights to Stamford train£10.181h 9m40 km
Oakland to San Jose train£10.181h 19m61 km
San Jose to Oakland train£10.181h 18m61 km
Los Angeles to Santa Ana train£10.181h 13m49 km
Santa Ana to Los Angeles train£10.181h 40m49 km
Irvine to Los Angeles train£10.181h 52m58 km
Los Angeles to Irvine train£10.181h 17m58 km
Huntington Beach to Los Angeles train£10.181h 12m49 km
Los Angeles to Huntington Beach train£10.181h 12m49 km
Irvine to Oceanside train£10.181h 21m67 km
Oceanside to Irvine train£10.181h 35m67 km
Huntington Beach to Oceanside train£10.651h 27m77 km
Oceanside to Huntington Beach train£10.651h 25m77 km
Los Angeles to Oxnard train£11.602h 25m87 km
Oxnard to Los Angeles train£11.601h 30m87 km
Anaheim to Oceanside train£11.601h 30m87 km
Oceanside to Anaheim train£11.601h 30m87 km
Long Beach to Oceanside train£13.011h 35m98 km
Oceanside to Long Beach train£13.011h 36m98 km
Newark to Philadelphia train£15.371h 40m121 km
Philadelphia to Newark train£15.371h 39m121 km
Los Angeles to San Diego train£18.673h 38m179 km
San Diego to Los Angeles train£18.672h 1m179 km

12Go fares in United States

These are 12Go's own figures: the routes they sell most, and the lowest fare each is showing today.

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Day trips out of New York and across United States

Day trips that leave New York in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km8,14466%Bridgeport, 26 km
200 to 600 km3,88831%Albany, 200 km
600 to 1,500 km3443%Independence, 601 km
Over 1,500 km240%Edmonton, 2628 km
Across the border

Where United States connects to

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Canada66499%
Cuba41%
Carriers

Train operators

  • Amtrak
  • Amtrak California
  • Keolis
  • Brightline
  • New Jersey Transit
  • Metro-North Railroad
  • Utah Transit Authority
  • Long Island Rail Road
  • NICTD
  • Sound Transit
  • SEPTA
  • Dallas Area Rapid Transit

Train destinations

Common questions about Trains in United States

What Trains routes are there in United States?

We sell 12,400 Trains routes in United States, serving 541 places run by 26 operators Every one of those routes has an operator that actually serves it, so the count is the network we can sell rather than every pair of places on a map.

How much do Trains tickets in United States cost?

The cheapest Trains fare in United States is £10.18 for one passenger, across the 12,400 routes we sell there. The median route runs 123 km in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against before comparing it to anywhere else.

Can I travel out of United States by Trains?

668 of the Trains routes we sell touching United States cross a border and 11,732 stay inside it, reaching 2 other countries including Canada, Cuba. Cross border routes are usually the ones where the fare and the journey time differ most between operators.

Which operators run Trains services in United States?

26 operators run Trains services on routes we sell in United States: Amtrak, Amtrak California, Bombardier Technology, Brightline, CCRTA. Each is a real carrier from the published operator catalogue, and each has its own fares and conditions. The operator table on this page compares them on speed, flexibility and what is on board.

What is the longest Trains route in United States?

The longest Trains route we sell touching United States runs from Los Angeles to Santa Clara, 3,941 km in a straight line. The median route in the country is 123 km, so this one is a considerable outlier and the fares on it behave differently from the rest.

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.

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 labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Distances

Other ways to travel here

The wider region

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A room in New York for the night the train gets in

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