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.
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.
01:1901:5233m
Orange-SBay Area Rapid TransitDirect
Hayward → Berryessa / North San Jose
Bay Area Rapid Transit timetable02:3505:353h
5818Amtrak Chartered VehicleDirect
Los Angeles → San Diego
Amtrak Chartered Vehicle timetable04:4105:1231m
Green-SBay Area Rapid TransitDirect
Berryessa / North San Jose → Hayward
Bay Area Rapid Transit timetable04:5705:2932m
Orange-NBay Area Rapid TransitDirect
Berryessa / North San Jose → Hayward
Bay Area Rapid Transit timetable05:1306:551h 42m
757AmtrakDirect
Los Angeles → Oxnard
Amtrak timetable05:4906:571h 8m
761AmtrakDirect
Irvine → Los Angeles
Amtrak timetable06:0106:5756m
761AmtrakDirect
Santa Ana → Los Angeles
Amtrak timetable06:1009:042h 54m
562AmtrakDirect
Los Angeles → San Diego
Amtrak timetable07:1308:541h 41m
761AmtrakDirect
Los Angeles → Oxnard
Amtrak timetable
The busiest Trains routes in United States
12Go fares in United States
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Being on the water gives New York a set of days out that do not start at a station.

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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How far people travel to get here
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 8,144 | 66% | Bridgeport, 26 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 3,888 | 31% | Albany, 200 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 344 | 3% | Independence, 601 km |
| Over 1,500 km | 24 | 0% | Edmonton, 2628 km |
Where United States connects to
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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.
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