Per the schedule you should be able to catch the thruway bus to oakland from SF, catch the Coast Starlight to LAX BUT you would have to spend the night in LAX since the Sunset Ltd. leaves @ 2:30PM three days a week (Sun/WE/FRI)! Otherwise you will have to take the late night dog to LAX!I can't seem to get the system let me ride from SF to LA and then to El Paso - it shows a bus connection from Oakland to Santa Barbara - any solution to this?
Yep, overnight in LA to the only way to go from San Francisco to El Paso by rail (well, except for the bus over the Bay Bridge to Oakland) via the Coast Starlight and Sunset. Everything else requires pretty long bus sections.Per the schedule you should be able to catch the thruway bus to oakland from SF, catch the Coast Starlight to LAX BUT you would have to spend the night in LAX since the Sunset Ltd. leaves @ 2:30PM three days a week (Sun/WE/FRI)! Otherwise you will have to take the late night dog to LAX!I can't seem to get the system let me ride from SF to LA and then to El Paso - it shows a bus connection from Oakland to Santa Barbara - any solution to this?
You could look @ catching the SWC also to ALB, then ride the bus down to ELPASO since the SWC is daily! Its not an EZ connection anyway !
To avoid the bus from SF to Oakland, you could take Cal Train from SF to San Jose and catch the Coast Starlight there.Yep, overnight in LA to the only way to go from San Francisco to El Paso by rail (well, except for the bus over the Bay Bridge to Oakland) via the Coast Starlight and Sunset. Everything else requires pretty long bus sections.Per the schedule you should be able to catch the thruway bus to oakland from SF, catch the Coast Starlight to LAX BUT you would have to spend the night in LAX since the Sunset Ltd. leaves @ 2:30PM three days a week (Sun/WE/FRI)! Otherwise you will have to take the late night dog to LAX!I can't seem to get the system let me ride from SF to LA and then to El Paso - it shows a bus connection from Oakland to Santa Barbara - any solution to this?
You could look @ catching the SWC also to ALB, then ride the bus down to ELPASO since the SWC is daily! Its not an EZ connection anyway !
You have to do it as a multi-city booking. It won't come up as an automatic connection. Watch the days for the Sunset's days of operations, as noted by the previous poster.
If you chose to do this, the Metro Plaza hotel is reasonable, across the street from LA Union Station and a decent place. And you can eat at Phillipe's!
ALB? :huh: That's Albany, NY! I think you meant ABQ instead!You could look @ catching the SWC also to ALB, then ride the bus down to ELPASO since the SWC is daily! Its not an EZ connection anyway !
:lol: Probably one of your routings that involves a discovered loophole! :lol:Yes, you would either have to overnight in southern CA or take the overnight bus to Santa Barbara (SBA). The SJ connection involves a bus to LA that arrives at 2:30 PM - and the SL departs at 2:30 PM! The overnight bus connects at SBA, and arrives into LAX at 9:25 AM.
There is talk of rescheduling the SL/TE to allow a connection, but until that time, these are your only options. Also note that the SL/TE only operate 3 days a week.
ALB? :huh: That's Albany, NY! I think you meant ABQ instead!You could look @ catching the SWC also to ALB, then ride the bus down to ELPASO since the SWC is daily! Its not an EZ connection anyway !![]()
But the Oakland-San Francisco trip can be either made by BART (which involves a walk of a few blocks from Jack London Station to the nearest BART station), or avoided by getting off in San Jose and taking Caltrain.Also forgot to mention, if you plan on coming back by train. After October 26th, you will be able to connect in LAX to the northbound Coast Starlight up to the Bay Area. There are no buses involved, except getting from Oakland to San Fran proper.
AlohaBut the Oakland-San Francisco trip can be either made by BART (which involves a walk of a few blocks from Jack London Station to the nearest BART station), or avoided by getting off in San Jose and taking Caltrain.Also forgot to mention, if you plan on coming back by train. After October 26th, you will be able to connect in LAX to the northbound Coast Starlight up to the Bay Area. There are no buses involved, except getting from Oakland to San Fran proper.
Maybe so, but I sure wouldn't walk it at Night after the CS arrives!But the Oakland-San Francisco trip can be either made by BART (which involves a walk of a few blocks from Jack London Station to the nearest BART station)...
OK if the CS is not too late. Last northbound Caltrain departs about 10:30 PM. (No guaranteed connection.)or avoided by getting off in San Jose and taking Caltrain.
Third choice: the overnight bus from Bakersfield.So your only choice would be to overnight somewhere in SoCal, or take the overnight bus to Santa Barbara.
The CS is due into SJC at 8:27 pm, over 2 hours before the last Caltrain departure.Maybe so, but I sure wouldn't walk it at Night after the CS arrives!But the Oakland-San Francisco trip can be either made by BART (which involves a walk of a few blocks from Jack London Station to the nearest BART station)...
OK if the CS is not too late. Last northbound Caltrain departs about 10:30 PM. (No guaranteed connection.)or avoided by getting off in San Jose and taking Caltrain.