There are 5 ways to get from Oakland Coliseum Station to Palo Alto by train (Amtrak), subway, bus, car, or taxi
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Train, Caltrain
best- Take the train from Oakland Coliseum/Airport Amtrak to Santa Clara Amtraktrain Capitol Corridor
- Take the train from Santa Clara Caltrain Northbound to California Avenue Caltrain Northboundtrain Local Weekday / ...
1h 26m$16–30BART, bus
cheapest- Take the subway from Coliseum to Fremontsubway Orange-S / ...
- Take the bus from Fremont BART to On Embarcadero Road @ Wildwood Lanebus AE-F Line
2h 19m$4–6Drive 27.7 mi
- Drive from Oakland Coliseum Station to Palo Altocar 27.7 mi
34 min$6–8Taxi
- Take the taxi from Oakland Coliseum Station to Palo Altotaxi 27.7 mi
34 min$100–130BART, bus via Daly City
- Take the subway from Coliseum to Daly Citysubway Blue-S / ...
- Take the bus from Daly City BART-Bay 1 to Palo Alto Transit Ctr-Bay 1bus Ecr
3h$7–10
Oakland Coliseum Station to Palo Alto by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Oakland Coliseum Station to Palo Alto is to BART and bus which costs $4 - $6 and takes 2h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Oakland Coliseum Station to Palo Alto is to drive which takes 34 min and costs $5 - $8.
No, there is no direct train from Oakland Coliseum Station to Palo Alto. However, there are services departing from Oakland Coliseum/Airport Amtrak and arriving at California Avenue Caltrain Northbound via Santa Clara Caltrain Northbound. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 1h 26m.
The distance between Oakland Coliseum Station and Palo Alto is 50 miles. The road distance is 27.9 miles.
The best way to get from Oakland Coliseum Station to Palo Alto without a car is to train and Caltrain which takes 1h 26m and costs $15 - $30.
It takes approximately 1h 26m to get from Oakland Coliseum Station to Palo Alto, including transfers.
Oakland Coliseum Station to Palo Alto train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Oakland Coliseum/Airport Amtrak station.
Oakland Coliseum Station to Palo Alto train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Santa Clara Amtrak station.
Yes, the driving distance between Oakland Coliseum Station to Palo Alto is 28 miles. It takes approximately 34 min to drive from Oakland Coliseum Station to Palo Alto.
There are 495+ hotels available in Palo Alto.
What companies run services between Oakland Coliseum Station, CA, USA and Palo Alto, CA, USA?
You can take a train from Oakland Coliseum/Airport Amtrak to California Avenue Caltrain Northbound via Santa Clara Amtrak and Santa Clara Caltrain Northbound in around 1h 26m.
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Oakland Coliseum/Airport Amtrak to Santa Clara Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–25
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- Cal Train
Train from Santa Clara Caltrain Northbound to California Avenue Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 18 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- $4–6
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- BART
Subway from Coliseum to Fremont
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- BART
Subway from Coliseum to Daly City
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- BART
- Phone
- +1 650-723-9362
- [email protected]
- Website
- marguerite.stanford.edu
Bus from Fremont BART to On Embarcadero Road @ Wildwood Lane
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- http://marguerite.stanford.edu
- Schedules at
- http://transportation.stanford.edu/marguerite/y
- Website
- SamTrans Homepage
Bus from Daly City BART-Bay 1 to Palo Alto Transit Ctr-Bay 1
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Website
- SamTrans Homepage
- Website
- SamTrans Schedules
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Estimated price
- $100–130
Coastside TAxi
- Phone
- +1 650-333-3505
- Website
- coastsidetaxi.com
SF Green Cab
- Phone
- +1 415-626-4733
- Website
- greencabsf.com
Yellow Cab
- Phone
- +1 415.333.3333
- Website
- yellowcabsf.com
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