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San Joaquins

  • San Francisco Bay Area / Sacramento
  • Bakersfield / Southern California
6 hours 15 minutes Multiple Departures Daily

The San Joaquins provides a great way to connect your travel throughout California and the San Joaquin Valley. The San Joaquin Valley is California's premier agricultural region, bordered on the west by the coastal mountain ranges, and on the east by California's magnificent Yosemite, Kings Canyon, Sequoia, and Death Valley National Parks. The San Joaquins runs multiple times daily between the San Francisco Bay Area (or Sacramento) and Bakersfield, where Amtrak Thruway buses connect you to great Southern California destinations. Other stops along the way include Stockton, Modesto, Merced, Martinez and Fresno. Easy Thruway bus connections to San Francisco are made at Emeryville.

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San Joaquins

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Features & Amenities

Amenities vary by train. 

Accommodations vary by train.

Make the San Joaquins your connection to other destinations. At Bakersfield, you can connect to Santa Barbara, CA, Las Vegas, NV, Los Angeles, CA, Palm Springs, CA and more. Amtrak takes care of booking and ticketing, so you can see more and do more on your trip.

San Joaquins Cafe Menu

Downloadable menus are updated regularly, but menu items and prices are subject to change and may be different from what is available onboard.

Travel to the doorstep of four of America’s greatest national parks. Gaze in wonder beneath the towering giants in Sequoia and Kings Canyon. Bask in the shadow of Yosemite’s El Capitan. Travel from the lush green fields of the fertile San Joaquin Valley to the prismatic desert colors at Death Valley National Park. From almond groves to peach orchards, let the farm-fresh bounty spoil your senses.

“I’d prob’y be in California right now a-eatin’ grapes an’ a-pickin’ an orange when I wanted.” — John Steinbeck

Route Highlights

Sacramento, California

Before it was a bustling state capital, Sacramento was a stop on the Pony Express. Relive the city’s pioneer spirit in Old Town and Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park, or explore the Capitol building’s classic architecture.

Enrich your railroading adventure by exploring the beauty and brawn of the locomotives and coaches that forged the Golden State’s history at the California State Railroad Museum.

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Fresno, California

Tour the rooms, patios and grottos of the fantastical Forestiere Underground Gardens. Shop like a local at the Vineyard Farmers Market, a Fresno institution for more than 35 years. Catch a performance of the Fresno Philharmonic or catch a foul ball at a Fresno Grizzlies game.

Stroll through the Shinzen Friendship Garden which celebrates Fresno's sister city, Kochi, Japan.

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Bakersfield, California

Hike in the Kern River Canyon or follow the trail of others who have left their mark on the local landscape, from country crooner Buck Owens to legendary novelist John Steinbeck. Catch a show at the historic Fox Theater or visit the home of civil rights leader César Chávez.

Watch artists transform a parking lot into giant canvasses at the Via Arté Italian Street Painting Festival.

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