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Coast Starlight Seattle to Los Angeles, down the Pacific coast
The Coast Starlight runs the length of the American West Coast in one night and two days.
It leaves Seattle mid-morning, climbs the Oregon Cascades in the evening, wakes in Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay, and follows the Pacific shore from San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbara before Los Angeles.
Every stop, both ways
Daily, both ways.
Times from the operator’s published timetable; track works can change them, and booked passengers are told of changes.
Seattle → Portland → Sacramento → Emeryville → Los Angeles
| Arr. | Dep. | Station |
|---|---|---|
| — | 09:55 | Seattle King Street |
| — | 10:43 | Tacoma |
| — | 13:15 | Vancouver, WA |
| — | 14:22 | Portland Union Station |
| — | 15:39 | Salem |
| — | 16:14 | Albany |
| — | 17:15 | Eugene |
| — | 20:13 | Chemult |
| — | 22:08 | Klamath Falls |
| — | 00:45 | Dunsmuirnext day |
| — | 02:31 | Redding |
| — | 04:12 | Chico |
| — | 06:48 | Sacramento |
| — | 07:05 | Davis |
| — | 07:54 | Martinez |
| — | 08:39 | Emeryville |
| — | 09:09 | Oakland Jack London Square |
| — | 10:26 | San Jose Diridon |
| — | 12:06 | Salinas |
| — | 13:57 | Paso Robles |
| — | 15:37 | San Luis Obispo |
| — | 18:19 | Santa Barbara |
| — | 19:20 | Oxnard |
| — | 20:02 | Simi Valley |
| — | 20:36 | Van Nuys |
| — | 20:44 | Burbank |
| 21:11 | — | Los Angeles Union Station |
Los Angeles → Emeryville → Sacramento → Portland → Seattle
| Arr. | Dep. | Station |
|---|---|---|
| — | 09:51 | Los Angeles Union Station |
| — | 10:18 | Van Nuys |
| — | 10:49 | Simi Valley |
| — | 11:22 | Oxnard |
| — | 12:15 | Santa Barbara |
| — | 15:05 | San Luis Obispo |
| — | 16:15 | Paso Robles |
| — | 18:13 | Salinas |
| — | 19:58 | San Jose Diridon |
| — | 21:21 | Oakland Jack London Square |
| — | 21:41 | Emeryville |
| — | 22:26 | Martinez |
| — | 23:11 | Davis |
| — | 23:49 | Sacramento |
| — | 01:37 | Chiconext day |
| — | 03:05 | Redding |
| — | 04:58 | Dunsmuir |
| — | 07:43 | Klamath Falls |
| — | 08:59 | Chemult |
| — | 12:37 | Eugene |
| — | 13:23 | Albany |
| — | 14:04 | Salem |
| — | 15:56 | Portland Union Station |
| — | 16:16 | Vancouver, WA |
| — | 16:51 | Kelso-Longview |
| — | 17:36 | Centralia |
| — | 18:01 | Olympia-Lacey |
| — | 18:43 | Tacoma |
| 19:51 | — | Seattle King Street |
Source: Amtrak, Coast Starlight ↗
Choose your berth
From a reclining seat to a suite with its own shower.
Pick a class to see what you get and what it costs.
Superliner Roomette
Two seats facing each other that make up into upper and lower berths.
Sleeping-car fares include meals in the dining car.
Amtrak prices coach seats and rooms dynamically, so there is no fixed fare to quote: rooms rise in price as the train fills. Amtrak, Coast Starlight ↗
Pick the right month
Daylight decides what you see from the window.
Hover a month for the verdict.
Daily all year.
Northbound, the coast between Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo passes around midday all year; southbound it comes in the early evening, so from late autumn to winter part of the shoreline passes after dark.
What you’ll see
The Pacific shore
Between San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara the line runs beside the ocean.
The Oregon Cascades
South of Eugene the train climbs into the Cascade Range on its way to Klamath Falls.
The Bay at breakfast
Southbound, the train reaches Emeryville and Oakland on the second morning.
One train, three states
Washington, Oregon and California without changing train.
Coast Starlight, answered
About 1,377 miles.
Southbound train 11 leaves Seattle at 09:55 and reaches Los Angeles at 21:11 the next day; northbound train 14 leaves Los Angeles at 09:51 and reaches Seattle at 19:51 the next day. Amtrak timetable ↗
Yes.
Superliner Roomettes, Bedrooms, Bedroom Suites and Family Bedrooms.
Sleeping-car fares include meals in the dining car. Amtrak ↗
Northbound.
Train 14 passes Santa Barbara around midday and San Luis Obispo in the afternoon all year.
Southbound, the coast comes in the early evening, which is after dark in winter.
No.
It calls at Emeryville, where an Amtrak connecting bus runs into San Francisco, and at Oakland and San Jose.
Amtrak sets fares dynamically, so prices change with the date and how full the train is.
Coach is the cheapest way to ride; book rooms early for summer.
No.
The Starlight runs north to south along the West Coast.
The California Zephyr runs east to west from Chicago to the Bay; both call at Sacramento and Emeryville.
Every stop, and why you might get off
- Seattle King StreetDay 1 · depart 09:55
- TacomaDay 1 · 10:43
- Portland Union StationDay 1 · 14:22
- EugeneDay 1 · 17:15
- Klamath FallsDay 1 · 22:08
- SacramentoCalifornia's capital, with the State Railroad Museum and Gold Rush-era Old Sacramento right by the station.
- EmeryvilleThe end of the line rather than a destination: most people carry straight on by Amtrak Thruway bus over the Bay Bridge to San Francisco.
- Oakland Jack London SquareDay 2 · 09:09
- San Jose DiridonDay 2 · 10:26
- San Luis ObispoDay 2 · 15:37
- Santa BarbaraDay 2 · 18:19
- Los Angeles Union StationDay 2 · arrive 21:11
- Amtrak, Coast Starlight ↗
- Amtrak, Coast Starlight route timetable (28 July 2026) ↗
- Rail Passengers Association, Coast Starlight timetable (March 2026) ↗
- Wikipedia, Coast Starlight ↗
Times are from the operator’s published timetable and can change.
The animation runs to the scheduled pace between stops; intermediate points are drawn to follow the line, not to show timings.
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