Amtrak Thruway
Amtrak Thruway is a bus network to support Amtrak train routes. Its main functions are to connect cities off the train route (San Francisco and Emeryville, Eureka and Martinez), and to fill service gaps between the Amtrak routes (e.g. Bakersfield and Los Angeles, San Jose and San Luis Obispo). Because Amtrak trains run on tracks mostly owned by private railroads, Amtrak cannot operate trains when and where track capacity is constrained.
By California law, except Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Highway 50 routes, Amtrak bus tickets can only be purchased as a part of a train trip. It is possible to buy a train-bus ticket from Los Angeles to Wasco Station (one stop on the San Joaquin train from Bakersfield) and only take the bus from LA to Bakersfield.
† - Santa Cruz and Monterey routes are regular transit routes that accept Amtrak Thruway tickets.
Thruway routes
| Route | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Amtrak Thruway 10 | Bakersfield - Oxnard - Santa Barbara |
| Amtrak Thruway 12 | Bakersfield - Lancaster - Victorville |
| Amtrak Thruway 17 | Santa Barbara - San Luis Obispo - Paso Robles - San Jose - San Francisco - Oakland |
| Amtrak Thruway 19 | Bakersfield - Pasadena - San Bernardino - Hemet - Palm Springs - Indio |
| Amtrak Thruway 1A | Bakersfield - Los Angeles Basin - San Diego |
| Amtrak Thruway 1B | Bakersfield - Los Angeles - Long Beach - San Pedro |
| Amtrak Thruway 1C | Bakersfield - Van Nuys - UCLA - El Segundo - Torrance |
| Amtrak Thruway 20A | Sparks - Reno - Truckee - Auburn - Roseville - Sacramento |
| Amtrak Thruway 20C | South Lake Tahoe - Placerville - Sacramento |
| Amtrak Thruway 3 | Redding - Chico - Davis - Sacramento - Stockton |
| Amtrak Thruway 34 | Stockton - Oakland - San Francisco |
| Amtrak Thruway 39 | Fullerton - Palm Springs - Indio |
| Amtrak Thruway 4 | Los Angeles - Oxnard - Santa Barbara |
| Amtrak Thruway 6 | Stockton - San Jose |
| Amtrak Thruway 68 | Salinas - Monterey - Carmel |
| Amtrak Thruway 7 | Martinez - Vallejo - Napa - Santa Rosa - Ukiah - Willits - Eureka - Arcata - McKinleyville |
| Amtrak Thruway 9 | Bakersfield - Barstow - Las Vegas |
| Amtrak Thruway 99 | Emeryville - Oakland - San Francisco |
| Arizona Shuttle Flagstaff - Phoenix Airport | Flagstaff - Phoenix Airport |
| Commuter Services of Arizona Amtrak Thruway | Kingman - Las Vegas |
| Highway 17 Express | Santa Cruz - San Jose Diridon Station (Weekday/weekend) - San Jose State University (Weekday) |
| MST 55 | Express: Monterey Transit Plaza – San Jose Diridon Station |
| Orange Belt Stages (Amtrak Thruway) | Santa Maria - Hanford, Hanford - Visalia |
| Porter Stage Lines | Coos Bay - Reedsport - Florence - Eugene |
| Valley Retriever Busline | Newport - Salem - Bend/Portland |
| YARTS Highway 140 Route | Merced - Mariposa - Yosemite National Park |
