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Does anyone every take the Amtrak train from Bakersfield? If so, where to? Amtrak says ridership on its San Joaquin route (which runs from Bakersfield to Stockton, then onto either Oakland or Sacramento) is up 32 percent this July over the previous year. But from what I can tell, the options for Amtrak travel out of Bakersfield are pretty limited. You can basically go up the valley on the San Joaquin route. But if you want to get anywhere else, you're looking at spending some time on a bus. There's no train service from Bakersfield to Los Angeles or Las Vegas; it's bus only. Taking Amtrak to Monterey means four hours on the train then another four hours on two separate buses. San Luis Obispo and Yosemite aren't much better. To get to San Francisco, you take the train to Emeryville (6 hours), and then catch a bus into San Francisco (40 minutes). Total travel time: 6 hours 40 minutes Roundtrip ticket cost: about $120 Clearly this is better than the $383 being charged for...
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