Los Angeles → San Diego
Los Angeles to San Diego by train
A direct train runs from Los Angeles to San Diego, scheduled from 2 h 54 min, with 91 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one train, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 2 h 54 min (typically 3 h 16 min)
- Departures in a timetable week
- 91
- Operator
- Amtrak
- Stations
- Los Angeles → San Diego
- Straight-line distance
- 179 km
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- From the operator's published timetable, valid to 31 May 2027. The departure count is for one week of that timetable (the week it was read, early October 2026) and counts every direct departure from Los Angeles to San Diego; it is not a daily figure.
- The stations shown are the pair used by the most departures; other stations in either place may also be served.
- Source: Open timetable data (GTFS): Amtrak US. How Head Your Way works.
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