Tickets and Fares | Pacific Surfliner

Tailor your Pacific Surfliner trip to suit your travel needs, with different classes of service and ticket types that work best for you. Book with confidence knowing that it’s easy to adjust your trip if plans change.

Classes of Service

Unreserved Coach

Choose an Unreserved Coach ticket if you want maximum flexibility for deciding when to travel. Use an Unreserved Coach ticket to ride any Pacific Surfliner train between the stations on your ticket up to one year from the date of your reservation, subject to certain restrictions).

This type of ticket doesn’t require any modifications, and is convenient in many situations:

Take an earlier train if you are ready to go home sooner
Take a later train if you want more time to explore
Ride an earlier or later train if the one you were planning to take is delayed or expected to be busier than you’d like
Ride at a later date if you want to postpone your trip, whether it’s by a day, week, or a few months

Business Class

Business Class tickets offer guaranteed seating and other perks. Advance reservations are required. The number of Business Class seats on each train is limited, so it’s best to book early before they sell out. If your plans change and you need to ride an earlier or later train, you will need to modify your Business Class reservation in advance.

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Types of Tickets

Single Ride / Round-Trip Ticket
Use a one-way ticket to take a single trip from a departure station to a destination. Use a round-trip ticket to ride from a departure station to a destination and back. The second trip on a return-trip ticket can be booked for the same day or a later date.

10-Ride Ticket
Ten-Ride tickets are valid for 10 one-way trips between two selected stations within a 60-day period, offering a significant savings over booking trips individually. These tickets are non-transferable. However, more than one person may use a 10-ride ticket at one time, as long as the person named on the ticket is one of the passengers traveling and all passengers are traveling together. For example, five people could ride together round-trip (5 tickets each way) on one 10-trip ticket.

Multi-City Ticket
Book a trip in segments with a multi-city ticket to stop at multiple destinations along the way at no additional cost. The starting and ending stations are used to calculate the cost rather than the number of segments booked. Trips must be planned in advance, with adequate time built in to make connecting trains.

Monthly Ticket
Monthly tickets are valid for unlimited travel for a single person between two selected stations and all stations in between for an entire calendar month. The distance between the two stations determines the price of the ticket.

Group Tickets
Amtrak offers discounted travel for groups of 15 or more. The process includes filling out a group travel request form online or contacting Amtrak. Learn more. There is a separate program for schools and youth groups called Kids ‘n’ Trains.

FAQs

Purchase tickets using the online booking tool (Book Now button at the top of the page), the Amtrak app, Amtrak ticket agents at staffed stations, Amtrak Ticket Kiosks, or at 1-800-USA-RAIL. If you purchase tickets by phone and don’t have a device to pull up your ticket, please ask the agent on the phone for a confirmation code. That code can be given to the conductor in lieu of a printed or electronic ticket. Please note that certain promotions and discounts are only available online and require advance purchase.
When you book a ticket online or through the Amtrak app, your ticket is sent electronically as a PDF. Save the ticket on your mobile device and present it to the conductor upon request. If you prefer a paper ticket, print out the e-ticket and bring it with you. You can also ask for a printout of your ticket at an Amtrak ticket window at staffed stations. You can also ask the Amtrak agent on the phone for a confirmation code that can be given to the conductor in lieu of a printed or electronic ticket.
It's easy to postpone your trip if plans change thanks to our flexible ticket policies. Unreserved Coach tickets can be saved and used at a later date (up to one year from the date listed on the ticket) without making any changes to the reservation. Some restrictions may apply, such as when the trains are all-reserved on peak travel days.

Business Class reservations do need to be updated if plans change. If you made your reservation online, visit Amtrak.com and select “Modify Trip”. Log into your Amtrak Guest Rewards account or enter your reservation number and email address to make changes to your trip. You can also call 800-USA-RAIL or speak with an Amtrak agent at a staffed Amtrak station in advance of your ticketed departure.

Pacific Surfliner tickets are considered "Flexible Fares". Tickets can be cancelled with a full refund to original form of payment with no fees if canceled before departure. There are no change fees. You can get more details on cancellation policies on Amtrak.com.