Classic route
San Joaquins
Oakland → Bakersfield · United States
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A Central Valley workhorse whose Thruway buses fan out to Yosemite, LA and the coast; over half of riders connect to a bus.
Stations
- 0 kmOakland-Jack London Square
- 7 kmEmeryville
- 20 kmRichmond
- 51 kmMartinez
- 80 kmAntioch-Pittsburg
- 130 kmStockton–San Joaquin Street
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- 177 kmModesto
- 197 kmTurlock-Denair
- 235 kmMerced
- 286 kmMadera
- 328 kmFresno
- 377 kmHanford
- 404 kmCorcoran
- 434 kmColonel Allensworth State Park
- 465 kmWasco
- 506 kmBakersfield
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 4668742 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 98.1% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 3 m); the longest stretch away from it is 9.5 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Amtrak · SJJPA — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the San Joaquins?
The San Joaquins runs 507 km from Oakland to Bakersfield.
How long does the San Joaquins take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 6 h for the 507 km. That is an average of 85 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 127 km/h.
Who runs the San Joaquins?
Amtrak and SJJPA, with Siemens Venture, Charger.
How old is the San Joaquins?
The line has been in service since 1974. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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