There are 8 ways to get from Altoona to Modesto by train, plane, subway, bus, bus (Greyhound), or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Pittsburgh International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART, bus
best- Take the train from Altoona Amtrak Station to Pittsburgh Amtrak Station
- Fly from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)PIT - SFO
- Take the subway from Daly City to Dublin / Pleasanton
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi
14h 45m$371–998Train, train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Altoona Amtrak Station to 30th Street Station
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)BWI - SFO
- Take the subway from Daly City to Dublin / Pleasanton
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi
17h 46m$186–1,276Bus (Greyhound)
- Take the bus from Altoona Bus Station to Pittsburgh Intermodal Station
- Take the bus from Pittsburgh Intermodal Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Modesto Bus Stop
2d 18h$245–678Train, bus
- Take the train from Altoona Amtrak Station to Pittsburgh Amtrak Station
- Take the train from Pittsburgh Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Sacramento
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Modesto Bus Stop
2d 21h$373–718Drive 2,626.7 mi
- Drive from Altoona to Modesto2,626.7 mi
42h 5m$480–693Bus to Penn State University Park Airport, fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Altoona Bus Station to State College Bus Station
- Fly from Penn State University Park Airport (SCE) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)SCE - SJC
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi
15h$219–904Train, train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Sacramento International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Altoona Amtrak Station to 30th Street Station
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)BWI - SMF
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Modesto Bus Stop
17h 55m$270–1,250Train, train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Altoona Amtrak Station to 30th Street Station
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)BWI - SJC
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi
17h 57m$249–1,148
Altoona to Modesto by bus (Greyhound)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Altoona to Modesto is to bus which costs $240 - $700 and takes 2 days 18h.
The fastest way to get from Altoona to Modesto is to train and fly and BART and bus which takes 14h 45m and costs $370 - $1,000.
No, there is no direct bus from Altoona station to Modesto. However, there are services departing from Altoona Bus Station and arriving at Modesto Bus Stop via Pittsburgh Intermodal Station, St Louis Bus Station and Los Angeles Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 18h.
The distance between Altoona and Modesto is 2505 miles. The road distance is 2642 miles.
The best way to get from Altoona to Modesto without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 18h and costs $240 - $700.
It takes approximately 14h 45m to get from Altoona to Modesto, including transfers.
Altoona to Modesto bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Altoona Bus Station.
Altoona to Modesto bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Pittsburgh Intermodal Station.
Modesto is 3h behind Altoona. It is currently 11:50 AM in Altoona and 8:50 AM in Modesto.
Yes, the driving distance between Altoona to Modesto is 2642 miles. It takes approximately 42h 5m to drive from Altoona to Modesto.
What companies run services between Altoona, PA, USA and Modesto, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Altoona Bus Station to Modesto Bus Stop via Pittsburgh Intermodal Station, St Louis Bus Station, and Los Angeles Union Station in around 2d 18h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Long Beach
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Penn State University Park Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Penn State University Park Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Penn State University Park Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Washington Dulles, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 54m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Pittsburgh International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 28m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Altoona Amtrak Station to Pittsburgh Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $24–26
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Pittsburgh Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–160
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $250–490
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Altoona Amtrak Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–270
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Daly City to Dublin / Pleasanton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–240
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $14–240
- Business Class
- $60–280
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–650
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $24–460
- First Class
- $140–650
- Website
- stanrta.org
Bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2
- Website
- https://www.stanrta.org/
- One Day Pass
- $2
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Altoona Bus Station to Pittsburgh Intermodal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–29
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Pittsburgh Intermodal Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–170
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $120–360
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Modesto Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–120
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Modesto Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–40
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Altoona Bus Station to State College Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–22
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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