There are 4 ways to get from Santa Rosa to Castro Valley by bus, train, subway, car, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus
best- Take the bus from Santa Rosa Transit Mall to Mission St & Fremont Stbus 101 / ...
3h 1m$14–20Train, line 580 bus, BART
cheapest- Take the train from SMART Santa Rosa Downtown to SMART San Rafaeltrain
- Take the bus from San Rafael Transit Center-Platform B to El Cerrito del Norte BART Stationbus 580
- Take the subway from El Cerrito Del Norte to Haywardsubway
3h 13m$10–21Drive 72.1 mi
- Drive from Santa Rosa to Castro Valleycar 72.1 mi
1h 17m$14–19Train, ferry, BART
- Take the train from SMART Santa Rosa Downtown to SMART Larkspurtrain
- Take the ferry from Larkspur Ferry Terminal to San Francisco Ferry Terminal-Gate Cferry
- Take the subway from Embarcadero to Castro Valleysubway
3h 38m$11–27
Santa Rosa to Castro Valley by bus and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santa Rosa to Castro Valley is to drive which costs $13 - $19 and takes 1h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Santa Rosa to Castro Valley is to drive which takes 1h 17m and costs $13 - $19.
The distance between Santa Rosa and Castro Valley is 81 miles. The road distance is 72.5 miles.
The best way to get from Santa Rosa to Castro Valley without a car is to bus which takes 3h 1m and costs $14 - $21.
It takes approximately 3h 1m to get from Santa Rosa to Castro Valley, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Santa Rosa to Castro Valley is 72 miles. It takes approximately 1h 17m to drive from Santa Rosa to Castro Valley.
There are 655+ hotels available in Castro Valley.
What companies run services between Santa Rosa, CA, USA and Castro Valley, CA, USA?
Golden Gate Transit operates a bus from Santa Rosa Transit Mall to Mission St & Fremont St hourly. Tickets cost $10–15 and the journey takes 2h 17m.
- Phone
- +1 707-794-3330
- Website
- sonomamarintrain.org
Train from SMART Santa Rosa Downtown to SMART San Rafael
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–7
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
Train from SMART Santa Rosa Downtown to SMART Larkspur
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–7
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from El Cerrito Del Norte to Hayward
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Subway from Embarcadero to Castro Valley
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- Phone
- +1 415-921-5858
- bridgecomments@goldengate.org
- Website
- goldengate.org
Bus from Santa Rosa Transit Mall to Mission St & Fremont St
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- https://www.goldengate.org/
- Adult
- $10–15
Bus from San Rafael Transit Center-Platform B to El Cerrito del Norte BART Station
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- https://www.goldengate.org/
- Adult
- $5–8
- Phone
- +1 415-455-2000
- contact@goldengate.org
- Website
- goldengate.org
Ferry from Larkspur Ferry Terminal to San Francisco Ferry Terminal-Gate C
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–14
- Website
- https://www.goldengate.org
- Schedules at
- https://www.goldengate.org/ferry/schedules-maps/
- Adult
- $14
- Youth 5-18, Seniors 65+, disabled
- $6–7
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