There are 4 ways to get from Santa Rosa to Castro Valley by bus, subway, train, 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.
Bus, BART
best- Take the bus from Santa Rosa Transit Mall to Battery St & Sacramento Stbus 172
- Take the subway from Embarcadero to Castro Valleysubway Blue-N
2h 31m$14–20Train, line 101 bus, BART
cheapest- Take the train from SMART Santa Rosa Downtown to SMART San Rafaeltrain
- Take the bus from San Rafael Transit Center-Platform A to Mission St & 2nd Stbus 101
- Take the subway from Montgomery Street to Castro Valleysubway
2h 54m$11–21Drive 72.1 mi
- Drive from Santa Rosa to Castro Valleycar 72.1 mi
1h 17m$14–19Bus
- Take the bus from Santa Rosa to Oakland International Airportbus Oakland Airport
2h 52m$24–67
Santa Rosa to Castro Valley by bus, foot, 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 79 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 and BART which takes 2h 31m and costs $14 - $20.
It takes approximately 2h 31m 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 653+ hotels available in Castro Valley.
What companies run services between Santa Rosa, CA, USA and Castro Valley, CA, USA?
Groome Transportation operates a bus from Santa Rosa to Oakland International Airport every 3 hours. Tickets cost $21–60 and the journey takes 2h 15m.
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- 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
Subway from Montgomery Street to Castro Valley
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- 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/
- Phone
- +1 415-921-5858
- bridgecomments@goldengate.org
- Website
- goldengate.org
Bus from Santa Rosa Transit Mall to Battery St & Sacramento St
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Website
- https://www.goldengate.org/
- Adult
- $10–14
Bus from San Rafael Transit Center-Platform A to Mission St & 2nd St
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- https://www.goldengate.org/
- Adult
- $6–9
- Phone
- +1 707-837-8700
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Bus from Santa Rosa to Oakland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–60
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/sonoma-county/
- First Passenger
- $21–60
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