Getting to UC Santa Cruz

Air

San José International (SJC) Airport San José International (SJC) Airport is approximately 35 miles from the UC Santa Cruz campus. Information on public transportation from San Jose to UC Santa Cruz is available on our Transportation and Parking Office website.

San José International (SJC) Airport is approximately 35 miles from the UC Santa Cruz campus. Information on public transportation from San Jose to UC Santa Cruz is available on our Transportation and Parking Office website.

San Francisco International (SFO) Airport is approximately 62 miles from the UC Santa Cruz campus. Airport shuttle service is available by reservation through the Santa Cruz Airporter, 800–497–4997. Information on taking public transportation from San Francisco to UC Santa Cruz is available on our Transportation and Parking Office website.

Bus

Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District ( Santa Cruz Metro) 

Bus info: (831) 425-8600 

ADA Paratransit: (831) 425-4664

Web site : www.scmtd.com


Amtrak Train and Bus Connections 

The San Jose Amtrak station is located 25 miles from UC Santa Cruz campus. Routes that serve the San Jose station are the Capitol Corridor and the Coast Starlight.

The Amtrak Thruway Bus Route 22/ Santa Cruz Metro Highway 17 Express shuttles you between the San Jose Amtrak Train Station and the Santa Cruz Metro Center. Santa Cruz Metro University Routes provides local bus service between the Santa Cruz Metro Center and UC Santa Cruz. (www.scmtd.com).

For more information on Amtrak Train and Thruway Bus service, call 800–USA–RAIL or visit their website at www.amtrak.com.

The Salinas Amtrak station is 30 miles from the campus. The Coast Starlight route serves this station. Bus connections are available on Monterey Salinas Transit between the Salinas Amtrak Station and the UC Santa Cruz campus. Route 29 connects to Santa Cruz Metro in Watsonville.

More travel information can be found on our website.