CARPINTERIA AMTRAK STATION CITY PROFILE:

 

Address: 475 Linden Avenue

 

Restrooms: Yes

 

Special Ticketing Options:

Business Class

Ten Ride/45 Day Ticket

Monthly Pass

Active Duty Military

Senior Citizen

Disabled Passengers

 

Restaurants: "The Spot" is located one block south of the station on Linden Avenue.

 

SANTA BARBARA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT:

 

Route 36 - Seaside Shuttle:

Boards at 6th & Linden, one block north of station, across the street from the station:

Weekdays: 6:05am to 6:45pm

Weekends: 8:45am to 5:25pm

 

Service operating on Carpinteria Avenue:

Times are based on those listed for Carpinteria & Seventh Avenue:

Route 20 - EAST - Mark Avenue - Carpinteria:

Weekdays: 6:19am to 10:33pm

Saturdays: 7:05am to 10:30pm

Sundays: 7:20am t0 8:33pm

 

Route 21X - EXPRESS - EAST - Mark Avenue - Carpinteria:

NO WEEKDAY OR SATURDAY MID-DAY SERVICE OR SUNDAY SERVICE:

Weekdays:

Mornings: 6:53am to 8:53am

Afternoons: 3:26pm to 6:36pm

Saturdays: Four trips departing Carpinteria & 7th for Mark Avenue at 8:11am, 3:26pm, 5:11pm, and 6:56pm.

 

Route 20 - WEST - Downtown Santa Barbara

Times shown are based on Carpinteria & Palm Avenue:

Weekdays: 5:31am to 10:49pm

Saturdays: 6:27am to 9:25pm

Sundays: 7:01am to 8:50pm

 

Route 21X - EXPRESS - WEST - DOWNTOWN SANTA BARBARA

Times Shown are based on Carpinteria Avenue & Palm Avenue:

NO WEEKDAY OR SATURDAY MID-DAY OR SUNDAY SERVICE:

Weekdays:

Mornings: 6:20am to 9:10am

Afternoons: 3:55pm to 5:35pm

Saturdays: Four Trips to downtown Santa Barbara departing Carpinteria & Palm Avenue at 8:30am, 3:50pm, 5:35pm, and 7:20pm.

 

VISTA - COASTAL ROUTE - WEST - DOWNTOWN SANTA BARBARA & GOLETA (UCSB CAMPUS AREA):

Times are based upon those listed for Carpinteria Avenue & Eugenia Avennue:

Weekdays: 9:05am to 3:21pm

Weekends: 8:21am to 6:25pm

 (weekend service operates to downtown

Santa Barbara only).

VISTA - COASTAL ROUTE - EAST - VENTURA COUNTY COURT HOUSE & OXNARD ESPLENADE MALL:

Times shown are based on those listed for Carpinteria Avenue & Maple Street.

Weekdays: 9:43am to 4:43pm

Weekends: 7:48am to 5:52pm (weekend service operates as far as the Ventura County Courthouse Complex ONLY.).

 

Amtrak Thruway Buses:

San Joaquins: Three round-trips daily connecting with northbound and southbound San Joaquin trains in Bakersfield for points in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys, the Sierra Nevadas, northern California, and the Washoe Valley region of northern Nevada as well as the Redwood Empire, Tri-Valley, Silicon Valley, and San Francisco Bay Area.

 

Pacific Surfliner:

Southbound: Five daily trains to Los Angeles and San Diego, three trains now serve additional stations in northern and central San Diego County.

All southbound trips now have service to the Old Town Station, located four miles north of downtown San Diego.

NOTE: Southbound Trains 790 and 1790 operate with older Amfleet and Horizon cars every other day. Passengers boarding this train should be aware that on days when Amfleet is operated, they must find a door with a uniformed conductor present as ALL DOORS do NOT open and doors must me manually operated and trapdoors must be opened to expose the stepwell for boarding and detraining.

Similarly, northbound trains 761 and 1761 are also operated with the older cars every other day. Passengers boarding this train with bicycles must meet the conductor at the baggage car and aid and assist the conductor in loading and unloading thrir bicycle.

 

Passengers boarding this train needing assistance using the wayside lift should arrive at the station SIXTY minutes early, in order to purchase their ticket and safely board the train.

 

Northbound: Two round-trips daily to San Luis Obispo and three additional round-trips operating as far as GOLETA only. Most trips offer thruway bus service to points in Northern Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Monterey Counties, connecting with other Amtrak and Commuter services in San Jose and Emeryville and also connecting with the San Francisco Rail Network (MUNI) at the Ferry Building in downtown San Francisco.