BayRail Alliance

to go from Mineta San Jose (SJC) and San Francisco (SFO) airports via public transit

- from SJC Terminal A or C, take the free VTA #10 bus toward "Santa Clara Caltrain"
- arrive at Santa Clara Caltrain station
- buy ticket from Caltrain vending machine going to zone 2
- board 2nd or 3rd car from front of San Francisco-bound Caltrain, at the door with the green luggage logo painted next to it. Put your luggage on the luggage racks that you'll see inside toward the back (south) end of the train.
- take Caltrain to Millbrae
- buy BART ticket going to SFO from vending machine. There will be a posted list of stations telling you how much the fare is.
- Go through BART gates using ticket. Take your luggage through the swinging gate for wheelchair users.
- Board BART train.
- Get off at the next stop, SFO
- If you are traveling internationally, go to check-in
- If you are traveling domestically, you will need to board the SFO AirTrain people mover to go to the domestic terminals.


At some point in the future this will become more complicated, because BART plans to stop offering direct access between Millbrae and SFO stations. In that case, you'll need to transfer at San Bruno BART station to reach SFO from the Millbrae BART/Caltrain station or vice versa.

SJC is undergoing much construction and in the future the configuration of the terminals will change. For now though the #10 bus stops at two places at the SJC airport.

For schedule information, use the MTC trip planner.