Originally Posted by
pokecheckted
Oakland - BART . . . . . easy.
yep
Originally Posted by
pokecheckted
San Jose - Caltrain . . . not so much. (Not a really good connector bus)
YMMV
on my first Dec MR I got into OAK at 145pm; SJC-LAX flight was at 740pm
took the BART shuttle bus (15 min, $3 cash) to the Coliseum station, then the BART train to Millbrae (approx 1 hr, $5; changed trains at the aboveground West Oakland station rather than in the tunnels in SF because it was a nice day)
I actually skipped one Caltrain trip in Millbrae because I figured that a neighborhood restaurant would be better/cheaper than the food options at SJC
Caltrain (approx 1 hr, $7) to Santa Clara, shuttle bus (10 min, free) to SJC