{"id":353905,"date":"2026-06-10T00:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T00:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/353905\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T00:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T00:42:08","slug":"direct-trains-to-santa-clara-stadium-for-fifa-world-cup-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/353905\/","title":{"rendered":"Direct trains to Santa Clara Stadium for FIFA World Cup 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

From June 13 to July 1, the Capitol Corridor passenger rail service will offer special direct train service to the arena in Santa Clara for FIFA World Cup 2026 matches. Capitol Corridor announced on Tuesday that train service will be coordinated to \u201coffer a convenient option for riders traveling to and from the matches,\u201d read the press release.<\/p>\n

Six tournament matches are scheduled to take place at San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, aka Levi\u2019s Stadium, during the World Cup. Beginning with a 12 p.m. match between Qatar and Switzerland on June 13 and ending with a 5 p.m. Round of 32 match on July 1, Capitol Corridor trains will arrive at the Santa Clara\/Great America Station (GAC) in time for the games.<\/p>\n

For evening games, Capitol Corridor has also scheduled late-night train service for fans returning home. The coordinated service, said the press release, will offer \u201can alternative to driving and parking\u201d for sports fans.<\/p>\n

The Capitol Corridor operates between Colfax and San Jose. The press release also noted that, in addition to the special stops scheduled for the World Cup, that regular service to the Santa Clara\/Great America Station will also continue to operate. However, some regularly scheduled trains will be canceled on match days, according to the Capitol Corridor\u2019s FIFA train schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A detailed schedule for trains to and from Sacramento is available on the Capitol Corridor\u2019s FIFA World Cup webpage<\/a>, along with match dates and times. In recent years, Capitol Corridor has offered tailored train service to special events such as Super Bowl LX<\/a> in February and two Taylor Swift concerts in 2023. According to Amtrak, the Super Bowl service earlier this year carried 5,000 riders to the game, a record-high number for Capitol Corridor.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving the World Cup here in Northern California is a major moment, and we want getting to the stadium to be part of the experience,\u201d said Capitol Corridor Managing Director Robert Padgette said in Tuesday\u2019s statement. \u201cOur special service gives fans an easy way to travel together, relax onboard, and arrive ready for the match.\u201d Train tickets are available at the Capitol Corridor website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published June 9, 2026 at 4:38 PM.<\/p>\n

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Anne Ewbank is a service journalist and food reporter for The Sacramento Bee. Previously, she worked as a writer and editor for the New York-based travel website Atlas Obscura, where she covered food and culture. A California native, she is a graduate of Occidental College and Yale University.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From June 13 to July 1, the Capitol Corridor passenger rail service will offer special direct train service…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-353905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}