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Transportation & Parking Services
UC Santa Cruz
1156 High Street
University of California
Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077
Email: taps@ucsc.edu
Phone: (831) 459-2190

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How To Get To Salinas, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo & Santa Barbara

Greyhound - Buses depart the Santa Cruz Greyhound station located at 425 Front St. (next to Santa Cruz Metro's Pacific station) four times per day. Contact the service provider for the current schedule.
Santa Cruz Station Phone: 831-423-1800
Station Hours: Monday-Sunday: 6:00 am-6:30 am, 8:30 am-12:30 pm, 2:30 pm-7:15 pm,
9:30 pm-10:00 pm

Combine Bus & Train Travel - Take the Highway 17 Express bus from Santa Cruz Metro's Pacific station in downtown Santa Cruz. To make the train connection at the San Jose Amtrak station take the Highway 17 bus that departs Santa Cruz at 7:55 a.m. on weekdays; 8:40 a.m. on Saturday, Sunday and holidays. The Amtrak Coast Starlight departs from the San Jose train station once per day at 10:07 a.m. The Coast Starlight train stops in Salinas, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Oxnard, Simi Valley, Glendale and Los Angeles.

Zipcar - a membership-based car rental program providing self-service access to vehicles on the UC Santa Cruz campus, 24/7. Daily rental rates are available.

Enterprise Rent-a-Car rents to students 18 years and older and offers daily and partial day rates. 18-20 years old , reference account #UCSC18; over 21 reference account #UCSC21.
PIN #UCS. Call 831-426-7799.