Fastest way from Berkeley to Stanford?

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<p>I hate the way BART takes about 1.5 hours to get from Downtown to Millbrae, and doesn't even offer an express/limited stop option.</p>

<p>Is there a way to get to the Caltrain station in San Francisco?</p>

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<p>Yes. Stop at Powell Bart. You'll have to do some walking/biking down 4th street (look for old navy and ROSS) to reach the terminal caltrain station. </p>

<p>You would have to time yourself very carefully, of course, to hit the express trains. </p>

<p>The whole process will still take you a minimum of 1.5hrs.</p>

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<p>Going by car should take about an hour (since they're 50 miles apart), if not more considering traffic, so by BART shouldn't take too much longer.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?go=1&do=nw&rmm=1&un=m&cl=EN&ct=NA&rsres=1&1ffi=&1l=&1g=&1pl=&1v=&1n=&2ffi=&2l=&2g=&2pl=&2v=&2n=&1pn=&1a=&1c=Stanford&1s=CA&1z=&2pn=&2a=&2c=Berkeley&2s=CA&2z=&r=f%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?go=1&do=nw&rmm=1&un=m&cl=EN&ct=NA&rsres=1&1ffi=&1l=&1g=&1pl=&1v=&1n=&2ffi=&2l=&2g=&2pl=&2v=&2n=&1pn=&1a=&1c=Stanford&1s=CA&1z=&2pn=&2a=&2c=Berkeley&2s=CA&2z=&r=f&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>You can take BART to Union City and then catching the "DB" bus that goes straight to stanford. It's about a 2 hr trip door-to-door (not to Millbrae but to the stanford quad.)</p>

<p>There are also other busses from Fremont Bart (the "U" line) and Hayward BART (the "M" line)</p>

<p>Try the transit planner on 511.org</p>

<p><a href="http://transit.511.org/tripplanner/itinresults.asp?fxy=&prfa=-13087%2C1203%2Cuc+berkeley%2Cberkeley%2C&fs=uc+berkeley&fc=berkeley&fz=&fx=-13087&fy=1203&ts=stanfotrd+university&tc=stanford&tz=&tx=0&ty=0&td=0&tm=I&t1=07%3A48AM&t2=07%3A48AM&op=F&of=R&ow=120&sn=&rs=&rt=&rt1=&rt2=&rt3=&txy=-11838%2C-6160%2CSTANFORD+UNIVERSITY%2C+STANFORD&PlanTrip.x=89&PlanTrip.y=24%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://transit.511.org/tripplanner/itinresults.asp?fxy=&prfa=-13087%2C1203%2Cuc+berkeley%2Cberkeley%2C&fs=uc+berkeley&fc=berkeley&fz=&fx=-13087&fy=1203&ts=stanfotrd+university&tc=stanford&tz=&tx=0&ty=0&td=0&tm=I&t1=07%3A48AM&t2=07%3A48AM&op=F&of=R&ow=120&sn=&rs=&rt=&rt1=&rt2=&rt3=&txy=-11838%2C-6160%2CSTANFORD+UNIVERSITY%2C+STANFORD&PlanTrip.x=89&PlanTrip.y=24&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>^ That's definitely the cheapest way ^</p>

<p>Fastest (besides car) has to be Bart -> SF caltrain express line though.</p>