FROM TREES TO SHINING SEAS!

Click here for Santa Cruz Beach Train Fares/Timetables.

Click here to purchase advance tickets online.

The Santa Cruz, Big Trees & Pacific Railway Company operates passenger and freight services on one of the oldest and most historic lines in California. When the route opened in 1875 it carried picnickers and tourists to the Big Trees and Santa Cruz. Today’s Beach Trains travel through Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, down the scenic San Lorenzo River Gorge, across a 1909 steel truss bridge, and through an 1875 tunnel before arriving at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.

Reverse roundtrips to Roaring Camp and back can also be purchased from the conductor in Santa Cruz. Three hours roundtrip. Please note that the 4:30 pm train leaving Santa Cruz is one-way only. There is no return train to the Santa Cruz beach.