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Gold Runner

17 crossings between 18 ports . On 14 they are the only operator on the water; on 2 they are the quickest of several; on 0 a rival is faster.

Sailing with Gold Runner

Their busiest port

Three things the timetable does not say

82% alone of their network has no rival at all. On those 14 crossings the question is not who is quicker — it is whether you sail. A comparison site showing one result is not showing you a choice.

Where they are beaten

1 crossings where a rival is faster or the two are level. This is the section an operator would never publish.

Emeryville – Oakland 6 km Gold Runner 8 min Amtrak 8 min rate not held 1 rival

Where they are the only boat

14 crossings with no other operator on record.

Modesto, CA Amtrak Station – Turlock-Denair, CA Amtrak Station 12 min rate not held 19 km

Lodi, CA Amtrak Station – Stockton, CA Robert J. Cabral/ACE Station 14 min rate not held 20 km

Corcoran, CA Amtrak Station – Hanford, CA Amtrak Station 15 min rate not held 27 km

Antioch-Pittsburg, CA Amtrak Station – Martinez 20 min rate not held 28 km

Merced, CA Amtrak Station – Turlock-Denair, CA Amtrak Station 21 min rate not held 37 km

Fresno, CA Amtrak Station – Madera, CA Amtrak Station 25 min rate not held 41 km

Bakersfield, CA Amtrak Station – Wasco, CA Amtrak Station 26 min rate not held 38 km

Antioch-Pittsburg, CA Amtrak Station – Stockton, CA San Joaquin Street Station 27 min rate not held 47 km

Modesto, CA Amtrak Station – Stockton, CA Robert J. Cabral/ACE Station 30 min rate not held 45 km

Madera, CA Amtrak Station – Merced, CA Amtrak Station 31 min rate not held 48 km

Corcoran, CA Amtrak Station – Wasco, CA Amtrak Station 31 min rate not held 60 km

Modesto, CA Amtrak Station – Stockton, CA San Joaquin Street Station 31 min rate not held 45 km

Fresno, CA Amtrak Station – Hanford, CA Amtrak Station 32 min rate not held 47 km

Lodi, CA Amtrak Station – Sacramento 37 min rate not held 54 km

Which months they sail

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for Gold Runner crossings were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

Where our records stop

No fares. Every comparison on this page is time and frequency only, and the fast-versus-conventional decision is mostly a price decision.

No departure times. 0 of 17 crossings carry a weekly rate; none carry a clock.

No vessels. We hold a fast/conventional class and no ship names.