What's the latest time I can leave San Francisco to San Jose via some group transportation service (train, bus, etc but not taxi) on a Friday evening?

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There is no such practical option. The region's All Nighter bus network (map is pretty up to date with recent COVID service changes) has fairly extensive options within San Francisco, regular transbay service and connections along key East Bay corridors, and one hourly extremely slow SamTrans route that will get you to Palo Alto if you're willing to sit on it for over 2 hours in the middle of the night.

You could conceivably do something awful like take that bus to Palo Alto and catch the first VTA 22 to San Jose at 5am, but this is really more of an all-night bus joyriding expedition than transportation.

Private bus operators have, at various times, offered late night service linked to special events, concerts, etc... Rhythm Shuttle's LNX was one of those, but they appear to have suspended service last summer due to the pandemic and high costs, with no visible plans to return.

Other options:

  • Catch the last BART train out of SF (leaves Powell at 12:29 AM, arrives Berryessa / North San Jose at 1:54 AM) and take taxi/Uber/Lyft from there.

  • Catch the first BART train out of SF (leaves Powell at 5:13 AM, arrives Berryessa / North San Jose at 6:25 AM).

  • Take various AC Transit all night bus routes (800 to 1T to 801) to Fremont and taxi/Uber/Lyft from there, but again, this comes closer to an experience than practical transportation: you can depart SF around 2 AM and make it to Fremont around 4:30 AM

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