By train
San José has three commuter rail lines:
Caltrain
(http://www.caltrain.com/runs) up the Peninsula to San Francisco.Amtrak California's Capitol Corridor (http://www.amtrakcapitols.com/) line runs through the East Bay and then inland to Sacramento and Auburn. Amtrak's Coast Starlight (http://www.amtrak.com/ser...) line runs daily from Seattle, through the Bay Area and down the coast to Los Angeles.
The Altamont Commuter Express (http://www.acerail.com/) runs from Stockton, Livermore, and Pleasanton into San José and the Santa Clara Valley in the morning and then returns in the late afternoon and evening.
All the above rail lines stop at Diridon Station, San José's central train station. It is located downtown, at 65 Cahill Street, just across West Santa Clara Street from the H.P. Pavilion (http://www.hppsj.com/).
Capitol and Tamien stations serve the southern part of the city.