Greyhound bus lines serve Los Angeles from cities all over North America. The main LA depot is in a seedy district east of downtown, south of Little Tokyo. The area is rough, but the station itself is safe inside. Other LA-area stations are found in Hollywood, Santa Monica and Anaheim. Weekly Tortoise trips cruise up and down the West Coast, and there are summer jaunts to Alaska and the East Coast, winter tours to Mexico and Baja California and a Mardi Gras road trip between LA and New Orleans.
Buses stop at several LA-area destinations.
Amtrak, the national rail system, operates up and down the California coast. From Seattle and San Francisco, the Coast Starlight operates several times weekly in each direction, running inland as far as San Luis Obispo, where it follows US 101 down the coast. There is also regular service from Los Angeles to Phoenix, New Orleans and points beyond, as well as several trains daily to and from San Diego. The LA area is a web of highways and byways, so if you have your own wheels, there are always several routes to choose from. From the San Francisco Bay Area, Interstate 5 runs south through the scenic void of the San Joaquin Valley.