Whats the cheapest way to get from Merced to San Fransisco?

Question

So I'm going to Santa Clara University in San Jose next year and my friend is going to UC Merced. We're trying to figure out the cheapest way to see each other and we decided that that would be to meet in San Fransisco. Caltrain can take me there for like 10 bucks, but she needs a cheap way to get there. Its like 25 one way to either San Fransico or San Jose from merced, so does anyone have any brilliant ideas on how we can meet? either a cheap way to get from san jose to merced or from merced to san fransicio.

Answer 1

Amtrak.. It's like $25 round trip from Merced to Union Square in San Francisco..it's probably even cheaper if you get off at another station.

Answer 2

ride share

try craigslist or several other sites

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/rid/