Passenger service is provided exclusively by the San Joaquin Route, run by Amtrak California. North of Bakersfield the train uses the BNSF route through the valley. The line terminates in Bakersfield, where passengers transfer to one of five Amtrak Thruway bus routes. They travel to, among other places, the Central Coast, Los Angeles Basin (with connections to other trains at Union Station), Mojave Desert, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Palm Springs, California. High level of demand through the Tehachapi Pass has prevented any rail service from extending south of Bakersfield.