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Burlington to Indianapolis

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Burlington to Indianapolis. From €60.83, fastest 4h 52m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Burlington to Indianapolis runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €60.83, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 52m over 790 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 12 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €60.83, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 12 October 2026

€60.83

  • 188%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Burlington

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €173.59Thu24
  2. about €155.44Fri25
  3. about €122.99Sat26
  4. about €127.94Sun27
  5. about €101.54Mon28
  6. about €98.24Tue29
  7. about €94.93Wed30
  8. about €118.58Thu1
  9. about €98.78Fri2
  10. about €88.89Sat3
  11. about €81.74Sun4
  12. about €69.63Mon5
  13. about €87.78Tue6
  14. about €64.13Wed7
  15. about €105.39Thu8
  16. about €77.34Fri9
  17. about €77.88Sat10
  18. about €83.38Sun11
  19. about €60.83Mon12
  20. about €81.18Tue13
  21. about €85.03Wed14

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

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A hotel room

A room in Indianapolis for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Burlington to Indianapolis

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €84.4890 days
  2. €77.3360 days
  3. €60.2845 days
  4. €86.6830 days
  5. €85.0321 days
  6. €64.1314 days
  7. €94.937 days
  8. €122.993 days
  9. €173.591 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €60.28.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 188 percent. The dearest point is €173.59, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€173.59€60.28137142130456090

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This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Burlington to Indianapolis and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

790 km

662 km as the crow flies, 19% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

186,948887,642

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 790 km against 662 km in a straight line, a detour of 19 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Toronto. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

Who runs this route

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Union Station

Most of the points near Union Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Burlington to Indianapolis

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Burlington to Indianapolis?

The fastest journey from Burlington to Indianapolis takes 4h 52m door to door, of which 1h 59m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 57m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Burlington to Indianapolis?

The cheapest fare from Burlington to Indianapolis is €60.83, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €88.89. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Burlington to Indianapolis?

The cheapest way from Burlington to Indianapolis is by train, at €60.83 for one passenger on 12 October 2026. That journey takes 5h door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Burlington to Indianapolis?

Fares from Burlington to Indianapolis bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €60.28. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 188 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Burlington to Indianapolis?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Burlington to Indianapolis, at €69.63. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Burlington to Indianapolis?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Burlington to Indianapolis, at €54.23 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Burlington to Indianapolis?

2 operators sell services from Burlington to Indianapolis across 1 mode: Air Canada, Alstom. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Burlington to Indianapolis?

0 percent of the services we sell from Burlington to Indianapolis are direct. The rest connect at Toronto, with about 64 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Burlington to Indianapolis use?

Services from Burlington to Indianapolis by train leave from Appleby GO Station and arrive at Indianapolis International Airport IND. Allow about 1h 57m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Burlington to Indianapolis?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Burlington to Indianapolis allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Burlington to Indianapolis on 23 September 2026: 790 km of route against 662 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €60.83, and 4h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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The two ends, compared

Burlington reaches 55 places in 5 countries on services we hold, over distances from 45 to 6,048 km. Indianapolis reaches 48 places in 6 countries, from 172 to 10,401 km.

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Leaving Burlington

  • 55Places you can leave for
  • 5Countries
  • 3Operators

Arriving in Indianapolis

Leaving Indianapolis

  • 48Places you can leave for
  • 6Countries
  • 20Operators

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