Islington-City Centre West to St. Catharines train

Trains from Islington-City Centre West to St. Catharines start at €11.88 and take 1h 18m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Islington-City Centre West to St. Catharines starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 18m door to door, run by 2 operators over 65 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 18mDoor to door
  • 34mMoving
  • €11.88 to €19.59From
  • 06:37 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 2.1 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 29 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€11.88 to €19.59 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

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 €19.59Mon21
  2. about €15.19Tue22
  3. about €18.49Wed23
  4. about €18.49Thu24
  5. about €17.39Fri25
  6. about €17.94Sat26
  7. about €16.84Sun27
  8. about €13.54Mon28
  9. about €11.88Tue29
  10. about €11.88Wed30
  11. about €12.99Thu1
  12. about €11.89Fri2
  13. about €12.44Sat3
  14. about €13.54Sun4

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026

Cheapest€11.88
  1. Alstom A451606:3734m07:11Islington-City Centre West stationSt. Catharines railway station

Door to door 1h 18mCO2 2.1 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

The train gets you into St. Catharines. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in St. Catharines for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Islington-City Centre West to St. Catharines

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

  1. €11.8990 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €11.8845 days
  4. €11.8830 days
  5. €11.8821 days
  6. €13.5414 days
  7. €16.847 days
  8. €18.493 days
  9. €19.591 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 65 percent. The dearest point is €19.59, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €13.54Sun
  2. €13.54Mon
  3. €11.88Tue
  4. €11.88Wed
  5. €12.99Thu
  6. €11.89Fri
  7. €12.44Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

St. Catharines

Rail
  • St. Catharines railway station
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 65 km against 57 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Stoney Creek, Hamilton, Guelph, Cambridge. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Islington-City Centre West at 06:37 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Islington-City Centre West to St. Catharines

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 the Train from Islington-City Centre West to St. Catharines take?

The Train from Islington-City Centre West to St. Catharines takes 1h 18m door to door, of which 34m is spent moving. The route runs 65 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Islington-City Centre West to St. Catharines cost?

The Train from Islington-City Centre West to St. Catharines starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €20.41. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Islington-City Centre West to St. Catharines?

2 operators run the Train from Islington-City Centre West to St. Catharines: Alstom, VIA Rail Canada. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Islington-City Centre West to St. Catharines use?

The Train from Islington-City Centre West to St. Catharines leaves from Islington-City Centre West station and arrives at St. Catharines railway station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Train from Islington-City Centre West to St. Catharines?

Fares for the Train from Islington-City Centre West to St. Catharines bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 65 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Islington-City Centre West to St. Catharines produce?

The Train from Islington-City Centre West to St. Catharines produces about 2.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 65 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Islington-City Centre West to St. Catharines?

Operators on the Train from Islington-City Centre West to St. Catharines publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 18m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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.

Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

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.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Islington-City Centre West to St. Catharines on 20 September 2026: 65 km of route against 57 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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