Kitchener to Ottawa train
Trains from Kitchener to Ottawa start at £43.17.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Kitchener to Ottawa on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Kitchener to Ottawa starts at £43.17, run by 4 operators over 621 km. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 4h 34mDoor to door
- 1h 49mMoving
- £48.35 to £127.05From
- 64.5 kgCO2
4h 34m
1h 49m
£48.35 to £127.05
64.5 kg£48.35 to £127.05 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
Departure times on this route12Go lists the departures it sells between Kitchener and Ottawa.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about £91.71Wed7
- about £127.05Thu8
- about £99.72Fri9
- about £78.51Sat10
- about £77.56Sun11
- about £62.02Mon12
- about £70.03Tue13
- about £67.21Wed14
- about £62.49Thu15
- about £73.80Fri16
- about £62.96Sat17
- about £56.84Sun18
- about £48.35Mon19
- about £53.06Tue20
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
Train operators
| Operator | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|
 Alstom | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 Ontario Northland Railway | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
| VIA Rail Canada | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 Air Canada | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
The train gets you into Ottawa. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Ottawa for the night the train gets in
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When to book Kitchener to Ottawa
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £37.5190 days
- £51.9860 days
- £41.1445 days
- £47.4230 days
- £39.7221 days
- £53.0614 days
- £60.477 days
- £94.863 days
- £91.711 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £37.51.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 153 percent. The dearest point is £94.86, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- £52.93Sun
- £42.09Mon
- £53.06Tue
- £58.59Wed
- £61.41Thu
- £63.30Fri
- £61.41Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Kitchener
Rail- Kitchener railway station
Ottawa
- Ottawa
- Ottawa station
- Laman
What the journey looks like
- 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 621 km against 441 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at London, Toronto, Markham. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 4h 34m | 1h 49m | 2h 45m | £43.17 | 64.5 kg |
| Coach | 6h 25m | 4h 17m | 2h 8m | £39.72 | 15.2 kg |
Questions about Kitchener to Ottawa
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 Kitchener to Ottawa take?
The Train from Kitchener to Ottawa covers 621 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does the Train from Kitchener to Ottawa cost?
The Train from Kitchener to Ottawa starts at £43.17 for one passenger, as of 6 October 2026. A typical fare is £47.18. 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 Kitchener to Ottawa?
4 operators run the Train from Kitchener to Ottawa: Alstom, Ontario Northland Railway, VIA Rail Canada, Air Canada. The operator table on this page sets out fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Kitchener to Ottawa use?
The Train from Kitchener to Ottawa leaves from Kitchener railway station and arrives at Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport YOW. Allow about 1h 57m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Kitchener to Ottawa?
Travelling from Kitchener to Ottawa by Coach costs £39.72, against £43.17 by Train. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Kitchener to Ottawa?
Fares for the Train from Kitchener to Ottawa bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £37.51. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 153 percent, measured on 6 October 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Kitchener to Ottawa produce?
The Train from Kitchener to Ottawa produces about 64.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 621 km, which works out at roughly 104 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 Kitchener to Ottawa?
Operators on the Train from Kitchener to Ottawa publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets. 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.
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.
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