Fastest€52.04
- VIA Rail Canada VI145920:033h 26m23:29Toronto Union StationMontreal Gare Centrale
Door to door 4h 10mCO2 16.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Toronto to Montreal train
Trains from Toronto to Montreal start at €63.59 and take 4h 10m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Toronto to Montreal on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Toronto to Montreal starts at €63.59 and takes 4h 10m door to door, run by 1 operator over 502 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 4h 10mDoor to door
- 3h 26mMoving
- €63.59 to €133.99From
- 06:43 to 20:41First and last departure
- 12Per day
- 16.6 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€63.59 to €133.99 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €121.89Wed16
- about €133.99Thu17
- about €120.24Fri18
- about €99.89Sat19
- about €100.99Sun20
- about €79.54Mon21
- about €80.64Tue22
- about €68.54Wed23
- about €89.99Thu24
- about €78.99Fri25
- about €84.49Sat26
- about €74.04Sun27
- about €68.54Mon28
- about €63.59Tue29
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIA Rail Canada | €48.74 | 4h 9m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Montreal. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Montreal for the night the train gets in
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When to book Toronto to Montreal
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €47.3490 days
- €45.5760 days
- €47.3445 days
- €50.8830 days
- €44.9821 days
- €56.1914 days
- €67.407 days
- €98.673 days
- €99.261 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €44.98.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 121 percent. The dearest point is €99.26, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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.
- €64.45Sun
- €56.78Mon
- €56.19Tue
- €59.14Wed
- €72.12Thu
- €67.40Fri
- €68.58Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Toronto
Rail
- Toronto Union Station
- North Toronto station
- Toronto Union Station (1858)
Montréal
Rail
- Montreal Gare Centrale
- Montréal-Ouest station
- Montreal Central Station
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 502 km against 502 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Toronto at 06:43 and the last at 20:41, across 12 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 4h 10m | 3h 26m | 44m | €63.59 | 16.6 kg | 12 |
| Flight | 4h 14m | 1h 4m | 3h 10m | €56.19 | 127.2 kg | 64 |
Questions about Toronto to Montreal
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 Toronto to Montreal take?
The Train from Toronto to Montreal takes 4h 10m door to door, of which 3h 26m is spent moving. The route runs 502 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 Toronto to Montreal cost?
The Train from Toronto to Montreal starts at €63.59 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €58.37. 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 Toronto to Montreal?
1 operators run the Train from Toronto to Montreal: VIA Rail Canada. Between them they file around 12 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 Toronto to Montreal use?
The Train from Toronto to Montreal leaves from Toronto Union Station and arrives at Montreal Gare Centrale. 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.
Is the Train the best way from Toronto to Montreal?
Travelling from Toronto to Montreal by Flight costs €56.19 and takes 4h 14m door to door, against 4h 10m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Toronto to Montreal?
Fares for the Train from Toronto to Montreal bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €44.98. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 121 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Toronto to Montreal produce?
The Train from Toronto to Montreal produces about 16.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 502 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 Toronto to Montreal?
Operators on the Train from Toronto to Montreal publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 10m 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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Toronto to Montreal on 15 September 2026: 502 km of route against 502 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €63.59, and 4h 10m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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