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Burlington to Milwaukee

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Burlington to Milwaukee. From €59.73, fastest 5h 26m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Burlington to Milwaukee runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €59.73, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 26m over 770 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

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

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €59.73, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 12, 2026

€59.73

  • 186%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 €169.19Thu24
  2. about €152.14Fri25
  3. about €120.24Sat26
  4. about €124.64Sun27
  5. about €99.34Mon28
  6. about €95.49Tue29
  7. about €92.73Wed30
  8. about €115.83Thu1
  9. about €96.03Fri2
  10. about €86.69Sat3
  11. about €79.54Sun4
  12. about €67.98Mon5
  13. about €85.58Tue6
  14. about €63.03Wed7
  15. about €103.19Thu8
  16. about €75.69Fri9
  17. about €76.23Sat10
  18. about €81.18Sun11
  19. about €59.73Mon12
  20. about €79.53Tue13
  21. about €83.38Wed14

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Milwaukee for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Burlington to Milwaukee

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

  1. €82.2890 days
  2. €75.6860 days
  3. €59.1845 days
  4. €84.4830 days
  5. €83.3821 days
  6. €63.0314 days
  7. €92.737 days
  8. €120.243 days
  9. €169.191 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €59.18.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 186 percent. The most expensive point is €169.19, 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.
€169.19€59.18137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

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

Clocks

1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

770 km

655 km as the crow flies, 18% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

186,948563,531

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 770 km against 655 km in a straight line, a detour of 18 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 99 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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

Baggage storage near Milwaukee Intermodal Station

Most of the points near Milwaukee Intermodal Station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Burlington to Milwaukee

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Milwaukee?

The fastest journey from Burlington to Milwaukee takes 5h 26m door to door, of which 1h 54m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 5h 29m, 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 Milwaukee?

The cheapest fare from Burlington to Milwaukee is €59.73, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €86.69. 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 Milwaukee?

The cheapest way from Burlington to Milwaukee is by train, at €59.73 for one passenger on October 12, 2026. That journey takes 5h 30m 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 Milwaukee?

Fares from Burlington to Milwaukee bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €59.18. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 186 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Burlington to Milwaukee, at €67.98. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 23, 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 Milwaukee?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Burlington to Milwaukee, at €53.13 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 service from Burlington to Milwaukee?

2 operators sell services from Burlington to Milwaukee 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 Milwaukee?

0 percent of the services we sell from Burlington to Milwaukee are direct. The rest connect at Toronto, with about 99 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 Milwaukee use?

Services from Burlington to Milwaukee by train leave from Appleby GO Station and arrive at General Mitchell International Airport MKE. 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 Milwaukee?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Burlington to Milwaukee 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 labeled 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 Milwaukee on September 23, 2026: 770 km of route against 655 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €59.73, and 5h 26m 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. Milwaukee reaches 64 places in 3 countries, from 51 to 2,959 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Burlington

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

Arriving in Milwaukee

Leaving Milwaukee

  • 64Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 18Operators

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