Kingston to Ottawa South runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:14 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €11.73 and €24.54, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 1h 56m over 165 km, on services run by 3 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€11.73 to €24.54
- 79%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Kingston
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:14First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Ontario Northland Railway runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Kingston to Ottawa South on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Orléans Express runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Kingston to Ottawa South on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €19.98Wed16
- about €21.08Thu17
- about €18.33Fri18
- about €18.33Sat19
- about €18.33Sun20
- about €16.13Mon21
- about €16.13Tue22
- about €13.38Wed23
- about €16.68Thu24
- about €17.78Fri25
- about €16.68Sat26
- about €14.48Sun27
- about €12.83Mon28
- about €12.83Tue29
- about €11.73Wed30
- about €11.73Thu1
- about €13.93Fri2
- about €14.48Sat3
- about €12.28Sun4
- about €12.28Mon5
- about €12.28Tue6
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 train gets you into Ottawa South. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Ottawa South for the night the train gets in
The search opens on Ottawa South with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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When to book Kingston to Ottawa South
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.8390 days
- €11.7360 days
- €11.1845 days
- €11.1830 days
- €12.2821 days
- €12.8314 days
- €16.137 days
- €18.333 days
- €19.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €11.18.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 79 percent. The most expensive point is €19.98, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Kingston to Ottawa South 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
165 km
144 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
132,485 → 125,090
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 165 km against 144 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 Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Laval, Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Peterborough. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Where to leave your bags in Ottawa South
Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Kingston to Ottawa South
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 Kingston to Ottawa South?
The fastest journey from Kingston to Ottawa South takes 1h 56m door to door, of which 1h 13m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 23m, 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 Kingston to Ottawa South?
The cheapest fare from Kingston to Ottawa South is €11.73, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €25.64. 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 Kingston to Ottawa South?
The cheapest way from Kingston to Ottawa South is by coach, at €12.83 for one passenger on September 30, 2026. That journey takes 3h 18m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Kingston to Ottawa South?
The fastest way from Kingston to Ottawa South is by train, at 1h 57m door to door. Only 1h 13m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €24.54.
When should I book Kingston to Ottawa South?
Fares from Kingston to Ottawa South bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €11.18. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 79 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Kingston to Ottawa South?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Kingston to Ottawa South, at €12.83. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Kingston to Ottawa South?
December is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Kingston to Ottawa South, at €10.07 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 Kingston to Ottawa South?
3 operators sell services from Kingston to Ottawa South across 2 modes: Ontario Northland Railway, Orléans Express, VIA Rail Canada. 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 Kingston to Ottawa South?
43 percent of the services we sell from Kingston to Ottawa South are direct. The rest connect at Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Laval, Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Peterborough, with about 46 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Kingston to Ottawa South produce?
Traveling from Kingston to Ottawa South by coach produces about 4.5 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 5.4 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Kingston to Ottawa South use?
Services from Kingston to Ottawa South by train leave from Kingston station and arrive at Ottawa South station. Allow about 44m 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 Kingston to Ottawa South?
3 of the 3 operators we sell from Kingston to Ottawa South 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Kingston to Ottawa South on September 15, 2026: 165 km of route against 144 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €11.73, and 1h 56m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Ottawa South is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Ottawa South and across Canada
Day trips that leave Ottawa South in the morning and cover a good part of Canada by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Kingston reaches 37 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 127 to 945 km. Ottawa South reaches 29 places in 1 countries, from 144 to 486 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Kingston
- 37Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 5Operators
Arriving in Ottawa South
Leaving Ottawa South
- 29Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators