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Ottawa to Delhi

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Ottawa to Delhi. From $1,098.38, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays $1,098.38, every fee included. Services cover 12,322 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked October 6, 2026Priced for October 25, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at $1,098.38, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 25, 2026

$1,098.38

  • 178%Moves across the booking window

Departure times on this route

12Go lists the departures it sells between Ottawa and Delhi.

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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 $2,139.36Wed7
  2. about $3,227.66Thu8
  3. about $2,279.50Fri9
  4. about $1,874.27Sat10
  5. about $2,016.22Sun11
  6. about $1,409.58Mon12
  7. about $1,959.20Tue13
  8. about $1,653.45Wed14
  9. about $1,537.58Thu15
  10. about $1,782.06Fri16
  11. about $1,468.43Sat17
  12. about $1,293.11Sun18
  13. about $1,157.83Mon19
  14. about $1,180.88Tue20
  15. about $1,129.32Wed21
  16. about $1,659.52Thu22
  17. about $1,631.00Fri23
  18. about $1,509.07Sat24
  19. about $1,098.38Sun25
  20. about $1,220.92Mon26
  21. about $1,198.47Tue27

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Delhi for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from New Delhi railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Ottawa to Delhi

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

  1. $819.9390 days
  2. $1,327.6860 days
  3. $939.4545 days
  4. $1,089.2830 days
  5. $1,198.4721 days
  6. $1,180.8814 days
  7. $1,959.207 days
  8. $2,279.503 days
  9. $2,139.361 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $819.93.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 178 percent. The most expensive point is $2,279.50, 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.
$2,279.50$819.93137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Ottawa to Delhi and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

9.5 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

12,322 km

11,337 km as the crow flies, 9% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.

Who lives at each end

1,017,449 → 11,034,555

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 12,322 km against 11,337 km in a straight line, a detour of 9 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 75 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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.

Delhi is large, and the road in from DEL can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Delhi

Settled in advance, so the ride into Delhi costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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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 New Delhi railway station

Most of the points near New Delhi railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Ottawa to Delhi

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 Ottawa to Delhi?

Ottawa to Delhi covers 12,322 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 it cost to travel from Ottawa to Delhi?

The cheapest fare from Ottawa to Delhi is $1,098.38, as of October 6, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $1,537.58. 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 Ottawa to Delhi?

The cheapest way from Ottawa to Delhi is by train, at $1,098.38 for one passenger on October 25, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Ottawa to Delhi?

Fares from Ottawa to Delhi bottom out around 90 days before departure, at $819.93. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 178 percent, measured on October 6, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Ottawa to Delhi?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Ottawa to Delhi, at $1,198.47. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of October 6, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Ottawa to Delhi?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Ottawa to Delhi, at $799.92 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 Ottawa to Delhi?

2 operators sell services from Ottawa to Delhi across 1 mode: Air Canada, Ontario Northland Railway. 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 Ottawa to Delhi?

0 percent of the services we sell from Ottawa to Delhi are direct. The rest connect at Toronto, with about 75 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 Ottawa to Delhi use?

Services from Ottawa to Delhi by train leave from Ottawa and arrive at Indira Gandhi International Airport DEL. 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 Ottawa to Delhi?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Ottawa to Delhi allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs $5.51. 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

The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Delhi is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Delhi and across India

Day trips that leave Delhi in the morning and cover a good part of India by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Ottawa reaches 40 places in 4 countries on services we hold, over distances from 145 to 11,337 km. Delhi reaches 387 places in 47 countries, from 20 to 13,315 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Ottawa

  • 40Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 13Operators

Arriving in Delhi

Leaving Delhi

  • 387Places you can leave for
  • 47Countries
  • 60Operators

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