Vancouver to Portland runs about 30 times a day, with the first departure around 06:09 and the last around 20:13. One passenger pays between €39.67 and €56.44, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 35m over 425 km, on services run by 6 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 6 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€39.67 to €56.44
- 157%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Vancouver
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.
- 06:09First departure
- 20:13Last departure
- 30Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Amtrak runs this service and does not sell it here. 12Go takes the payment.
Buying this trip
12Go lists departures for Vancouver to Portland 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 €80.97Tue15
- about €75.66Wed16
- about €92.77Thu17
- about €69.76Fri18
- about €70.35Sat19
- about €66.22Sun20
- about €57.96Mon21
- about €47.93Tue22
- about €52.06Wed23
- about €62.09Thu24
- about €57.96Fri25
- about €58.55Sat26
- about €55.01Sun27
- about €48.52Mon28
- about €42.03Tue29
- about €43.80Wed30
- about €49.70Thu1
- about €46.16Fri2
- about €48.52Sat3
- about €44.39Sun4
- about €39.67Mon5
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 flight gets you into Portland. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Portland for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Hall/Nimbus and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Vancouver to Portland
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €45.5790 days
- €39.6760 days
- €43.2145 days
- €36.1330 days
- €39.6721 days
- €48.5214 days
- €57.967 days
- €92.773 days
- €80.971 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €36.13.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 157 percent. The most expensive point is €92.77, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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 Vancouver to Portland 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
425 km
416 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
662,248 → 652,503
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/4
2 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.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 425 km against 416 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Hall/Nimbus
Most of the points near Hall/Nimbus open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Vancouver to Portland
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 Vancouver to Portland?
The fastest journey from Vancouver to Portland takes 3h 35m door to door, of which 2h 51m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 5m, 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 Vancouver to Portland?
The cheapest fare from Vancouver to Portland is €39.67, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €65.79. 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 Vancouver to Portland?
The cheapest way from Vancouver to Portland is by flight, at €47.93 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 4h 7m 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 Vancouver to Portland?
The fastest way from Vancouver to Portland is by train, at 3h 35m door to door. Only 2h 51m 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 €56.44.
When should I book Vancouver to Portland?
Fares from Vancouver to Portland bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €36.13. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 157 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Vancouver to Portland?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Vancouver to Portland, at €47.93. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Vancouver to Portland?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Vancouver to Portland, at €34.36 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 Vancouver to Portland?
6 operators sell services from Vancouver to Portland across 2 modes: Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz, Air New Zealand, Amtrak, Horizon Air, United Airlines. 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 Vancouver to Portland?
Every service we sell from Vancouver to Portland is direct, with around 39 departures a day and a fastest journey of 3h 35m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Vancouver to Portland produce?
Traveling from Vancouver to Portland by train produces about 13.7 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 105.3 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Vancouver to Portland use?
Services from Vancouver to Portland by train leave from Vancouver Pacific Central and arrive at Hall/Nimbus. 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 Vancouver to Portland?
1 of the 6 operators we sell from Vancouver to Portland 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 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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Vancouver to Portland on September 14, 2026: 425 km of route against 416 km in a straight line, 39 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €39.67, and 3h 35m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Portland is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Portland and across United States
Day trips that leave Portland in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Vancouver reaches 91 places in 23 countries on services we hold, over distances from 60 to 12,827 km. Portland reaches 91 places in 9 countries, from 70 to 8,451 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Vancouver
- 91Places you can leave for
- 23Countries
- 47Operators
Arriving in Portland
Leaving Portland
- 91Places you can leave for
- 9Countries
- 30Operators