Kingston to Edmonton train

Trains from Kingston to Edmonton start at €220.34 and take 8h 53m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Kingston to Edmonton starts at €220.34 and takes 8h 53m door to door, run by 3 operators over 3,088 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 22, 2026Priced for October 12, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 53mDoor to door
  • 5h 58mMoving
  • €254.99 to €679.59From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 3Per day
  • 704.3 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 12, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€254.99 to €679.59 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

12Go lists the departures it sells between Kingston and Edmonton.

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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 €536.04Wed23
  2. about €679.59Thu24
  3. about €593.79Fri25
  4. about €460.14Sat26
  5. about €488.74Sun27
  6. about €385.89Mon28
  7. about €366.09Tue29
  8. about €364.99Wed30
  9. about €464.54Thu1
  10. about €373.79Fri2
  11. about €330.34Sat3
  12. about €305.59Sun4
  13. about €254.99Mon5
  14. about €331.44Tue6

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 12, 2026

Cheapest€220.34
  1. Ontario Northland Railway ON703107:301h 23m08:53Kingston stationOttawa
  2. Air Canada AC190609:514h 35m12:26Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport YOWEdmonton International Airport YEG

Changes at Ottawa, with 58 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 8h 53mCO2 616.0 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Ontario Northland Railway140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
Air Canada740 km/hFixed fareNot published
VIA Rail Canada140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

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A hotel room

A room in Edmonton for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Kingston to Edmonton

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

  1. €272.0490 days
  2. €250.5960 days
  3. €257.7445 days
  4. €327.0430 days
  5. €301.1921 days
  6. €331.4414 days
  7. €366.097 days
  8. €593.793 days
  9. €536.041 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €250.59.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 137 percent. The most expensive point is €593.79, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €310.54Sun
  2. €254.99Mon
  3. €331.44Tue
  4. €364.99Wed
  5. €464.54Thu
  6. €373.79Fri
  7. €330.34Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Kingston

Rail
  • Kingston station
  • 209 Ontario Street
  • Grand Trunk Railway Station

Edmonton

Rail
  • Edmonton station
  • South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park station
  • Edmonton Canadian Pacific Railway Station
The journey

What the journey looks like

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 3,088 km against 2,857 km in a straight line, a detour of 13 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Ottawa, Chicago, Toronto, Montréal. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Kingston at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train8h 53m5h 58m2h 55m€220.34704.3 kg3
Flight9h 34m5h 8m4h 26m€258.56700.4 kg1

Questions about Kingston to Edmonton

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 the Train from Kingston to Edmonton take?

The Train from Kingston to Edmonton takes 8h 53m door to door, of which 5h 58m is spent moving. The route runs 3,088 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 Kingston to Edmonton cost?

The Train from Kingston to Edmonton starts at €220.34 for one passenger, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare is €225.84. 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 Kingston to Edmonton?

3 operators run the Train from Kingston to Edmonton: Ontario Northland Railway, Air Canada, VIA Rail Canada. Between them they file around 3 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 Kingston to Edmonton use?

The Train from Kingston to Edmonton leaves from Kingston station and arrives at Edmonton International Airport YEG. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Kingston to Edmonton?

The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Kingston to Edmonton, at €220.34 and 8h 53m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.

When should I book the Train from Kingston to Edmonton?

Fares for the Train from Kingston to Edmonton bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €250.59. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 137 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Kingston to Edmonton produce?

The Train from Kingston to Edmonton produces about 704.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 3088 km, which works out at roughly 228 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Kingston to Edmonton?

Operators on the Train from Kingston to Edmonton publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 53m 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 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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Kingston to Edmonton on September 22, 2026: 3088 km of route against 2857 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €220.34, and 8h 53m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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