Le Plateau-Mont-Royal to Sainte-Foy train

Trains from Le Plateau-Mont-Royal to Sainte-Foy start at €28.94 and take 2h 39m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Le Plateau-Mont-Royal to Sainte-Foy starts at €28.94 and takes 2h 39m door to door, run by 1 operator over 258 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 39mDoor to door
  • 1h 55mMoving
  • €34.99 to €68.54From
  • 06:25 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 8.5 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€34.99 to €68.54 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

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Buying this trip

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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 €68.54Mon21
  2. about €67.44Tue22
  3. about €56.44Wed23
  4. about €61.94Thu24
  5. about €62.49Fri25
  6. about €56.99Sat26
  7. about €55.89Sun27
  8. about €36.64Mon28
  9. about €34.99Tue29
  10. about €38.84Wed30
  11. about €50.94Thu1
  12. about €48.74Fri2
  13. about €45.44Sat3
  14. about €39.39Sun4

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 5, 2026

Cheapest€28.94
  1. VIA Rail VI190306:251h 55m08:20Le Plateau-Mont-Royal stationSainte-Foy station

Door to door 2h 39mCO2 8.5 kgChanges 0Refundable

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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
VIA Rail€28.942h 32m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • VIA Rail

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A hotel room

A room in Sainte-Foy for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Le Plateau-Mont-Royal to Sainte-Foy

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

  1. €44.3490 days
  2. €32.7960 days
  3. €22.8945 days
  4. €25.0930 days
  5. €33.8921 days
  6. €39.3914 days
  7. €55.897 days
  8. €56.443 days
  9. €68.541 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €22.89.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 199 percent. The most expensive point is €68.54, 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.
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. €39.39Sun
  2. €36.64Mon
  3. €34.99Tue
  4. €38.84Wed
  5. €50.94Thu
  6. €48.74Fri
  7. €45.44Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Terminals not named for this corridor.

The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 258 km against 225 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 Trois-Rivières. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Le Plateau-Mont-Royal at 06:25 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Le Plateau-Mont-Royal to Sainte-Foy

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 Le Plateau-Mont-Royal to Sainte-Foy take?

The Train from Le Plateau-Mont-Royal to Sainte-Foy takes 2h 39m door to door, of which 1h 55m is spent moving. The route runs 258 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 Le Plateau-Mont-Royal to Sainte-Foy cost?

The Train from Le Plateau-Mont-Royal to Sainte-Foy starts at €28.94 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €29.22. 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 Le Plateau-Mont-Royal to Sainte-Foy?

1 operators run the Train from Le Plateau-Mont-Royal to Sainte-Foy: VIA Rail. Between them they file around 2 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 Le Plateau-Mont-Royal to Sainte-Foy use?

The Train from Le Plateau-Mont-Royal to Sainte-Foy leaves from Le Plateau-Mont-Royal station and arrives at Sainte-Foy station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Train from Le Plateau-Mont-Royal to Sainte-Foy?

Fares for the Train from Le Plateau-Mont-Royal to Sainte-Foy bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €22.89. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 199 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Le Plateau-Mont-Royal to Sainte-Foy produce?

The Train from Le Plateau-Mont-Royal to Sainte-Foy produces about 8.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 258 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Le Plateau-Mont-Royal to Sainte-Foy?

Operators on the Train from Le Plateau-Mont-Royal to Sainte-Foy publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 39m 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.

Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

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 Le Plateau-Mont-Royal to Sainte-Foy on September 20, 2026: 258 km of route against 225 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €28.94, and 2h 39m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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