Fastest€47.64
- Ontario Northland Railway ON518806:522h 40m09:32OttawaMarkham GO Station
Door to door 3h 24mCO2 12.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Ottawa to Markham train
Trains from Ottawa to Markham start at €51.49 and take 3h 24m at their fastest.
The Trains from Ottawa to Markham starts at €51.49 and takes 3h 24m door to door, run by 2 operators over 380 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 3h 24mDoor to door
- 2h 40mMoving
- €51.49From
- 12.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Ontario Northland Railway | €47.64 |
| VIA Rail Canada | €43.79 |
The train gets you into Markham. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Markham for the night the train gets in
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When to book Ottawa to Markham
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €23.2890 days
- €22.7360 days
- €19.4345 days
- €24.9330 days
- €22.1821 days
- €26.0314 days
- €29.337 days
- €55.183 days
- €50.231 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €19.43.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 184 percent. The most expensive point is €55.18, 3 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €30.43Sun
- €26.58Mon
- €26.58Tue
- €26.03Wed
- €29.88Thu
- €30.98Fri
- €30.98Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Ottawa
Rail
- Ottawa
- Ottawa station
- Laman
Markham
Rail
- Markham GO Station
- Old Elm GO Station
- Unionville station
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 380 km against 330 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 Kingston, Brampton, Peterborough, Barrie. 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 Ottawa at 06:45 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 24m | 2h 40m | 44m | €51.49 | 12.5 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 6h 32m | 5h 48m | 44m | €26.03 | 10.3 kg | 1 |
Questions about Ottawa to Markham
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 Ottawa to Markham take?
The Train from Ottawa to Markham takes 3h 24m door to door, of which 2h 40m is spent moving. The route runs 380 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 Ottawa to Markham cost?
The Train from Ottawa to Markham starts at €51.49 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €50.39. 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 Ottawa to Markham?
2 operators run the Train from Ottawa to Markham: Ontario Northland Railway, VIA Rail Canada. Between them they file around 6 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 Ottawa to Markham use?
The Train from Ottawa to Markham leaves from Ottawa and arrives at Markham GO 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.
Is the Train the best way from Ottawa to Markham?
Traveling from Ottawa to Markham by Coach costs €26.03 and takes 6h 32m door to door, against 3h 24m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Ottawa to Markham?
Fares for the Train from Ottawa to Markham bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €19.43. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 184 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Ottawa to Markham produce?
The Train from Ottawa to Markham produces about 12.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 380 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 Ottawa to Markham?
Operators on the Train from Ottawa to Markham publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 24m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Ottawa to Markham on September 9, 2026: 380 km of route against 330 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €51.49, and 3h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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