Fastest€49.29
- VIA Rail Canada VI828517:232h 41m20:04Gare du PalaisOttawa
Door to door 3h 25mCO2 12.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Québec to Ottawa train
Trains from Québec to Ottawa start at €49.84 and take 3h 25m at their fastest.
The Trains from Québec to Ottawa starts at €49.84 and takes 3h 25m door to door, run by 1 operator over 379 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 25mDoor to door
- 2h 41mMoving
- €49.84From
- 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 | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIA Rail Canada | €42.69 | 3h 21m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Québec to Ottawa
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €21.0890 days
- €14.4860 days
- €18.3345 days
- €19.9830 days
- €22.7321 days
- €30.9814 days
- €38.687 days
- €37.033 days
- €48.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €14.48.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 232 percent. The most expensive point is €48.03, 1 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €24.93Sun
- €22.73Mon
- €22.73Tue
- €23.28Wed
- €30.98Thu
- €27.13Fri
- €27.13Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Québec
Rail
- Gare du Palais
- Charny railway station
- Lévis intermodal station
Ottawa
Rail
- Ottawa
- Ottawa station
- Laman
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 379 km against 379 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Québec at 06:45 and the last at 19:21, 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 25m | 2h 41m | 44m | €49.84 | 12.5 kg | 6 |
| Flight | 4h 5m | 55m | 3h 10m | €44.39 | 95.9 kg | 12 |
| Coach | 5h 49m | 5h 5m | 44m | €22.73 | 10.2 kg | 6 |
Questions about Québec to Ottawa
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 Québec to Ottawa take?
The Train from Québec to Ottawa takes 3h 25m door to door, of which 2h 41m is spent moving. The route runs 379 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 Québec to Ottawa cost?
The Train from Québec to Ottawa starts at €49.84 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €50.12. 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 Québec to Ottawa?
1 operators run the Train from Québec to Ottawa: 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 Québec to Ottawa use?
The Train from Québec to Ottawa leaves from Gare du Palais and arrives at Ottawa. 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 Québec to Ottawa?
Traveling from Québec to Ottawa by Flight costs €44.39 and takes 4h 5m door to door, against 3h 25m 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 Québec to Ottawa?
Fares for the Train from Québec to Ottawa bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €14.48. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 232 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Québec to Ottawa produce?
The Train from Québec to Ottawa produces about 12.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 379 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 Québec to Ottawa?
Operators on the Train from Québec to Ottawa publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 25m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Québec to Ottawa on September 10, 2026: 379 km of route against 379 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €49.84, and 3h 25m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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