Cheapest€45.44
- VIA Rail Canada VI856706:452h 48m09:33Thornhill stationOttawa
Door to door 3h 32mCO2 13.1 kgChanges 0Refundable
Thornhill to Ottawa train
Trains from Thornhill to Ottawa start at €52.59 and take 3h 32m at their fastest.
The Trains from Thornhill to Ottawa starts at €52.59 and takes 3h 32m door to door, run by 1 operator over 396 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 3h 32mDoor to door
- 2h 48mMoving
- €52.59From
- 13.1 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 | €45.44 | 3h 32m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Thornhill to Ottawa
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €61.9490 days
- €40.4960 days
- €33.8945 days
- €42.6930 days
- €55.3421 days
- €77.3414 days
- €102.647 days
- €81.193 days
- €127.941 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €33.89.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 278 percent. The most expensive point is €127.94, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €73.48Sun
- €55.88Mon
- €52.59Tue
- €61.39Wed
- €74.59Thu
- €68.54Fri
- €77.34Sat
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
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
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 396 km against 344 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 Peterborough, Whitby, Oshawa, Kingston. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Thornhill at 06:45 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Thornhill 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 Thornhill to Ottawa take?
The Train from Thornhill to Ottawa takes 3h 32m door to door, of which 2h 48m is spent moving. The route runs 396 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 Thornhill to Ottawa cost?
The Train from Thornhill to Ottawa starts at €52.59 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €53.13. 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 Thornhill to Ottawa?
1 operators run the Train from Thornhill to Ottawa: VIA Rail Canada. Between them they file around 5 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 Thornhill to Ottawa use?
The Train from Thornhill to Ottawa leaves from Thornhill station 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.
When should I book the Train from Thornhill to Ottawa?
Fares for the Train from Thornhill to Ottawa bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €33.89. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 278 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Thornhill to Ottawa produce?
The Train from Thornhill to Ottawa produces about 13.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 396 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 Thornhill to Ottawa?
Operators on the Train from Thornhill 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 32m 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 Thornhill to Ottawa on September 12, 2026: 396 km of route against 344 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €52.59, and 3h 32m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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