There are 8 ways to get from Baltimore to Ottawa by train, plane, bus (Flixbus), train (Amtrak), car, subway, or bus (Greyhound)
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Train to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, fly to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
best- Take the train from Baltimore Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)DCA - YOW
5h 23m$402–2,072Fly Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)BWI - YOW
7h 59m$102–557Bus
- Take the bus from Baltimore Downtown Bus Station to New York Midtown
- Take the bus from New York Midtown to Montreal
- Take the bus from Montreal, QC - 1597 Rue St-Hubert to Ottawa, ON - 600 Cumberland St
15h 50m$174–353Train
- Take the train from Baltimore Penn Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Montreal Central Station
- Take the train from Montréal to Ottawa
19h 46m$165–1,224Drive 818.9 km
- Drive from Baltimore to Ottawa818.9 km
9h 36m$160–231Train, subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
- Take the train from Baltimore Penn Station to New Carrollton Amtrak Station
- Take the subway from New Carrollton, Orange Line Center Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)IAD - YOW
6h 11m$380–986Train to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, fly to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, train
- Take the train from Baltimore Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)DCA - YUL
- Take the train from Dorval to Ottawa
7h 34m$542–2,192Bus via Ottawa
- Take the bus from Baltimore Downtown Bus Station to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Montreal
- Take the bus from Montréal to Ottawa
16h 30m$188–380
Baltimore to Ottawa by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Baltimore to Ottawa is to drive which costs $150 - $230 and takes 9h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Baltimore to Ottawa is to train and fly which takes 5h 23m and costs $400 - $2,100.
No, there is no direct bus from Baltimore station to Ottawa. However, there are services departing from Baltimore Downtown Bus Station and arriving at Ottawa, ON - 600 Cumberland St via New York Midtown and Montreal, QC - 1597 Rue St-Hubert. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Baltimore station to Ottawa. However, there are services departing from Baltimore Penn Station and arriving at Ottawa via Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station and Montréal. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 46m.
The distance between Baltimore and Ottawa is 816 km. The road distance is 818.9 km.
The best way to get from Baltimore to Ottawa without a car is to bus which takes 15h 50m and costs $170 - $360.
It takes approximately 5h 23m to get from Baltimore to Ottawa, including transfers.
Baltimore to Ottawa bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Baltimore Downtown Bus Station.
Baltimore to Ottawa train services, operated by Amtrak Northeast Regional, depart from Baltimore Penn Station.
The best way to get from Baltimore to Ottawa is to bus which takes 15h 50m and costs $170 - $360. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $160 - $1,300 and takes 19h 46m, you could also fly, which costs $100 - $600 and takes 7h 59m.
What companies run services between Baltimore, MD, USA and Ottawa, ON, Canada?
You can take a bus from Baltimore Downtown Bus Station to Ottawa, ON - 600 Cumberland St via New York Midtown, Montreal, and Montreal, QC - 1597 Rue St-Hubert in around 15h 50m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Baltimore Penn Station to Ottawa via Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station, Montreal Central Station, and Montréal in around 19h 46m.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–950
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–470
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–500
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Pittsburgh, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–800
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–850
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–470
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–500
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Pittsburgh, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–800
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–700
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Baltimore Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–280
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $7–280
- Business Class
- $65–320
Train from Baltimore Penn Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–380
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $35–380
- Business Class
- $110–450
Train from Baltimore Penn Station to New Carrollton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–270
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $6–270
- Business Class
- $60–320
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Baltimore Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–110
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Baltimore Penn Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–600
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Montreal Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Baltimore Penn Station to New Carrollton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from Baltimore Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–14
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–14
Train from Baltimore Penn Station to New Carrollton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–13
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–13
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Baltimore Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–800
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $12–600
- First Class
- $140–800
Train from Baltimore Penn Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–950
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $55–650
- First Class
- $240–950
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
Train from Montréal to Ottawa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–120
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $35–120
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $35–90
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $30–50
Train from Dorval to Ottawa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–120
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $30–120
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $30–90
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $30–50
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from New Carrollton, Orange Line Center Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3–15
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $3–4
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- $10–15
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Baltimore Downtown Bus Station to New York Midtown
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–95
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from New York Midtown to Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $100–220
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- 514-228-2303
- info@tourexpress.ca
- Website
- tourexpress.ca
Bus from Montreal, QC - 1597 Rue St-Hubert to Ottawa, ON - 600 Cumberland St
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Website
- https://tourexpress.ca/
- Schedules at
- https://tourexpress.ca/bus-schedule
- Book at
- https://tourexpress.betterez.com/cart/6215c65b8170b20e46af9ff2/reservation/6215c65c8170b20e46af9ff3
- Adult
- $27–40
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Baltimore Downtown Bus Station to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $100–220
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- 1-800-343-9999
- Website
- peterpanbus.com
Bus from Baltimore Downtown Bus Station to Port Authority Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–90
- Website
- https://peterpanbus.com
- Adult
- $45–90
- Phone
- +1 833 449 6444
- serviceclient@keolis.ca
- Website
- orleansexpress.com
Bus from Montréal to Ottawa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- https://www.orleansexpress.com/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.orleansexpress.com/en/schedule/
- Adult
- $45–65
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More Questions & Answers
Baltimore to Ottawa bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at New York Midtown station.
Baltimore to Ottawa train services, operated by Amtrak Northeast Regional, arrive at Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Baltimore to Ottawa is 819 km. It takes approximately 9h 36m to drive from Baltimore to Ottawa.
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