There are 8 ways to get from Portland to Duncan by train, ferry, bus, plane, or taxi
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, ferry, bus
best- Take the train from Portland to Seattletrain
- Take the ferry from Seattle Clipper Terminal to Victoriaferry
- Take the bus from Victoria - Capital City Station, 721 Douglas St. to Duncan - Train Stn, 120 Canada Ave, at War Memorialbus
10h 6m$352–556Fly Portland International Airport to Nanaimo Airport
cheapest- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Nanaimo Airport (YCD)plane PDX - YCD
8h$67–417Train, bus
- Take the train from Portland to Vancouvertrain
- Take the train from Vancouver Harbour to Victoria Harbourtrain 18
- Take the bus from Victoria - Capital City Station, 721 Douglas St. to Duncan - Train Stn, 120 Canada Ave, at War Memorialbus
11h 59mBus, train
- Take the bus from Portland Curbside Bus Stop to Seattlebus
- Take the bus from Seattle to Vancouverbus
- Take the train from Vancouver Harbour to Victoria Harbourtrain 18
- Take the bus from Victoria - Capital City Station, 721 Douglas St. to Duncan - Train Stn, 120 Canada Ave, at War Memorialbus
12h 46mFly Portland International Airport to Victoria International Airport, taxi
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Victoria International Airport (YYJ)plane PDX - YYJ
- Take the taxi from Victoria-Airport-YYJ to Duncantaxi
6h 25m$224–554Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Portland to Seattletrain
- Take the bus from Seattle Amtrak Station to Port Angeles Gateway Transit Centerbus
- Take the ferry from Port Angeles to Victoriaferry
- Take the bus from Legislature Terminal to Trunk & Ypresbus 66
13h 2m$241–339Train to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, fly to Victoria International Airport, taxi
- Take the train from Portland to Tacomatrain
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Victoria International Airport (YYJ)plane SEA - YYJ
- Take the taxi from Victoria-Airport-YYJ to Duncantaxi
6h 32m$476–1,087Fly Portland International Airport to Vancouver International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Vancouver International Airport (YVR)plane PDX - YVR
- Take the train from Vancouver Airport YVR South to Nanaimo Harbourtrain
- Take the bus from Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal - Passenger exit; connects from 8:35am HSB ferry to Duncan - Train Stn, 120 Canada Ave, opp. War Memorialbus
7h 54m
Portland International Airport (PDX) to Victoria International Airport (YYJ) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Portland to Duncan is to fly which costs $65 - $420 and takes 8h.
The fastest way to get from Portland to Duncan is to fly and taxi which takes 6h 25m and costs $220 - $600.
The distance between Portland and Duncan is 487 km.
The best way to get from Portland to Duncan without a car is to train and ferry and bus which takes 10h 6m and costs $350 - $600.
It takes approximately 10h 6m to get from Portland to Duncan, including transfers.
Duncan is 1h ahead of Portland. It is currently 6:17 AM in Portland and 7:17 AM in Duncan.
There are 72+ hotels available in Duncan.
What companies run services between Portland, OR, USA and Duncan, BC, Canada?
Air Canada, WestJet, and two other airlines fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Nanaimo Airport (YCD) 5 times a day.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Victoria International Airport via Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–340
Flights from Portland International Airport to Nanaimo Airport via Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–1,400
Flights from Portland International Airport to Nanaimo Airport via San Francisco, Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Portland International Airport to Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–330
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Victoria International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Victoria International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–750
Flights from Portland International Airport to Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–700
Flights from Portland International Airport to Vancouver International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–700
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Victoria International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–1,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Nanaimo Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,300
Flights from Portland International Airport to Nanaimo Airport via Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Victoria International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–1,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Nanaimo Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,300
Flights from Portland International Airport to Vancouver International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–330
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Portland to Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $130–220
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Portland to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $250–400
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Portland to Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $130–220
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Portland to Tacoma
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–170
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 778 800 0225
- reservation@harbourair.com
- Website
- Harbour Air
Train from Vancouver Harbour to Victoria Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- Harbour Air
Train from Vancouver Harbour to Victoria Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- Harbour Air
Train from Vancouver Airport YVR South to Nanaimo Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- Harbour Air
- info@islandlinkbus.com
- Website
- Island Link Bus
Bus from Victoria - Capital City Station, 721 Douglas St. to Duncan - Train Stn, 120 Canada Ave, at War Memorial
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $39
- Website
- Island Link Bus
- Road Adult
- $39
Bus from Victoria - Capital City Station, 721 Douglas St. to Duncan - Train Stn, 120 Canada Ave, at War Memorial
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $39
- Website
- Island Link Bus
- Road Adult
- $39
Bus from Victoria - Capital City Station, 721 Douglas St. to Duncan - Train Stn, 120 Canada Ave, at War Memorial
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $39
- Website
- Island Link Bus
- Road Adult
- $39
Bus from Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal - Passenger exit; connects from 8:35am HSB ferry to Duncan - Train Stn, 120 Canada Ave, opp. War Memorial
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $38
- Website
- Island Link Bus
- Road Adult
- $38
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Portland Curbside Bus Stop to Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Seattle to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1 360-417-0700
- Website
- Dungeness Line
Bus from Seattle Amtrak Station to Port Angeles Gateway Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–80
- Website
- Dungeness Line
- Schedules at
- Dungeness Line Schedules
- Phone
- +1 250 746 9899
- transitinfo@bctransit.com
- Website
- Cowichan Valley
Bus from Legislature Terminal to Trunk & Ypres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $2–11
- Website
- Cowichan Valley
- Single Ride - All Passengers
- $2–11
- Phone
- +1 800-888-2535
- Website
- clippervacations.com
Ferry from Seattle Clipper Terminal to Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–300
- Schedules at
- clippervacations.com
- Adult
- $170–300
- Child
- $110–150
- Phone
- +1 888-993-3779
- Website
- Black Ball Ferry Line
Ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $36
- Website
- Black Ball Ferry Line
- Schedules at
- Black Ball Ferry Line Schedule & Fares
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Estimated price
- $170–210
Sidney Taxi
- Phone
- +1 250 656 6666
Peninsula Taxi
- Phone
- +1 250 656 1111
Sidney Taxi
- Phone
- +1 250 656 6666
Peninsula Taxi
- Phone
- +1 250 656 1111
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