There are 9 ways to get from Schenectady to Kitchener by train, bus, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), car, plane, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, bus
best- Take the train from Schenectady to Canadian Bordertrain
- Take the bus from Bus Terminal to Union Stn Bus Terminal, 81 Bay St at Lakeshore Blvd, 2nd Floorbus
- Take the train from Union Station GO to Kitchener GOtrain Ki
11h 44m$266–464Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Schenectady to Syracusebus 254
- Take the bus from Syracuse to Mississaugabus
- Take the bus from Winston Churchill Transitway Station to University of Waterloo Terminalbus 25
11h 51m$99–282Drive 596.4 km
- Drive from Schenectady to Kitchenercar 596.4 km
6h 47m$121–174Fly Albany County Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport, bus
- Fly from Albany County Airport (ALB) to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)plane ALB - YYZ
- Take the bus from Bramalea GO Bus to Kitchener GO Busbus
8h 59m$133–726Train
- Take the train from Schenectady to Toronto Union Stationtrain VIA Rail
- Take the train from Union Station GO to Kitchener GOtrain Ki
12h 1m$163–391Fly Albany County Airport to Toronto Island Airport, train
- Fly from Albany County Airport (ALB) to Toronto Island Airport (YTZ)plane ALB - YTZ
- Take the train from Union Station GO to Kitchener GOtrain
9h 55m$132–727Fly Albany County Airport to Detroit, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Albany County Airport (ALB) to Detroit (DTW)plane ALB - DTW
- Take a shuttle bus from Detroit Airport to Days Inn by Wyndham London
- Take the bus from London to Kitchenerbus
10h 11m$249–1,256Train, train to Laguardia Airport, fly to Toronto Pearson International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Croton-Harmon Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Croton-Harmon to 125th Street - Harlemtrain
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)plane LGA - YYZ
- Take the bus from Bramalea GO Bus to Kitchener GO Busbus
10h 22m$283–1,438Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Toronto Pearson International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)plane EWR - YYZ
- Take the bus from Bramalea GO Bus to Kitchener GO Busbus
10h 17m$426–1,375
Schenectady to Kitchener by train, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Schenectady to Kitchener is to drive which costs $120 - $180 and takes 6h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Schenectady to Kitchener is to drive which takes 6h 47m and costs $120 - $180.
No, there is no direct bus from Schenectady to Kitchener. However, there are services departing from Schenectady and arriving at Fischer-Hallman / Mcgarry via Syracuse, Winston Churchill Transitway Station and University Of Waterloo Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 51m.
No, there is no direct train from Schenectady to Kitchener. However, there are services departing from Schenectady and arriving at Kitchener GO via Union Station GO. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 1m.
The distance between Schenectady and Kitchener is 729 km. The road distance is 596.4 km.
The best way to get from Schenectady to Kitchener without a car is to train and bus which takes 11h 44m and costs $260 - $470.
It takes approximately 11h 44m to get from Schenectady to Kitchener, including transfers.
Schenectady to Kitchener bus services, operated by Trailways, depart from Schenectady station.
Schenectady to Kitchener train services, operated by VIA Rail, depart from Schenectady station.
The best way to get from Schenectady to Kitchener is to bus which takes 11h 51m and costs $95 - $290. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $160 - $400 and takes 12h 1m.
What companies run services between Schenectady, NY, USA and Kitchener, ON, Canada?
You can take a bus from Schenectady to Fischer-Hallman / Mcgarry via Syracuse, Mississauga, Winston Churchill Transitway Station, University of Waterloo Terminal, and University Of Waterloo Station in around 11h 51m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Schenectady to Kitchener GO via Union Station GO in around 12h 1m.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Albany County Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–750
Flights from Albany County Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–800
Flights from Albany County Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Albany County Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–700
Flights from Albany County Airport to Detroit via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–1,200
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–550
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–450
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Albany County Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Albany County Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–700
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–550
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–450
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Albany County Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–700
Flights from Albany County Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–800
Flights from Albany County Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–1,100
Flights from Albany County Airport to Detroit via Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,200
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–550
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Albany County Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–750
Flights from Albany County Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Albany County Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–750
Flights from Albany County Airport to Detroit via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,200
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–550
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Albany County Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Albany County Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,600
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–700
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Schenectady to Canadian Border
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $230–370
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–140
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $110–170
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 888-438-6646
- Website
- GO Transit
Train from Union Station GO to Kitchener GO
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–22
- Website
- GO Transit
- Passenger
- $17–22
Train from Union Station GO to Kitchener GO
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–22
- Website
- GO Transit
- Passenger
- $17–22
Train from Union Station GO to Kitchener GO
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–22
- Website
- GO Transit
- Passenger
- $17–22
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- VIA Rail
Train from Schenectady to Toronto Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–370
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $140–330
- Business
- $190–360
- Business Plus
- $210–370
- Economy
- $160–340
- Economy Plus
- $180–350
Train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–240
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $40–120
- Business
- $85–230
- Business Plus
- $100–240
- Economy
- $45–130
- Economy Plus
- $50–140
- Phone
- +1 877.690.5114
- Website
- Metro North Railroad
Train from Croton-Harmon to 125th Street - Harlem
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14–23
- Website
- Metro North Railroad
- Schedules at
- Metro North Railroad Schedules
- Off-Peak
- $14–17
- Peak
- $21–23
- Phone
- +1 866 488 4452
- questions@ca.megabus.com
- Website
- Megabus
Bus from Bus Terminal to Union Stn Bus Terminal, 81 Bay St at Lakeshore Blvd, 2nd Floor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–75
- Website
- Megabus
- Adult Advanced Booking
- $10–60
- Adult Standard
- $23–75
- Phone
- +1 800-858-8555
- Website
- Trailways
Bus from Schenectady to Syracuse
- Saver
- $35–110
- Flexible
- $70–110
Bus from Syracuse to Mississauga
- Saver
- $50–200
- Flexible
- $100–210
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Schenectady to Syracuse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Schenectady to Syracuse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $28–45
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from London to Kitchener
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–21
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1 888-438-6646
- Website
- GO Transit
Bus from Winston Churchill Transitway Station to University of Waterloo Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–18
- Website
- GO Transit
- Passenger
- $14–18
Bus from Bramalea GO Bus to Kitchener GO Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–17
- Website
- GO Transit
- Passenger
- $14–17
Bus from Bramalea GO Bus to Kitchener GO Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–17
- Website
- GO Transit
- Passenger
- $14–17
Bus from Bramalea GO Bus to Kitchener GO Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–17
- Website
- GO Transit
- Passenger
- $14–17
- Phone
- (519) 679-2707
- courier@robertq.com
- Website
- Robert Q Airbus
Shuttle from Detroit Airport to Days Inn by Wyndham London
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $64–128
- Website
- Robert Q Airbus
- Schedules at
- Schedules and Fares Robert Q Airbus
- Senior/ Student
- $111
- Adult
- $128
- Child
- $64
- Senior/Student
- $122
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Booking & Getting There
Schenectady to Kitchener bus services, operated by Trailways, arrive at Syracuse station.
Schenectady to Kitchener train services, operated by VIA Rail, arrive at Toronto Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Schenectady to Kitchener is 596 km. It takes approximately 6h 47m to drive from Schenectady to Kitchener.
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