There are 9 ways to get from Waterloo to Kansas City by train, plane, train (Amtrak), bus, car, shuttle, or bus (Flixbus, Greyhound)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Toronto Pearson International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Kitchener GO to Bramalea GOtrain
- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Kansas City (MCI)plane YYZ - MCI
10h 14m$130–662Train
- Take the train from Kitchener to Sarniatrain
- Take the train from Port Huron Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Kansas Citytrain
19h 35m$432–812Bus, train
- Take the bus from Kitchener to Detroit Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Dearborn to Chicago Union Stationbus
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Kansas Citytrain
21h 6mDrive 924.4 mi
- Drive from Waterloo to Kansas Citycar 924.4 mi
16h$191–275Train to Toronto Island Airport, fly
- Take the train from Kitchener GO to Union Station GOtrain
- Fly from Toronto Island Airport (YTZ) to Kansas City (MCI)plane YTZ - MCI
10h 52m$130–675Bus, shuttle to Detroit, fly
- Take the bus from Kitchener to Londonbus
- Take a shuttle bus from Days Inn by Wyndham London to Detroit Airport
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Kansas City (MCI)plane DTW - MCI
10h 22m$215–1,005Bus, bus to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Wilfrid Laurier University to Winston Churchill Transitway Stationbus
- Take the bus from Mississauga to Buffalobus
- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Kansas City (MCI)plane BUF - MCI
12h 44m$149–720Train, bus, train to Rochester, fly
- Take the train from Kitchener GO to Union Station GOtrain
- Take the bus from Union Stn Bus Terminal, 81 Bay St at Lakeshore Blvd, 2nd Floor to Bus Terminalbus
- Take the train from Niagara Falls Amtrak Station to Rochestertrain
- Fly from Rochester (ROC) to Kansas City (MCI)plane ROC - MCI
14h$253–1,218Bus
- Take the bus from Kitchener to Detroit Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Detroit to Indianapolisbus
- Take the bus from Indianapolis Union Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Kansas City Bus Stationbus
21h 35m$144–252
Waterloo to Kansas City by train and car
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Waterloo to Kansas City is to bus which costs $140 - $260 and takes 21h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Waterloo to Kansas City is to train and fly which takes 10h 14m and costs $130 - $700.
No, there is no direct bus from Waterloo to Kansas City station. However, there are services departing from Kitchener and arriving at Kansas City Bus Station via Detroit, Indianapolis Union Station and St Louis Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Waterloo to Kansas City. However, there are services departing from Kitchener and arriving at Kansas City via Port Huron Station and Chicago Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 35m.
The distance between Waterloo and Kansas City is 918 miles. The road distance is 929.8 miles.
The best way to get from Waterloo to Kansas City without a car is to bus and train which takes 21h 6m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 14m to get from Waterloo to Kansas City, including transfers.
Waterloo to Kansas City bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Kitchener station.
Waterloo to Kansas City train services, operated by VIA Rail, depart from Kitchener station.
The best way to get from Waterloo to Kansas City is to train which takes 19h 35m and costs $430 - $850. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $140 - $260 and takes 21h 35m.
What companies run services between Waterloo, ON, Canada and Kansas City, MO, USA?
You can take a train from Kitchener to Kansas City via Sarnia, Port Huron Station, and Chicago Union Station in around 19h 35m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Kitchener to Kansas City Bus Station via Detroit, Indianapolis Union Station, and St Louis Bus Station in around 21h 35m.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Kansas City via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Kansas City via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Kansas City via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–1,300
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Kansas City via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Kansas City via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Detroit to Kansas City via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–900
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Kansas City via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Kansas City via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Rochester to Kansas City via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,100
Flights from Rochester to Kansas City via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Kansas City via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Kansas City via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–1,300
Flights from Detroit to Kansas City via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–900
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Kansas City via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Rochester to Kansas City via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,100
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Kansas City via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Kansas City via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–900
Flights from Detroit to Kansas City via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–900
Flights from Detroit to Kansas City via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–950
Flights from Detroit to Kansas City via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,100
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Kansas City via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Kansas City via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Kansas City via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Rochester to Kansas City via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Rochester to Kansas City via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Kansas City via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Kansas City via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Detroit to Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–900
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Kansas City via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Rochester to Kansas City via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–1,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Kansas City via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Kansas City via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Kansas City via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Rochester to Kansas City via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
Flights from Rochester to Kansas City via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,100
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Kansas City via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Kansas City via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
- Phone
- +1 888 438 6646
- Website
- GO Transit
Train from Kitchener GO to Bramalea GO
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- GO Transit
Train from Kitchener GO to Union Station GO
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- GO Transit
Train from Kitchener GO to Union Station GO
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- GO Transit
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- VIA Rail
Train from Kitchener to Sarnia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–170
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $30–90
- Business
- $60–160
- Business Plus
- $70–170
- Economy
- $35–100
- Economy Plus
- $35–110
Train from Niagara Falls Amtrak Station to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–170
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $25–80
- Business
- $55–160
- Business Plus
- $65–170
- Economy
- $27–85
- Economy Plus
- $30–95
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Port Huron Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–270
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $230–370
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $230–370
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Niagara Falls Amtrak Station to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Kitchener to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Kitchener to London
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Kitchener to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Dearborn to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 519 673 6804
- [email protected]
- Website
- Robert Q Airbus
Shuttle from Days Inn by Wyndham London to Detroit Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $46–91
- Website
- Robert Q Airbus
- Schedules at
- Schedules and Fares Robert Q Airbus
- Senior/ Student
- $78
- Adult
- $91
- Child
- $46
- Senior/Student
- $86
- Phone
- +1 888 438 6646
- Website
- GO Transit
Bus from Wilfrid Laurier University to Winston Churchill Transitway Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- GO Transit
- Phone
- +1 866 488 4452
- [email protected]
- Website
- Megabus
Bus from Union Stn Bus Terminal, 81 Bay St at Lakeshore Blvd, 2nd Floor to Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Website
- Megabus
- Phone
- +1 888-378-3823
- [email protected]
- Website
- Barons Bus
Bus from Detroit to Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–70
- Website
- Barons Bus
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Indianapolis Union Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Kansas City Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- Greyhound
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Booking & Getting There
Waterloo to Kansas City bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at Detroit Bus Station.
Kansas City is 1h behind Waterloo. It is currently 6:38 PM in Waterloo and 5:38 PM in Kansas City.
Waterloo to Kansas City train services, operated by VIA Rail, arrive at Sarnia station.
Yes, the driving distance between Waterloo to Kansas City is 930 miles. It takes approximately 16h to drive from Waterloo to Kansas City.
There are 486+ hotels available in Kansas City.






























