YYZ UP Express
Feb 23, 2016 | 12:24 pm
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YYZ UP Express
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toront...rice-1.3459482
Price dropped to $12.
I'm heavily in favor of this service, but can't make reasonable use of it due to the fact that I can't get to Weston from Kitchener on any reasonable schedule or speed. 90 minutes Kitchener->Weston + UP + boarding times vs ~55 minutes without traffic door to door.
Price dropped to $12.
I'm heavily in favor of this service, but can't make reasonable use of it due to the fact that I can't get to Weston from Kitchener on any reasonable schedule or speed. 90 minutes Kitchener->Weston + UP + boarding times vs ~55 minutes without traffic door to door.
Last edited by epiphani; Feb 23, 2016 at 1:45 pm
Feb 23, 2016 | 12:27 pm
#2
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LMAO Thats what the price should have been from the start.
I use YVR skytrain sometimes if I cant find any one to share a cab with back to UBC.
$11 round I think is the price for Sky Train(Although I dont need to pay any surcharge with UPASS Compass Card
For 27.50 its ridiculous
I use YVR skytrain sometimes if I cant find any one to share a cab with back to UBC.
$11 round I think is the price for Sky Train(Although I dont need to pay any surcharge with UPASS Compass Card
For 27.50 its ridiculous
Feb 23, 2016 | 12:44 pm
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$9 is not bad. Doesn't work great for me as I'd be going to Burlington but it has potential since $18 total is a number that I am ok with. Still about 90 mins of travel but gets me right into Burlington and likely ok for late evening arrivals too.
Last edited by Altaflyer; Feb 23, 2016 at 12:50 pm
Feb 23, 2016 | 1:10 pm
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is this really good news? i guess for some but welcome to Toronto and enjoy the airport express rammed with rude torontonians who care only about themselves during the morning commute...
i pitty rides in the morning and afternoon although perhaps high enough that it will still be too expensive for some from the stations closer to the city.
either way, i don't think this is good for visitors because frankly, people in Toronto are rude as hell on transit during rush hour. worse than most cities i have been in....
i pitty rides in the morning and afternoon although perhaps high enough that it will still be too expensive for some from the stations closer to the city.
either way, i don't think this is good for visitors because frankly, people in Toronto are rude as hell on transit during rush hour. worse than most cities i have been in....
Feb 23, 2016 | 2:54 pm
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is this really good news? i guess for some but welcome to Toronto and enjoy the airport express rammed with rude torontonians who care only about themselves during the morning commute...
i pitty rides in the morning and afternoon although perhaps high enough that it will still be too expensive for some from the stations closer to the city.
either way, i don't think this is good for visitors because frankly, people in Toronto are rude as hell on transit during rush hour. worse than most cities i have been in....
i pitty rides in the morning and afternoon although perhaps high enough that it will still be too expensive for some from the stations closer to the city.
either way, i don't think this is good for visitors because frankly, people in Toronto are rude as hell on transit during rush hour. worse than most cities i have been in....
Feb 23, 2016 | 4:20 pm
#12
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Not even close - I could name tons of places with worse commuters than Toronto (and I say this as a Toronto commuter who has suffered through it for many years!) In the big scheme of things most Toronto commuters are civil and as respectful as they can be in close quarters (including, for the most part, acceptable personal hygiene which has not been my experience in some cities around the world!) People form some sort of queue when waiting for trains, and I don't see people verbally abusing transit staff very often (but have seen horrific treatment of transit staff in other cities).
Feb 23, 2016 | 4:50 pm
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toront...rice-1.3459482
Price dropped to $12.
I'm heavily in favor of this service, but can't make reasonable use of it due to the fact that I can't get to Weston from Kitchener on any reasonable schedule or speed. 90 minutes Kitchener->Weston + UP + boarding times vs ~55 minutes without traffic door to door.
Price dropped to $12.
I'm heavily in favor of this service, but can't make reasonable use of it due to the fact that I can't get to Weston from Kitchener on any reasonable schedule or speed. 90 minutes Kitchener->Weston + UP + boarding times vs ~55 minutes without traffic door to door.
Feb 23, 2016 | 5:23 pm
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Toronto Airport Express was around $27 one way, which was also an insane price in my mind. Although I did use it often, after having fun taking the city busses to the subway.
Feb 24, 2016 | 10:23 am
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Yes, it was a terrible comparison. Everything is much more expensive in the UK, HEX isn't government run, and there are two other cheaper rail options to LHR (subway and Heathrow Connect). They should have benchmarked against other North American cities.