Ground transportation between Buffalo and Toronto

[Guest guest]

Namah Shivaya, Rick,

 

I have no car, but here is some information in getting to Toronto and

the program venues if you (or others reading the list) are unable to get

a ride from Buffalo.

 

You can take Amtrak's Maple Leaf line from Buffalo to Toronto (arriving

at Union Station downtown, from which you could take the subway to Finch

station and then a bus to the program venues). It's about a four-hour

train trip, I believe, and then maybe another hour or so on the

subway/bus. The one issue here is that Amtrak doesn't seem (i'm

checking their website now) to have a train available to go back to

Buffalo after Devi Bhava ends on the 27th, and you may have to either

leave Devi Bhava early or spend another night in Toronto and go back the

next morning.

 

Greyhound buses seem not to be a good bet - they go a very circuitous

route that takes over a day! You could, however take shuttle buses via

Niagara Falls - there are shuttles that will pick you up at the Buffalo

airport and get you to the Falls, and then other shuttles that will take

you from Niagara Falls to Toronto. Niagara Airbus, for example, will do

both. ( http://www.niagaraairbus.com/ ) The destinations in Toronto

vary - depending which shuttle you choose, you'd likely have your pick

of a few downtown locations or the Pearson airport. (Neither the

Sheraton Parkway nor Renaissance Parque seems to have an airport shuttle

service, unfortunately.) My thought is that going to the Toronto

airport may make it easier to cab (since they have flat fees for airport

service) and downtown would make it easier to get on the subway.

 

I hope this helps,

Laura

 

 

 

On Wednesday, June 14, 2006, at 01:36 PM, Rick Archer wrote:

 

> We usually drive to see Amma, with camping trailer and dogs in tow, but

> this

> summer we’re thinking of flying – doing a circle fare to Boston and

> Toronto.

> We could save a ton of money if we drove from Iowa to Kansas City and

> then

> took Southwest and did the circle fare to Providence and Buffalo. I

> seem to

> recall someone here saying they’d be happy to pick someone up at the

> Providence airport and bring them to the program. If so, please let me

> know.

> Anyone from Buffalo going up to Toronto, who’d pick up a couple of bums

> at

> the airport? Can anyone in these areas let me know about ground

> transportation from the Providence airport to Marlborough and the

> Buffalo

> airport to Toronto (Richmond Hill)? Thanks.

>

>

[Guest guest]

> Greyhound buses seem not to be a good bet - they go

> a very circuitous

> route that takes over a day!

 

Sez who? Greyhound and Coach Canada have several

trips a day to TOronto from Buffalo.. trip takes

about two hours and change, including time spent at

U.S/Canada customs, and is quite direct.. mostly

straight up the QEW, and non-stop except for brief pit

stops at Niagara Falls/Casino Niagara and possibly St.

Catharines as well.

 

The high-speed ferry between Rochester, NY and Toronto

is now defunct.. after two years of poor patronage and

buckets of losses, they've pulled the plug on that

floating white elephant.

 

Keval

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Keval,

 

That's good to know about the bus trips. I was going from the Greyhound

website, which I've known in the past to deliver less than helpful

info - thanks for the reality check!

 

Laura

 

On Wednesday, June 14, 2006, at 07:27 PM, Mike Brooker wrote:

 

>

>

> > Greyhound buses seem not to be a good bet - they go

> > a very circuitous

> > route that takes over a day!

>

> Sez who? Greyhound and Coach Canada have several

> trips a day to TOronto from Buffalo.. trip takes

> about two hours and change, including time spent at

> U.S/Canada customs, and is quite direct.. mostly

> straight up the QEW, and non-stop except for brief pit

> stops at Niagara Falls/Casino Niagara and possibly St.

> Catharines as well.

>

> The high-speed ferry between Rochester, NY and Toronto

> is now defunct.. after two years of poor patronage and

> buckets of losses, they've pulled the plug on that

> floating white elephant.

>

> Keval

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