(03-08-2023, 02:02 PM)SF22 Wrote:(03-08-2023, 01:36 PM)dtkvictim Wrote: I've flown domestically from YYZ quite a few times. Sometimes it's slow getting through, but overall I was never really unhappy or miserable.
Getting to the airport on the other hand...
My gripe with Pearson is more the expense of the flights than the airport itself, but seconding the issues with getting there in the first place! I won't take transit to the airport because it is A) super limited in availability, and B) with the way flights have been getting delayed lately, I don't trust that I will make it back at my expected time, which leaves me stranded at any hour of the day with no way home, if I miss the train.
I really hope that the "Union Station West" idea actually gets traction and gets built. It would be a direct route to the airport from KW, plus would allow for transfers to a bunch of other transit routes without having to travel all the way into the heart of Toronto. I'd love to know how many cars we could pull off the road if we managed to get even 50% of people heading to the airport using transit instead.
Yes, train please. I actually take transit to Pearson all the time. It's not the best but sometimes it can work out, either the 25C or the 30 GO buses. Probably on Friday I'll be taking a taxi because I have a limited amount of time to get to the airport and the taxi can use the HOV lane and it might be snowing. Most recently I took the flixbus back from the airport, but I could have easily missed it.
I did have an annoying experience two weeks ago with trying to fly out of New Chitose (Sapporo) with a 100 minute flight delay meaning my flight would arrive after the last transit (train) from the airport; that was around 10pm. I took 11 hours of train instead.