GO Transit

[plam]

During the week, I think there’s GO Bus service from KW to one of the stations on the Kitchener line, and then you can take a train the rest of the way. Is that service not available on weekends? I can’t seem to get a route to Union that does this. All the options are this 25 Bus that goes to Square One and forced awkward transfers. Any ideas?

No, sadly that bus is weekday only for some reason. Weekend the 25 is the only option.   There are express buses that go faster but only useful if the university is convenient.  There are a handful that are express from the university to the new 407 subway station, but otherwise all terminate in square one.

A few times I've taken my bike on the go to square one then biked to Toronto, the route isn't bad but it's pretty far so it's not like it's a faster option. 

On weekends best option for Toronto is often Greyhound, but they don't take bikes .

The 30 to Bramalea is really good unless you want to bike anywhere from Bramalea (in which case it's really bad). Sometimes I've arranged to come in from Montreal not on the weekend specifically so that I could take the 30.

The 25 does stop at both universities, and WLU is closer to me than the University of Waterloo, but it's still a 15 minute walk or so. I've taken the 25F and it's decent at getting you to, say, midtown Toronto.

A few months ago I came in from Campbellton NB on the VIA with my bike and then had to ride from Union to Square One before I could take the bus to here, since I arrived at Union at rush hour and there are no ways to bring your bike out to the GO bus at that time.