Getting to Niagara Falls from Toronto
 

Hi All,

Wondering if anyone can recommend the most efficient (time / cost) way to get out to the Falls. I know there are a few options by bus- just wondering if anyone has had positive experiences with any one carrier in particular?

Cheers.

Re: Getting to Niagara Falls from Toronto
 

Hi geo4, you can take the train. It depends on the station closest to you in Toronto. He's a link, have a look at it.....the station in Niagara Falls is on Bridge street..:)

http://www.viarail.ca/en_index.html

Re: Getting to Niagara Falls from Toronto
 

I have both driven and been on a bus tour (from Sheraton Hotel, TO) to the Falls. Whichever way you go be sure to stop in past Niagara-on-the-lake - it's very pretty. :thumbsup:

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I will second that.

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When i visited Toronto i went to the falls on one of the bus tours, i think the company was called chariots of fire. I would defo recommend them. They picked us up from downtown outside the hard rock cafe and spent the whole day there. It was amazing and also took the helicopter ride:thumbsup:
The guy also gave us history of buildings and areas that we drove past while travailing:)
I got very confused and lost using the rail system lol

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and me...

Re: Getting to Niagara Falls from Toronto
 

Thanks guys. Have been many times in the past when we had a car- this time I am going to "land" so won't be doing anything remotely touristy.

Thanks for suggestiosn.

Re: Getting to Niagara Falls from Toronto
 

I went to Niagara recently by using Coach Canada, departing from the Bay St Terminal & arriving at Fort Erie Terminal. The journey itself was grand, no problems. When I called into Bay St to enquire about tickets & prices, the lady was nice enough to tell me that the ticket would work out $10 cheaper if I just bought it on the day of travel. I think it came to under $40 return. Bargain.

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You should take time to celebrate - it's a special day :D

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How many of you are there? The train is apparently good - I think the Bells (Zoe and Ben) did that for a sightseeing trip with some success. If all you're after is to get there and back to "flagpole" it might be worth renting a car for the day. Single-day rental rates are comparable to a handful of round-trip train tickets, I'd have thought.

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Just me and the trouble. Looked into a car but we'd be back too late to return it the Saturday (have to watch Arsenal in the morning- I know, I know) and that would mean not being able to return until the Monday (closed Sunday).

Actually looking at the Casino bus now which is $25 round trip and leaves every hour, on the hour.

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Re: Getting to Niagara Falls from Toronto
 

Ooh, are you looking into the Safeway Tours one? The one whose office is in Days Hotel on Carleton St. I fancied that myself, such a good deal, but I was concerned I wouldn't have enough time at Niagara given the return times (I was there on 'official' business too).

If you go for that option be sure & let us know how you get on! Still fancy using them myself at some point.

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The hangover I awoke with on Saturday morning would not have been conducive to taking public transit. So I hired a Ford Focus (most impressive drive BTW)

Here's my landing experience in great depth, including my feelings and thoughts at each step.

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...90#post7380290

:blink::thumbsup:

Re: Getting to Niagara Falls from Toronto
 

We just did this trip by train - tickets were cheap compared to uk for the distance - was about 2 1/2 hours each way. Only negative point to bear in mind is that you need to take a taxi from the station as its way too far to walk. We'd done the coach tour to Niagara before and figured that we'd see a different bit of the country by train...

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BRILLIANT... I was going to recommend driving (which I did last April visiting family in NF after flying into Pearson... but I hated the QEW. Oh and that link doesn't work. And by the way, come on you Gooners - 4:1 and Adebayor and Fabregas will be fit for duty in two weeks.