Niagara Falls-Toronto with Megabus

As our trip in Niagara Falls drew to a close, our thoughts turned to continuing our holiday. We booked a Megabus to Toronto, which would depart from the Bus Terminal in Niagara Falls, adjacent to the Niagara Falls Transit depot. We took a taxi to the bus terminal for logistical reasons, before boarding the 1235 Megabus to Toronto, operated as a code share by Coach Canada.

With the best seats on the coach, namely the pair at the front, we enjoyed panoramic views of urban Niagara Falls, and after about half an hour we arrived into St Catherines, our final stop before Toronto. We picked up a few passengers then drove onto the Queen Elizabeth Way, the motorway that would take us to Toronto. We travelled fast, the driver keeping her foot firmly on the accelerator as we maintained a steady speed of 110km/h, until downtown Toronto was visible in front of us.

At this point we stopped. Abruptly. For as we approached downtown Toronto the previously free flowing motorway became a sea of traffic, delaying us by around ten minutes. With no priority lanes here, we were reduced to a crawl, as construction in downtown Toronto caused chaos at every intersection. Earlier in the journey, when traffic had flowed freely, there had been special lanes for buses, taxis and cars with more than one person in, but here where they were most needed non were present.

Still, we fought our way through the traffic, called at Union Station in an impressive feat of road-rail integration, and arrived into Toronto Coach Terminal only 12 minutes late. The next challenge was to find our hotel.