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Getting out of the airport in Toronto

UP Express runs between Terminal 1 and Union Station in 28 minutes, every 15 minutes, from 05:27 to 00:54 out of Pearson on weekdays and from 06:24 at weekends and on holidays.

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The station is inside Terminal 1, directly adjacent to the Terminal Link train that connects Terminals 1 and 3, so a Terminal 3 arrival rides the Link across first.

Published travel time is 28 minutes in each direction. Both the weekday and the weekend timetable are headed every 15 minutes, with a couple of the last late-night trips marked as 20-minute service.

Weekday first departures are 05:27 from Pearson and 04:55 from Union. Weekend and holiday service starts later, 06:24 from Pearson and 06:00 from Union. The last train leaves Pearson at 00:54 and Union at 01:00 every day, reaching Union at 01:22.

You can tap on with a PRESTO card, PRESTO in Apple or Google Wallet, or a contactless debit or credit card, and you must tap off with the same card or wallet or you are charged for a second trip. Adult contactless is C$9.25 against C$12.35 on a standard one-way ticket, and only adult fares are available when tapping debit or credit.

One Fare, which gives free transfers between the TTC and GO Transit, Brampton Transit, Durham Region Transit, MiWay and York Region Transit, does not include UP Express. The TTC's own 900 Airport Express from Kipling station on Line 2 is inside the Toronto fare zone and takes a single TTC fare, running roughly 05:30 to 02:00 Monday to Saturday and 08:15 to 02:15 on Sunday. Overnight routes 300A and 352 serve both terminals from about 02:00 to 05:00, seven days a week.

  1. UP Express: tickets and fares · checked 2026-09-03
  2. UP Express: PRESTO fares · checked 2026-09-03
  3. UP Express: Pearson Station · checked 2026-09-03
  4. Metrolinx: UP Express timetable (November 2025) · checked 2026-09-03
  5. TTC: service to Toronto Pearson International Airport · checked 2026-09-03
  6. TTC: One Fare Program · checked 2026-09-03

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Ride-hailingHail a taxi on the street or take one from a stand and it must charge the City-regulated rate. Book through an app and you agree the price before the trip starts.Local laws that catch crew outCannabis is legal to buy at 19 in Ontario and a serious criminal offence to carry across the Canadian border in either direction, with or without a medical document.Staying connectedPearson's Wi-Fi is free, and subway platforms no longer have free Wi-Fi, but every station on Lines 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 has 5G.WeatherWinter is the operational fact here: at the airport, January does not average above freezing at any hour of the day.Eating near the crew hotelsEvery eating and drinking place posts its latest inspection notice at the door, the menu price may or may not include tax, and the alcohol clock stops at 02:00.What to buyThirteen per cent HST goes on at the till, and the customs quantity limits are tighter than most crew assume.TippingOntario law treats a tip as the employee's money, and treats a service charge on the bill as a tip.