Train to city (UP Express)
Union Pearson Express runs from Pearson Airport to Union Station in downtown Toronto in just 25 minutes. Adult one-way fare from Pearson to Union is $12.35. Children under 12 years of age ride free.
The first departure from Union is at 4:55 am, and from Pearson is at 5:27 am. Trains are currently departing every 30 minutes until 12:57 am.
Where to catch the UP Express train at Pearson Airport
The UP Express station is located in Terminal 1 next to the Terminal Link Train. (Map)
- From Terminal 1: Follow the “Train to City” signs.
- From Terminal 3: Take the free Terminal Link Train to Terminal 1 and follow the “Train to City” signs.
Where the UP Express stops
Union Station – connects to the Yonge-University subway line 1, VIA Rail and GO Transit (Oshawa and Hamilton lines)
Bloor Station – connects to GO Transit (Kitchener line) and Bloor-Danforth subway line 2
Weston Station – connects to GO Transit (Kitchener Line)
Pearson Airport – connects to TTC, GO Transit, Brampton Transit and Miway bus transit services
GO Transit
Government of Ontario (GO) Transit is the interregional transit system for the Greater Toronto, Hamilton, and Oshawa areas. GO Transit began in 1967 as a single rail line and now is a comprehensive network of bus and rail services covering over 8,000 sq km. GO trains and GO buses efficiently connect with municipal transit systems throughout the network.
GO Transit provides modern rail commuter service to Toronto to/from Mississauga, with one “A Line” west route along the lakeshore (with stations at Clarkson, Port Credit and Long Branch) and another “C Line” to /from Milton in the northwest (with stations at Meadowvale, Streetsville, Erindale, Cooksville, Dixie and Kipling–in Etobicoke), both of which end at Toronto’s Union Station. Incidentally, the B-Line east route Go-Train comes into Toronto to/from Oshawa.
There is extensive GO Bus service to various locations, seven days per week.
- From Square One Shopping Centre with the “407” bus going west to Sheridan College in Oakville and McMaster University in Hamilton, and going east to York University in Toronto.
- From Brampton through Bramalea, Pearson International Airport, Humber College, and continuing east to the Yorkdale and York Mills subway stations.
- From Milton, through Meadowvale, into Toronto and Union Station, during off-peak hours when the “C Line” GO Train is not running
- From Milton, the “401” though Meadowvale to the Yorkdale and York Mills subway stations, to end at the Yonge & Finch Go-Train station.
For further information please contact GO Transit at 416-869-3200 or 1-888 GET ON GO (1-888-438-6646).