03-18-2016, 07:36 PM
(03-18-2016, 03:49 PM)Canard Wrote: Another thing to watch with Greyhound (and maybe it was anomaly, but the rest of the people who were in the terminal seemed to expect it) is that when we used it on a Sunday night to get from Toronto-Kitchener after taking a later VIA train from Montreal, they oversold (significantly) and didn't have enough room on the bus. It took at least 3 buses to clear the folks out - we were on the second, and people were loading on the third, but I suspect they may have even needed to call a fourth. It was mostly students headed back to KW. So if you do take Greyhound, arrive early at the Toronto terminal!
What types of things are they doing in other countries that makes rail travel so much more affordable than it is in Canada?
I recall that the 11pm "bus" from Montreal to Toronto was actually more like 10 buses leaving at 2-3 min intervals until there were no more passengers waiting. There was no need to arrive early so long as you didn't mind the extra few minutes wait.