Windsor, ON to Toronto train

Trains from Windsor to Toronto

Toronto is the main city of Ontario and the largest metropolis in the east of Canada. It's a modern city where the downtown business towers have been used as a stand-in for Manhattan by many movie makers. In addition to being a major business center, Toronto is a popular destination for city-break vacationers, drawn by attractions like the St. Lawrence Market and Old Toronto neighborhoods, or a Niagara Falls tour. Business visitors and vacationers from south-west Ontario can take a VIA Rail intercity train from Windsor to Toronto Union Station seven days a week. It's a route that also suits US visitors who have crossed the border in Detroit and are booking onward travel in Ontario. Journey times for the trip to Toronto are just over four hours. Departures from Windsor include early morning, mid-morning, and afternoon services. Weekend schedules are slightly less-frequent, with one fewer direct service to Toronto from the border city on Sundays.

Which train companies travel from Windsor to Toronto?

The main long-distance rail operator in Canada, VIA Rail, provides all the country's intercity services including daily connections from Windsor to Toronto Union Station, running on the southern stretch of the VIA Rail Quebec-Ontario corridor. VIA Rail intercity services on this route offer passengers a choice of Economy and Business Class seating. Seats are equipped with electrical outlets for passengers to charge their personal devices, free WiFi internet access and onboard entertainment facilities. Trolley catering services in Economy sell snacks, sandwiches and drinks on board the train from Windsor to Toronto, while Business Class passengers are served with complimentary meals and cocktails. Additional services on some Via Rail intercity trains from the border to Toronto include baggage check-in services for up to two large items per passenger.

How long is the train ride from Windsor to Toronto?

Passengers looking for the quickest direct VIA Rail intercity train from Windsor to Toronto can choose between the mid-morning departure from Windsor and the late afternoon service, taking four hours and six minutes to complete the 223 mile (335 kilometer) route north-east through southern Ontario, via Chatham, London, and Woodstock to the provincial capital. Other direct trains with VIA Rail take between one and 28 minutes longer to reach Union Station, with the early morning departure providing the slowest train from Windsor to Toronto, taking four hours and 34 minutes. Indirect connections are not a practical consideration on this VIA Rail route to Toronto.

How many trains are there from Windsor to Toronto?

The VIA Rail intercity timetable offers four direct trains from Windsor to Toronto daily from Monday to Saturday and three direct services on Sundays. The schedules on weekdays and Saturdays include an early morning departure and mid-morning departure from Windsor, and mid-afternoon and late afternoon services, with the final connection arriving at Union Station just before 10:00 p.m. Sunday schedules have no early morning service from Windsor.

What are the departure and arrival stations for trains from Windsor to Toronto?

Departure station: Windsor Station is situated in the Walkerville neighborhood, near the Detroit River, north-east of the city center. Public transport connections are provided by city crosstown bus routes stopping near the station on Walker Road or Wyandotte Street. Facilities at the station include a baggage storage service, rest rooms, taxi stands, free WiFi, ATMs, and a currency exchange desk for US passengers arriving in Windsor from the border crossing. The station concourse has fast food outlets, a coffee shop, a convenience store, news vendors, and vending machines. Parking lots and electric vehicle charging points are adjacent to the station.

Arrival station: Toronto Union Station is a major rail hub, Canada's busiest rail terminal and also the second-busiest station in North America. A national historic site, Union Station lies on the south side of downtown Toronto, close to the waterfront, and is the city's main arrival point for VIA Rail intercity services and for the GO suburban rail network. Public transport connections from the station include TTC Subway trains, city buses, GO buses and streetcars, operating from stops within the station complex or nearby on Front Street and Bay Street. Passenger facilities at the station include baggage storage lockers, ATMs, a bank, an information desk, taxi stands, bike share racks, and free WiFi. The food court in the station mall provides fast food franchises, a sushi bar, fried chicken outlets, a pizzeria, Thai restaurant, sandwich stall, and burger bar. The shopping mall also includes a bookstore, drug store, grocery mini-market, and news vendors.