Tuscani01
Senior Member
Or you could have a bus from the terminal station for commuters.
Perhaps I will be mistaken but I'm concerned about this being under-used and think this have been more of a commuter line as well as airport express.
Travel times to the airport are often overstated. I have never had it take over an hour to get there from downtown. Usually 30 minutes; if rush hour, 45 minutes.
Last week had two guys from the US at the office with flights just after 6pm flying to the US. Left the office in rush hour, just after 4pm. They were at airport before 5. If they had left at the same time, walked with their bags to where the ARL station is going to be (10 minutes) and waited for the ARL to come, with a 25 minute travel time, they would have arrived about the same time with more inconvenience, likely for the about the same cost (as there were 2 of them). And these guys are the prime demo.
Except that 4 isn't really rush hour. Im off work at Don Mills/Eglinton at 4:30 and it takes me 45 minutes to get home to Mississauga, just past the airport. When I leave at 5, it takes anywhere from an hour to an hour and 30 minutes. The Gardiner also gets pretty backed up around 5, but 4:30 its smooth sailing up until Spadina where it starts to crawl for a bit before picking up again.