The UP Express arrives at Pearson Airport Terminal 1 in the last day’s rays of sunlight. Vik Pahwa took this shot on opening day, June 6, 2015.
Metrolinx is reducing the fares for its Union Pearson Express line, part of a strategy to attract more passengers.
(The Metrolinx board of directors are likely to approve the new fare structure during a special meeting this evening.)
Starting Wednesday, March 9, adult UP Express passengers using a PRESTO fare card can travel between Toronto Pearson International Airport and Union Station for just $9. If you don’t have a card, the fare is $12.
For passengers traveling between Weston or Bloor Stations and Union Station, UP Express fares will be the same as GO Transit fares, which means $4.71 for one stop and $5.02 for two stops, with a PRESTO card.
Here are the new fares:
Three-stop trips:
applies only to trips between Pearson and Union.
Adults (passengers 20 years to 64 years of age)
- one-way with PRESTO - $9
- one-way without PRESTO - $12
- return - $24
- Students (passengers 13 to 19 years of age, or post-secondary school students with valid GO Transit student identification cards)
- one-way with PRESTO - $9
- one-way without PRESTO - $12
- return - $24
- Seniors (passengers 65 years of age or older)
- one-way with PRESTO - $5.64
- one-way without PRESTO - $6
- return - $12
- Children (passengers 12 years of age or younger)
- Free
- Family (groups of two adults and as many as three children between 13 and 19 years of age)
- $25
Two-stop trips:
applies to trips between Pearson and Bloor or between Weston and Union.
Adults
- one-way with PRESTO - $5.02
- one-way without PRESTO - $5.65
- return - $11.30
- Students
- one-way with PRESTO - $4.61
- one-way without PRESTO - $5.65
- return - $11.30
- Seniors
- one-way with PRESTO - $2.68
- one-way without PRESTO - $2.85
- return - $5.70
- Children
- Free
- Family
- $12
One-stop trips:
applies to trips between Pearson and Weston or between Weston and Bloor or between Bloor and Union.
Adults
- one-way with PRESTO - $4.71
- one-way without PRESTO - $5.30
- return - $10.60
- Students
- one-way with PRESTO - $4.33
- one-way without PRESTO - $5.30
- return - $10.60
- Seniors
- one-way with PRESTO - $2.51
- one-way without PRESTO - $2.65
- return - $5.30
- Children
- Free
- Family
- $11
Metrolinx is also reducing fares for airport employees, but has not yet announced what the new fares for those passengers will be.