Destinations & day trips · 2026-09-21 · 8-minute read
London, Ontario is 195 kilometres from downtown Toronto by the 401 east - two hours fifteen minutes door to door on a normal day, two hours at dawn and two hours forty-five on a Friday afternoon - and 190 kilometres from Toronto Pearson, which is two hours; Mississauga is 175, Hamilton 125 by the 403, Kitchener-Waterloo 105 and Guelph 120. By car it costs, with LondonLimo.net, a planning figure of $320-380 plus HST for a business sedan to downtown Toronto and $295-345 to Pearson, $370-430 and $345-395 for an executive SUV, $580-680 and $545-645 for a Sprinter, fixed and with the gratuity inside; a taxi's meter is more and a taxi-limo's flat rate the desk has seen at $220 to Pearson; the bus and the train are per seat on the operators' sites; and your own car is the fuel, the parking and the four hours of your day. The Toronto page and the Pearson page have the fares, and this article the kilometres, the minutes and the dollars in one place.
The distances, from downtown London
| To | Kilometres | Time, normal | Time, Friday 4 p.m. | Sedan fare, planning figure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto Pearson, Terminal 1 | 190 | 2 h | 2 h 30 | $295-345 |
| Downtown Toronto, Union Station | 195 | 2 h 15 | 2 h 45 | $320-380 |
| Billy Bishop, the island airport | 200 | 2 h 15 | 2 h 50 | $330-380 |
| Mississauga, Square One | 175 | 1 h 50 | 2 h 20 | $300-350 |
| Hamilton, downtown | 125 | 1 h 20 | 1 h 40 | $240-290 |
| Hamilton airport, YHM | 120 | 1 h 20 | 1 h 35 | $240-290 |
| Kitchener-Waterloo | 105 | 1 h 10 | 1 h 25 | $200-240 |
| Waterloo airport, YKF | 95 | 1 h 05 | 1 h 15 | $190-230 |
| Guelph | 120 | 1 h 20 | 1 h 35 | $220-260 |
| Cambridge | 95 | 1 h | 1 h 15 | $190-230 |
LondonLimo.net planning figures before HST, gratuity inside; the destinations page has each city and the airports page each airport.
The road, briefly
The 401 leaves London's south edge at Wellington Road or Highbury Avenue and runs east past Woodstock's ONroute at kilometre 235, the 403 split for Hamilton, Cambridge's interchange, Milton's escarpment and the 407's western end to the 427 for Pearson and the Gardiner or the DVP for the city; the Toronto article has the run hour by hour and the Wikipedia article on the 401 the road.
The chauffeured car's cost, in detail
$320-380 for a sedan to downtown Toronto and $295-345 to Pearson, fixed before the car arrives, with the gratuity, the chauffeur's name and plate the evening before, the flight or the meeting tracked, three cases, and the door at each end; the SUV and the Sprinter scale by the bags and the passengers, and the rates page has the classes with the cost guide for the airport.
The taxi's cost, in detail
A London taxi's meter to Toronto runs on the tariff for the whole distance or on a flat rate the driver names at the curb; the desk has seen a taxi-limo's flat rate of $220 to Pearson in whatever vehicle the company has, and a competitor's sedan at $310; the taxi article has the arithmetic and the comparison guide the table.
The bus's and the train's cost, in detail
FlixBus, Megabus and VIA Rail sell per seat on their sites at fares that move with the day and the notice, to a downtown stop or the station at each end with a taxi to the door; for one traveller the seat is the cheapest way and the bus and train article says so; for four the seats and the taxis add up past one SUV.
Your own car's cost, in detail
195 kilometres each way is about 30 litres of fuel each way for a mid-size car, Toronto's parking is $20-40 a day downtown and the airport's is on the GTAA's site by lot, the 407 is a toll if you take it, and the four and a half hours of driving are your own; the comparison guide counts the hours and the park-and-fly alternative is on the Pearson page.
The arithmetic for one, two and four
One traveller: the train or the bus plus two taxis, against the sedan's $320-380 - the seat wins on money. Two: two seats and two taxis against one sedan - close. Four with luggage: four seats and two taxis against one SUV at $370-430 - the car wins, and the Pearson return article does the airport's version.
The winter hour
From December to February the 401 between Woodstock and Cambridge adds thirty minutes on a squall day and closes once or twice a winter; the chauffeur leaves earlier on winter tires and the winter article has the rules; a Friday in February at 4 is the year's longest run at three hours.
The cities on the way
Woodstock at 50 kilometres, Kitchener-Waterloo at 105, Cambridge at 95, Guelph at 120, Hamilton at 125 by the 403, Mississauga at 175: each has a destination page with its own fare, and a run to Toronto that stops in Kitchener for a meeting is a day by the hour on the hourly page.
Three runs, as they went
A Pearson departure at 9 a.m., a Sunningdale couple. The sedan at 6, Terminal 1 at 7:55. $310.
A Bay Street lunch, a Byron executive, a Wednesday. The sedan at 9:30, the tower at 11:40, the return at 3, home at 5:20. Two fares at $350.
A Scarborough grandmother, a family of four, a Saturday. The SUV at 9, the driveway at 11:25. $400.
Booking it
The run is a fixed fare on the reservation engine in seconds with the Toronto or Pearson address; the Toronto page and the Pearson page have the destinations.
Three questions the desk is asked about the distance
Is it two hours or two and a half? Two to Pearson and two and a quarter to downtown on a normal day; two and a half to Pearson and two and three-quarters to downtown on a Friday afternoon; three on a February Friday; the desk quotes the day's time at booking.
Is the 401 the only way? For practical purposes, yes; Highway 2 through the towns is three and a half hours, and the 403 and the QEW through Hamilton are for Niagara and Burlington rather than Toronto.
Does the fare change with the traffic? No - the fare is fixed before the car arrives whatever the 401 does; the FAQ has the rest.
The kilometres, in detail
195 from downtown London to Union Station, 190 to Terminal 1, 200 to Billy Bishop's ferry dock, 175 to Square One, 210 to Scarborough Town Centre, 230 to Pickering; from Byron add 8 and from Masonville add 6; the destinations page has each city's page with its own fare and the Wikipedia article on the 401 the road's kilometre posts.
The minutes, in detail
Two hours at 5:30 a.m., two hours twenty at 7 a.m., two hours five at 9:30 and at 1, two hours forty-five on a Friday at 3:30, two hours at 7 p.m.; the return at 6 p.m. on a weekday is two hours forty out of the Gardiner and the 401 at Milton; the Toronto article has the table.
The chauffeured car's dollars, in detail
$320-380 for a sedan to downtown, $295-345 to Pearson, $300-350 to Mississauga; $370-430, $345-395 and $350-400 for an SUV; $580-680, $545-645 and $560-660 for a Sprinter; fixed, with the gratuity, and with the 407's toll added at cost only if the chauffeur takes it; the rates page has the classes and the cost guide the airport's figure explained.
The taxi's dollars, in detail
A London cab's tariff run over 195 kilometres is more than the sedan's fare, and a flat rate the driver names is the driver's; a taxi-limo's $220 to Pearson in whatever car it has and a competitor's $310 sedan are the desk's seen figures; the taxi article has the meter's arithmetic.
The seat's dollars, in detail
FlixBus's, Megabus's and VIA's fares per seat are on their sites and move with the day and the notice - lowest a week ahead on a Tuesday, highest on a Friday afternoon - with a taxi at each end; the bus and train article has the six options side by side.
Your own car's dollars, in detail
About 30 litres of fuel each way for a mid-size car at the day's price, Toronto's downtown parking at $20-40 a day, Pearson's lots by the day on the GTAA's site, the 407's toll if taken, the car's wear, and four and a half hours of your own driving; the comparison guide counts the hours and the Pearson airport page has the park-and-fly's alternative.
The airports on the way, in detail
Waterloo at 95 kilometres and $190-230, Hamilton at 120 and $240-290, Pearson at 190 and $295-345, Billy Bishop at 200 and $330-380; the airports page has each and the airports near London article the choice between them.
Booking checklist for the run
The date and the time; the pickup; the Toronto or Pearson address; the numbers and the cases; the vehicle; the return; the card. Seven lines to the desk or a fixed fare on the reservation engine in seconds.
The honest summary
195 kilometres, two hours fifteen, $320-380 for a sedan to downtown and $295-345 to Pearson, fixed; the seat for one and the car for four; the Toronto page and the Pearson page have the destinations.
A worked example: the family's sum
A Byron family of four with five cases to a Scarborough wedding weighed the options in an email to the desk: four VIA seats at the week's fare plus a taxi to London's station and a taxi from Union to Scarborough against one SUV at $400 from the driveway to the driveway; the seats and the taxis came to more, the SUV took the cases and the stroller without a concourse, and the family booked the SUV both ways with the return on Sunday at 3. The rates page has the SUV's fare and the Toronto page the destination.
The desk's rule of thumb
Two hours to Pearson and two and a quarter to downtown; add thirty minutes on a Friday and thirty more in February; $295-345 and $320-380 for a sedan, fixed; the seat for one and the car for four; and the fare does not move with the traffic. The cost guide has the airport's figure explained.
Booking it, in one line
The run is a fixed fare on the reservation engine in seconds with the Toronto or Pearson address; the day by the hour and the open return are one email to the desk.
