Windsor Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Detroit–Windsor is a major international border crossing, via either the famously expansive Ambassador Bridge (toll $4-4.75/US$3.50-4.50), or the Detroit–Windsor Tunnel (toll $4-4.75/US$3.50-4.50) connecting the two downtowns. Tolls vary with time of day.

The shiny new Windsor Bus Station (519-255-6100; www.greyhound.ca; 300 Chatham St W; 7am-10pm) runs buses to Toronto ($73, five hours, five daily) via London ($39, two hours). US-bound trips to Chicago ($79, seven to nine hours, two daily) transfer from Greyhound Canada to Greyhound in Detroit. Also here is Transit Windsor (519-944-4111; www.citywindsor/transitwindsor), running buses to Detroit ($2.75, 30 minutes, every 30 minutes) – bring your passport.

Windsor Train Station (888-842-7245; www.viarail.ca; cnr Walker & Wyandotte Sts; 5:30am-midnight), 3km east of downtown, has trains to Toronto ($87, four hours, four daily) via London ($51, two hours).