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Getting Here and Around

Visiting Hamilton has never been easier. Situated in the cluster of highways, train lines and airports that service Southern Ontario, this is a city that can be reached with ease by many different means.

If you are traveling by air, John C Munro International Airport will come as a very pleasant surprise. It’s one of the easiest airports to navigate, with ample and affordable parking, short walking distances and quick exit times. There’s also wireless internet connection throughout the terminal, either using your own laptop or through two kiosks in the main concourse. There is an Airport Shuttle Service, taxis and a limousine-on-demand service, as well as car rentals that will make the approximately twenty minute trip into Hamilton from the airport easy.

WestJet and Air Canada Jazz are its two main passenger carriers. A recent addition is FlyGlobeSpan, which will fly three times a day between London, Manchester and Glasgow, as well as other destinations in Great Britain.

There are frequent flights from British Columbia and the West, as well as from most point east, like Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, Moncton, St Johns and from international destinations. International passengers can use Pearson International Airport in Toronto, and pick up a rental car for the forty-five minute drive to Hamilton

By road, Hamilton is just a short detour from the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW). Travelers from Buffalo, Fort Erie and St. Catharines can take the QEW over the Skyway Bridge to Highway 403 which will take you into the centre of the city. Those coming from Toronto will exit at Highway 403 in Burlington, before the Skyway Bridge.

If you are coming from the Detroit-Windsor London area along Highway 401, you can take the Highway 430 exit near Woodstock which will get you to downtown Hamilton.

Bus lines offer regular service to Hamilton from many different locations, and the new buses are a comfortable and relaxing way to travel. Via Rail brings train travelers from across Canada to the station in Aldershot, a short distance outside the city in neighbouring Burlington. GO Train and GO Bus Services make regular trips from Toronto Union Station to Hamilton.