This page runs backwards on purpose, because half of all airport travel is the part where you land. From the moment your flight number shows wheels-down at YYZ, a sequence starts that ends in your own driveway: the driver, already staged near the terminal, texts you a meeting point — a numbered column in Terminal 1's ground-level pickup area, one floor below Arrivals, or a lettered door directly outside Terminal 3's hall. You collect bags at whatever pace customs allows; the waiting is part of the fare, not a meter running.
The drive home is the 427 south to the 401 east, forty-odd kilometres past Scarborough and the Rouge, and off at Whites Road, Liverpool Road, or Brock Road depending on where in Pickering you sleep. Late-night arrivals are the quiet specialty here — the 1:40 a.m. landing with a 2:30 a.m. drop-off in Rougemount is a real trip that happens weekly, priced identically to its daytime twin.
The fare is the same one you'd pay in the other direction: $95 flat from Pearson to any urban Pickering address, $120 out to the hamlets, HST always inside. Book it before you fly — a round-trip booking pins both legs — or from the arrivals hall itself; overnight dispatch means a real person confirms either way.
Waypoints on this run
- Terminal 1 pickup columns
- Terminal 3 arrivals doors
- Highway 427
- Highway 401
- Whites Road
Asked about this route
Where exactly does the driver meet me at Pearson?
You'll get it by text before you reach the carousel. Terminal 1 pickups use the numbered columns on the ground-level pickup curb, one floor down from Arrivals; Terminal 3 pickups use the lettered doors straight outside the Arrivals hall. Reply to the text if you're turned around and the driver will talk you out.
What if customs takes forever?
It costs you nothing. The booking follows the flight number, so the driver already knows when you actually landed, and post-landing waiting time is built into the service. Slow baggage belts and long inspection lines are absorbed without a wait fee — the flat zone fare you were quoted is still the whole bill.
Can I book the pickup before I leave on my trip?
That's the recommended way. Book both directions at once and the return leg is pinned to your inbound flight number — if the airline reschedules you, the car reschedules itself. Travellers who forget can still book from the arrivals hall; dispatch answers around the clock, though pre-booked cars get first claim on the fleet.
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