09-16-2009 at 05:22 PM
|
#1
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 166
Thanked:
6 Times
Liked:
18 Times
|
Hamilton Cab Fares
I have to take a cab to a bus stop by the Metro in Dundas (not University Plaza, the other Metro) every Thursday & Friday morning around 5:30AM because the bus doesn't run up my way early enough for me to get to clinical, so I cab it to another bus stop, which is about only 4km away. From Govener's & Castlewood (Highland School), to the Dundas Metro by St. Joseph's Villa.
It costs me $7.80, that seems a bit much?
Back home in T.O that short of a ride wouldn't cost me that much in a cab.
Are all Hamilton cabs this expensive? Gosh for that much I can take the train to Union Station, lol.
__________________
Formerly: Vanessa-88
Institute for Applied Health Sciences
Nursing 2010
|
|
09-16-2009 at 06:16 PM
|
#2
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 115
Thanked:
10 Times
Liked:
29 Times
|
Yeah...they're pretty pricey. Costs much less for Patrick Cane and his cousin if they can manage to flag one down.
|
|
09-16-2009 at 06:20 PM
|
#3
|
|
MacInsiders VP
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 7,615
Thanked:
912 Times
Liked:
506 Times
|
It costs between $30-$40 to get to the Hamilton airport from the Westdale area, which is only a 15 minute drive, if that's any indication of prices.
I remember in first year (so I assume prices went up), from res to Hess was nearly $10...
__________________
McMaster Combined Honours Cultural Studies & Critical Theory and Anthropology: 2008
McMaster Honours English with a minor in Indigenous Studies: 2010
Carleton University Masters of Arts in Canadian Studies: 2012 (expected)
We are people of this generation, bred in at least modest comfort, housed in universities, looking uncomfortably into the world we inherit. -- Port Huron Statement
|
|
09-16-2009 at 06:32 PM
|
#4
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 166
Thanked:
6 Times
Liked:
18 Times
|
Wow, sucks lol. Wish there was another way for me to get to that bus stop. The bus stop where I live doesn't run until 6:40, while the one 3-4km away runs at 5:58 (when I need it) which is why I need the cab :(
__________________
Formerly: Vanessa-88
Institute for Applied Health Sciences
Nursing 2010
|
|
09-16-2009 at 07:21 PM
|
#5
|
|
Jedi IRL
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 1,782
Thanked:
105 Times
Liked:
557 Times
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by MDCL
Costs much less for Patrick Cane and his cousin if they can manage to flag one down.
|
You almost made me shoot chocolate milk from my nose!
__________________
Mark Reeves
Humanities I Victory Lap!
|
|
09-16-2009 at 08:15 PM
|
#6
|
|
I am Prince Vegeta.
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 4,770
Thanked:
224 Times
Liked:
1,373 Times
|
Cheaper than bowmanville. o_O
__________________
Mathematically it makes about as much sense as (pineapple)$$*cucumbe r*.
|
|
09-19-2009 at 10:57 PM
|
#7
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 282
Thanked:
21 Times
Liked:
19 Times
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by lawleypop
Cheaper than bowmanville. o_O
|
Lol everytime I heard someone say bowmanville I think that they're talking about the street "Bowman" and that people living on the street are calling Bowmanvillians.
__________________
Honours Biology and Psychology, Fourth Year.
|
|
09-19-2009 at 11:13 PM
|
#8
|
|
Account Disabled by User
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 341
Thanked:
12 Times
Liked:
36 Times
|
I work at Amica, which is by the dundas metro and I live on governors and davidson.. which is past highland...
I just walk there.. 25 mins... not too bad.
|
|
09-20-2009 at 06:10 PM
|
#9
|
|
Elite Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 1,621
Thanked:
195 Times
Liked:
421 Times
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by lawleypop
Cheaper than bowmanville. o_O
|
I know! A 15 minute cab ride there is above $50. I was so shocked when I got to Hamilton and I could take a 10 minute ride for $15 dollars. |
|
09-20-2009 at 06:14 PM
|
#10
|
|
I am Prince Vegeta.
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 4,770
Thanked:
224 Times
Liked:
1,373 Times
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by A.Marlowe
I know! A 15 minute cab ride there is above $50. I was so shocked when I got to Hamilton and I could take a 10 minute ride for $15 dollars.
|
Same. I think the first time I took a cab in Hamilton, it was from university plaza to Hedden Hall... I think it cost me like 6 bucks.  I was impressed.
__________________
Mathematically it makes about as much sense as (pineapple)$$*cucumbe r*.
|
|
09-20-2009 at 06:17 PM
|
#11
|
|
Elite Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 381
Thanked:
59 Times
Liked:
26 Times
|
In Flamborough (north/boonies Hamilton) a cab ride that was less than 1.5 km cost about $7, and that was in town, not out to the actual countryside.
__________________
Maegan Ayre
History and Cultural Studies&Critical Theory IV
|
| Thread Tools |
Search this Thread |
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
McMaster University News and Information, Student-run Community, with topics ranging from Student Life, Advice, News, Events, and General Help.
Notice: The views and opinions expressed in this page are strictly those of the student(s) who authored the content. The contents of this page have not been reviewed or approved by McMaster University or the MSU (McMaster Students Union). Being a student-run community, all articles and discussion posts on MacInsiders are unofficial and it is therefore always recommended that you visit the official McMaster website for the most accurate up-to-date information.
|
