There are 9 ways to get from Toronto to Rochester by plane, bus (Flixbus), train, bus, car, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Toronto Pearson International Airport to Rochester
best- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Rochester (RST)plane YYZ - RST
8h 22m$65–340Bus
- Take the bus from Toronto to Detroit Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Detroit Bus Station to Milwaukee Intermodal Stationbus
- Take the bus from Milwaukee to Rochesterbus
22h 10m$170–265Train, bus via Madison
- Take the train from Toronto Union Station to Buffalotrain
- Take the train from Buffalo Depew Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from W Jackson Blvd, after S Clinton St to 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campusbus
- Take the bus from Madison to Rochesterbus
25h 15m$276–652Drive 860.1 mi
- Drive from Toronto to Rochestercar 860.1 mi
14h 20m$197–285Fly Toronto Pearson International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, bus
- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)plane YYZ - MSP
- Take the bus from Minneapolis / St Paul Airport to Groome Transportation Office - Rochesterbus
7h 16m$353–1,045Shuttle to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, fly to Rochester
- Take a shuttle bus from Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 to Buffalo Airport
- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Rochester (RST)plane BUF - RST
9h 7m$192–664Fly Toronto Island Airport to Rochester
- Fly from Toronto Island Airport (YTZ) to Rochester (RST)plane YTZ - RST
6h 54m$75–380Shuttle to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, fly to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 to Buffalo Airport
- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)plane BUF - MSP
- Take the bus from Minneapolis / St Paul Airport to Groome Transportation Office - Rochesterbus
8h 46m$274–866Train, bus
- Take the train from Toronto Union Station to Buffalotrain
- Take the train from Buffalo Depew Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to St. Paul-Minneapolistrain
- Take the bus from St. Paul to Rochester, MNbus
26h 40m$359–832
Toronto to Rochester by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Toronto to Rochester is to fly which costs $65 - $340 and takes 8h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Toronto to Rochester is to fly which takes 6h 54m and costs $75 - $380.
No, there is no direct bus from Toronto to Rochester. However, there are services departing from Toronto and arriving at Rochester via Detroit Bus Station and Milwaukee. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 10m.
The distance between Toronto and Rochester is 670 miles. The road distance is 865.1 miles.
The best way to get from Toronto to Rochester without a car is to bus which takes 22h 10m and costs $170 - $270.
It takes approximately 8h 22m to get from Toronto to Rochester, including transfers.
Toronto to Rochester bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Toronto station.
The best way to get from Toronto to Rochester is to fly which takes 8h 22m and costs $65 - $340. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $170 - $270 and takes 22h 10m.
Toronto to Rochester bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at Detroit Bus Station.
Rochester is 1h behind Toronto. It is currently 2:42 PM in Toronto and 1:42 PM in Rochester.
What companies run services between Toronto, ON, Canada and Rochester, MN, USA?
Delta, American Airlines, and Air Canada fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Rochester (RST) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Toronto to Rochester via Detroit Bus Station, Milwaukee Intermodal Station, and Milwaukee in around 22h 10m.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Rochester via Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–350
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Rochester via Detroit, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–410
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–430
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Rochester via Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Rochester via Detroit, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Rochester via Chicago O'Hare, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–850
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Rochester via Washington Dulles, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Rochester via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Rochester via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Rochester via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–380
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Rochester via Montreal, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Toronto Island Airport to Rochester via Washington Dulles, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–480
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–410
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–430
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Rochester via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–410
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–430
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–410
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
Train from Toronto Union Station to Buffalo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–180
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Escape
- $30–90
- Business
- $60–170
- Business Plus
- $75–180
- Economy
- $35–100
- Economy Plus
- $35–110
Train from Toronto Union Station to Buffalo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–180
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Escape
- $30–90
- Business
- $60–170
- Business Plus
- $75–180
- Economy
- $35–100
- Economy Plus
- $35–110
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Buffalo Depew Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $170–350
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Buffalo Depew Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $170–350
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to St. Paul-Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $130–270
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Toronto to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Detroit Bus Station to Milwaukee Intermodal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60–100
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Toronto to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1-858-800-8898
- Website
- jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Milwaukee to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–100
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
- Adult
- $70–100
Bus from Madison to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
- Adult
- $50–75
Bus from St. Paul to Rochester, MN
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $28–40
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
- Adult
- $28–40
- Phone
- +1 (866) 912 - 6224
- [email protected]
- Website
- coachusa.com
Bus from W Jackson Blvd, after S Clinton St to 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–55
- Schedules at
- coachusa.com
- Adult
- $25–55
- Phone
- + 1 507-280-9270
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Bus from Minneapolis / St Paul Airport to Groome Transportation Office - Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–50
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/minneapolis-st-paul-airport/rochester
Bus from Minneapolis / St Paul Airport to Groome Transportation Office - Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–50
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/minneapolis-st-paul-airport/rochester
- Phone
- +1 905 374 8111
- [email protected]
- Website
- niagaraairbus.com
Shuttle from Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 to Buffalo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- https://www.niagaraairbus.com/
Shuttle from Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 to Buffalo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- https://www.niagaraairbus.com/
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