I bought my coach ticket from New York City to Toronto for $10 on Megabus website.
All Megabus operated departures in New York City are located at 34th St between 11th Ave and 12th Ave. NYC subway line 7 Hudson Yards station is just across street.
Hudson Yards is a fast developing area and the beginning of famous High Line Park.
Megabus operates double-decker buses on most routes. I like being upstairs because the roof is see through.
Certain numbered seats upstairs could have been reserved by passengers who have paid extra fees for those particular seats. Seats on the first row are very popular although those are the most dangerous seats. When an accident happens, passengers in those seats die first.
On my bus, only a few people paid extra to reserve a seat on row 1 or row 2. Other numbered seats are free to take.
All buses are equipped with on board restrooms, power outlets, three point seatbelts, reclining seats, and free WiFi.
Getting out of Lincoln Tunnel, you get a panoramic view of Manhattan.
There are two rest stops for the whole trip. The rest stops are clean and spacious with drinking fountains, washrooms, mini marts, coffee shops(Starbucks or Tim Hortons) and restaurants with reasonable prices.
Maybe because it’s low season, the bus is only 30% full. The bus made a few stops to drop passengers off at Syracuse, Rochester(王力宏老家), Buffalo airport and downtown Buffalo, but no additional passengers got on the bus along the way.
Getting across border into Canada is easy and smooth. Passengers wait on the bus until all checked bags are unloaded and border officers are ready. Take all your bags with you and line up inside immigration building. Answer a few questions and get through. Wait aside until you are notified to board the coach waiting outside.
Occasionally, some passengers are subject to a secondary screening process which can take hours. During my another trip from New York to Toronto, two young girls were held for 1 and hours hours at secondary. All other passengers on the same bus had to wait for those two girls to finish before the bus were allowed to leave.
After another 1 hour 30 minutes, I arrived in downtown Toronto at 6:30am embracing the sunrise.