# Montrealais! How do I get from the Dorval airport to downtown? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 15, 2008, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montrealais-how-do-i-get-from-the-dorval-airport-to-downtown/449411 "2008-05-15T11:24:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montrealais-how-do-i-get-from-the-dorval-airport-to-downtown/449411/1 "2008-05-15T11:24:18Z")
I’m flying into Dorval airport, Montréal, from Toronto on the evening of Saturday July 12th, and arriving at 21:13. (Why fly? A wedding\* on Saturday afternoon and a conference starting on Sunday morning; otherwise, I’d take the train.) I’ve booked a bed at the _Auberge Jeunesse_ downtown. I know there’s a train station, definitely VIA, possibly commuter, at Dorval. Is there a train downtown around 22:00? Shuttle bus from the airport? Regular bus? I’d rather not take a cab, because if the airport cabs in Montréal are anything like the ones in Toronto, they are ridiculously-expensive. [sub]\*Not mine. If it _were_ mine, we’d be staying someplece a little different than a youth hostel. Say, Fiji. [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Cream\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ice\_Cream\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Cream_Man)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montrealais-how-do-i-get-from-the-dorval-airport-to-downtown/449411/2 "2008-05-15T12:21:25Z")
There’s a shuttle bus: [http://www.admtl.com/passager/acces\_et\_stationnement/\_aerobus.aspx](http://www.admtl.com/passager/acces_et_stationnement/_aerobus.aspx) I’ve never taken it but I’ve heard it takes a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montrealais-how-do-i-get-from-the-dorval-airport-to-downtown/449411/3 "2008-05-15T14:14:24Z")
Responses to my [previous](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=433086) query on this subject- **matt\_mcl** post #2 did the trick for me- public bus right out front of the airport, transfer to another and you’re downtown an can access your hotel via cab, on foot, or subway, depending on the hour and locale, and cost a couple of bucks instead of $C35 for a cab. ---
**Author:** ![trupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@trupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trupa)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montrealais-how-do-i-get-from-the-dorval-airport-to-downtown/449411/4 "2008-05-15T14:57:06Z")
Based on my recollection of when I used to live there over 10 years ago, at that hour on a Sat night, public buses are likely to be fairly widely spaced. 30 minutes and 1 hour between buses was the norm in the West-Island. The airport bus may be more frequent, but your connection is likely to make you wait. Also at that time, traffic is likely to be flowing freely, so my own bet would be on a downtown hotel shuttle. Even if your hostel is not on its run of approved stops, there is bound to be one hotel where it stops relatively near your destination. Since you pay the shuttle driver, there is no obligation to stay at one of the hotel where it stops, and it will be significantly less than a cab. But if you’re a night owl and/or on a budget, transit will get you there for less than $5.00. Hope you have fun! ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montrealais-how-do-i-get-from-the-dorval-airport-to-downtown/449411/5 "2008-05-15T15:13:13Z")
Exactly- being a cheapskate I was more than happy to wait thirty minutes on a bus to save thirty bucks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montrealais-how-do-i-get-from-the-dorval-airport-to-downtown/449411/6 "2008-05-15T15:18:33Z")
Thanks, everyone! The linked thread is very helpful, too. (I think **matt\_mcl** is a Secret Master of the Universe[sup]TM[/sup], but he just doesn’t tell us. 🙂 ) I think I’ll check the hostel’s website too, on the off chance that they have a shuttle.