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GETTING TO AND FROM THE AIRPORT

Airport City Distance Fare Public Transport Journey time
Toronto 18 miles (29 km) $60 Taxi 30–60 mins
(longer in snow)
$12 approx UP Express 25 mins
$3 Airport Rocket bus 70 mins
$70 Limo 30-60 mins
Montreal 12 miles (20 km) $10 747 Express 45-60 mins
$40 flat Taxi 30 mins
$55 Limo 30 mins
Vancouver 9 miles (15 km) $9 ($4 to YVR) Canada Line 30 mins
$40 Taxi 20 mins
$75 Limo 20 mins

to Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island or the efficient between Montreal and Toronto.
Northwest Territories. On long distance VIA Rail Vancouver’s SkyTrain and Canada Line connects
routes there are two main classes of travel bus and ferry services, all run by Translink.
available, Economy and Business, and a variety Algoma Central Railway
of Sleeper classes. ∑ translink.ca
VIA Rail also offers a number of routes to Ontario Northland
explore. For instance, The Ocean travels from ∑ ontarionorthland.ca
Montreal along the Saint Lawrence River Rocky Mountaineer
through New Brunswick to Halifax, Nova Scotia. ∑ rockymountaineer.com
Ontario–Quebec connects the big cities along
the Quebec-Windsor Corridor. You can even hop International Train Travel
aboard the 1950s stainless steel Canadian for Both Amtrak and VIA Rail run three routes
a four-night, three-day trip adventure right that link the US and Canada – terminating at
across Canada. Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver. Customs
VIA Rail offers discounts for groups, families, inspections occur at the Canada-US border and
and senior-citizens. It also has flat-rate CanRAil not upon boarding.
passes, where you can travel between Quebec Amtrak
and Ontario for 21 consecutive days or across ∑ amtrak.com
Canada for 60 consecutive days.
City Transportation
Regional Train Travel The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) runs
Privately run regional train companies offer the public transportation system in Toronto,
numerous additional journeys, although while the Société de Transport de Montréal
timetables are seasonal. The upscale Rocky (STM) runs the transit system in Montreal.
Mountaineer connects Vancouver and Calgary, Both cover subway systems, streetcars, buses,
and stops at a number of BC and Alberta towns and commuter trains. Vancouver has an
traversing the Canadian Rockies, including a efficient monorail system, Calgary has a light-
separate trip from Vancouver to Whistler. rail service called the CTrain, and Ottawa has
Ontario Northland operates the seasonal Polar a similar system called the O-Train.
Bear Express on Hudson Bay, and the Algoma Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
Central Railway accesses northern Ontario ∑ ttc.ca
wilderness spots. Ontario also operates some Société de Transport de Montréal (STM)
passenger rail services. The service is most ∑ www.stm.info

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