Re: Getting to Quebec City

[Mary Barnes <mary.ietf.barnes@xxxxxxxxx>]

As far as renting a car, it is likely a very good choice for anyone that is arriving in Montreal later in the day.  I have a choice of one direct flight to Montreal that puts me arriving in Montreal > 7pm.  Even a one stop flight still puts me arriving around that time.  So, given my experience in Maastricht with trains and a trip that took about 18 hours gate to gate, I plan to rent a car (and drop it off in QC on Sunday), which results in a trip < 8 hours gate to gate.  Whereas, flying into QC ends up taking nearly 12 hours with layovers/connections.  While Quebec might be bigger than states other than Alaska., the distances between QC, Montreal, Toronto, etc. are very similar to Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and Houston, which are all reasonable drive times for some of us.

Regards,

Mary. 

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 7:08 PM, John Levine <johnl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

As you may have noticed, flying to Quebec City (YQB) is incredibly
expensive.  That's because it's a regional airport with little
competion.  Flying to Montreal is usuallly a lot cheaper.  Getting
from Trudeau airport in Montreal involves some planning, but it's not
hard.  The trip is about four hours; Quebec is big, bigger than any
state in the US.

By bus: Orleans Express has five buses a day.  You can buy tickets
online or at the ICE America desk in the airport lobby:

  https://www.orleansexpress.com/search.aspx

By train: there are four trains a day from Montreal to Quebec.
Although there is a train station in Dorval, close to the airport, it
doesn't have any through trains to Quebec so it's easier to go
downtown.  The 747 city bus runs every 10 to 15 minutes express to
downtown.  Get off at Mansfield for the central train station.  The
fare is $8, most easily paid by getting a day transit pass, which also
costs $8, at the currency exchange booth in the airport lobby.  For
train schedules and fares, see the Via Rail web site.

The Quebec train station is a medium walk or a short taxi trip from
the convention centre.

  http://www.stm.info/english/info/a-747.htm
  http://www.viarail.ca

You can rent a car and drive, but unless you're planning to do som
touring before or after the meeting, e.g., to the Saguenay fjord,
Montreal to Quebec not a very interesting drive so I wouldn't bother.

R's,
John
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