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How long is the commute by train versus traveling by car, not during rush hour.
I usually lean towards public transport but alot of the time it takes soooo long that its not even worth it, so i usually drive but doing than i have to worry about parking.
How long is the commute by train versus traveling by car, not during rush hour.
I usually lean towards public transport but alot of the time it takes soooo long that its not even worth it, so i usually drive but doing than i have to worry about parking.
I've never taken that particular line, but I can tell you that my instinct is that the train would be faster. There's been a lot of construction on the bridges and they're always horribly congested form the south shore and Candiac's a far drive from the bridges anyways because the river is too wide there to build one. Commuter trains in Montreal are not slow, they have their own right of way, not too many stops, and will take you right into the heart of downtown, so I think the train would make sense.
EDIT: Just checked the schedules on their websites, looks like the ride from Candiac to Lucien L'Allier actually takes 40 minutes, a bit longer then I thought, but maybe worth it as I don't know that it would be much faster by car.
Don't think I've ever done either but I know Montreal fairly well.
Candiac - Downtown by car will take around 20 minutes without traffic, during rush hour you can easily double or triple that.
The train schedule says it takes 40 minutes, my guess is it's fairly accurate. However as it's a commuter train, your options will be limited outside rush hour -- their schedule says trains leave Candiac for downtown every 30 minutes from 6-9 AM, then there's one more at 10:30 AM, and the last one is at 1:20 PM. Your options for the return trip would be similar, i.e. 9:30 AM, 12:20 PM, every 30 minutes from 3:30-6:30 PM and then nothing after that.
I'd say if you plan to commute outside rush hour you're probably better off driving. If you're in town for sightseeing you can catch some nice views of the city from A-15 too.
Thanks, we'll just take the car the day we shop and take the train the other times.
Can you take bicycles on the train?
Complicated answer, so I'm copy pasting from the website:
"On weekdays, bicycle transport is permitted outside of rush hours and only in the non-peak direction. On weekends and holidays, you can bring your bicycle aboard any time, but do check the schedule to find out what trains you can use and at which times."
If it's problematic to bring the bikes, Montreal is the city that invented bike sharing systems and there's thus a very extensive system of bike sharing stations that might be a convenient and affordable alternative for you:
I still have to call to make sure i can get into the country, hopefully if i can ill be there this summer or fall.
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