VIA Rail from Montreal to Ottawa on Business Class was an exceptional experience. We discovered…read moremany places to purchase breakfast pastries, sandwiches and coffee. There are also many tables and chairs where you can eat and wait for your train. After asking questions to the VIA workers at our gate, we discovered we were entitled to hang out in the VIA Lounge (too bad we did t know earlier as we could have had our coffee there). When it was boarding time, we were escorted to the escalators (non-business class had to walk down stairs with their luggage) that took us to the platform. Once we began the ride in our reserved seats, we were given warm towels, fed lunch (similar to an airline meal), served beverages (including wine), served chocolates....what a way to travel! I love train travel!

Considering that Gare Centrale is Montréal's main downtown train station, they should do something…read moreto make it less depressing like improved lighting and spotlights on the wonderful period Charles Comfort murals that pay homage to the history of rail transportation in Canada! While there is Les Halles with many places to eat, etc., the dark, cavernous feel overall appears that they were inspired by New York's 1968 (not today's) Penn Station! Hey, VIA Rail Canada or whoever runs this place, don't you want people to take trains?!

The Lucien-L'Allier metro station is a Montreal station in the borough of Ville-Marie. It is…read moreoperated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Orange Line. The station, planned under the name "Aqueduc", is a normal side platform station, with a mezzanine on its eastern end; this is connected to the exit by an extremely deep open shaft. Passengers have to descend the greatest distance (three sets of escalators) to reach the platforms of any station in Montreal (only Charlevoix and Berri-UQAM have deeper platforms, but those stations also have additional platforms that are shallower.) This station is named for Lucien L'Allier Street, whose name was changed from rue de l'Aqueduc in order to commemorate Lucien L'Allier, chief engineer for the initial network of the Metro, as well as for the construction of Saint Helen's Island and Notre Dame Island for Expo 67. He had died while the station was under construction. A plaque in the station commemorates him. I have used this station many times and be ready for an uphill walk towards Rene Levesque !!!!

Guy-Concordia station is a Montreal Metro station located in the borough of Ville-Marie in…read moreMontreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It also serves the Green Line. The station was opened on October 14, 1966. It has consistently been one of the network's busiest stations. Hubby and I wanted to take a tour to Underground City. We purchased Opus Card for two rides but was only able to redeem one ride. Hubby spoke to the ticket booth agent who explained how it works. He also gave him a free pass to get on the train. We only had to utilize our card and pay when we were returning back to our hotel. We had such a grand time riding the train and experiencing Montreal. It was quite interesting trying to make sense of what and where we were going. Albeit this is a predominantly French speaking area we were able to make our way around just fine.

The Guy-Concordia station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie. It is operated…read moreby the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line. The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro. It has consistently been one of the network's busiest stations, ranking 5th from 2000 to 2001, 4th from 2002 to 2007, 3rd since 2008, and 2nd since 2021. The eastern access contains shops and services, and an underground city connection to five Concordia University buildings: EV, MB, GM, LB and H buildings. There are several shops and services on the mezzanine (where the ticket booth and the turnstiles are located) of the Guy-exit side of the station, including a Tim Hortons, a Chinese restaurant (Monsieur Gao), a "Belle Pizza", an Asian pastry shop (Cocobun), a hair salon, a cyber cafe, shoe store and another small cafe. The station platforms feature the MétroVision information screens which displays news, commercials, and the amount of time left until the next train arrives. This was the third station after Berri-UQAM and McGill to have the screens installed. As the building above the Guy entrance was constructed at the same time as the underlying Metro station, Guy-Concordia also became the first station to have several stories of commercial spaces above it. The station was originally called Guy after the street where it is located: Guy Street, which, in turn, takes its name from Étienne Guy who represented Montreal in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada and was the owned of the land through which the street runs. On January 1, 1988, it was renamed Guy-Concordia to reflect the fact that it serves the Sir George Williams campus of Concordia University. As you step out of the station, many businesses, restaurants, shops, shopping centers abound. These serve the college kids but the locals and tourists alike. Busy area with lots of options for shopping.

We took a connection into Metro Snowdon on our way to St. Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal from Old…read moreMontreal. The Snowdon Station was quite modern, clean, and quiet. A very nice experience. We then easily transferred from the Orange line (Snowdon) to the Blue line and made it to Côte-Des-Neiges, the closest station to the Oratory.

This is a busy metro station since it is the preferred stop for many people that go to Chinatown,…read morethe Old town of Montreal or any of the events going on at the Convention Center. There are several fast food restaurants right outside one of the exits of this metro station that serve, not only the metro users but many of the people that are doing business or are visiting the convention center.

We found this station to be very easily accessible to our hotel in old Montreal. The station is a…read morepart of the Palau's des congrès de Montréal and has lots of shops that open up by 10 AM. The metro station is actually very clean, quiet, yet quite busy and active in the morning. I wish we had started taking the Metro earlier in our trip as we would've made this the go-to form of transportation as it was quite cheap compared to what you would pay in America. Instead of getting a one-day or three-day unlimited pass, we decided to get direct one time route passes at $3.25 Canadian per pass. The trains get you to your destinations fast and the whole experience is great. The trains are quite modern, new, and clean. We found that the stations were very quiet and the ridership very courteous, polite and friendly (versus what you experience in America).

Great transit system in Montreal. We figured it out quickly. Easy to follow and navigate. Very…read morereliable. Reasonably priced.

Every time I go to Montreal, I park the car and I walk or take the metro everywhere…read more The metro offers many options like single ticket, ticket for evenings, ticket for weekends, ticket for a whole week, for three days, for a month, etc. This allows for customers to be able to maximize the savings based on their expected needs. Excellent fare system and excellent trains....they are clean, on time and they run very frequently. A great way to explore the city.

Ok so I basically lived here for a while as a teenager commuting every day from the West Island in…read moreto downtown. The train station here (as opposed to the metro) is so lovely and nostalgic and super affordable and useful and efficient and green and great. There's not a lot of warm indoor space to wait if you're waiting for the train, you mostly sit in these covered boxes that are open in the front to the wind and weather, or you line the stairs and get blown over by the crazy wind tunnel that happens when you open the doors. Getting off the train and onto the metro is smooth and then you can sit on these tiny strange uncomfortable seats in perfect 60s colours and head off on the orange line. This is also the stop to jump on the 105 bus that'll take you all the way through NDG along Sherbrooke street, which is a fun ride full of delicious food and great local businesses so if you're looking for a weird, low key MTL adventure, you could do worse!!

Vendome is a very convenient commuter station. It connects the metro(subway) the commuter train all…read moreunder one roof. It also has a practical connection to the brand new, and state of the art Royal Victoria hospital. Parking, and indications are not as convenient or clear.

It's a just below street level mall; if you look at the architecture around you, you can only…read moreimagine what it must've been like to live there 150 years ago. Majestic columns, fountains, and amazing stonework. There are assorted stores and places to get something to eat. There's also a Foreign exchange and several banks. It's like an underground city but, with air conditioning. There are areas where you can sit and people watch or just relax for a little while .

I use this metro station when I go to one of my favorite bakeries in downtown as well as when I…read morewant to go to the Square Victoria park, just to chill or read. There are a lot of entrances so you can pick whereabouts you want to be close to...office towers, parks, restaurants, etc. Here you can find an attendant to help you with your ticket purchase or you can use any of the automated machines.

This is the most important metro station in Montreal. It is here where all three main lines…read moreconnect (Green, Orange and Yellow). It is located just outside the Gay Village and not far from the Quartier de Spectacles and the Old town. There are a few stores right outside the entry gates for those wanting to get a snack, some hot prepared food or some pastries.

Berri-UQAM station is the biggest and most busiest metro station. It connects with all the other…read morelines. There are several exits that lead to UQAM (University), library, bus terminus or streets. I strongly suggest to wash your hands and your phone after walking through there. There could be times that the escalator doesn't work which could be tough for people who can't walk up or down the stairs. It's usually clean in terms of not much litter on the ground. There are janitors always around. As well, this station doesn't smell unless it's the elevators to the ground exit. It could smell like marijuana or urine. A plus is it one of the stations that starts the earliest and go sober the latest. It's great of you don't want to take a taxi or Uber . You will see homeless people inside asking for money but they aren't disruptive. They also may be sleeping, drinking or smoking.

Right before everything and everyone went into lockdown, my elderly parents had to return to…read moreMontreal from the States. Under normal circumstances, my parents would take a taxi from the airport and it wouldn't be a huge concern for me, but with the COVID pandemic, I was especially worried and preferred to have them travel in a larger car with more space between them and the driver. Unfortunately, I didn't think of the idea until an HOUR before their expected arrival, I frantically searched and called 6 limo services and even the Montreal airport info desk. They were all busy, already had limited drivers due to the pandemic, or didn't even answer that was until I reached Mimo Limousine! Nash, the owner of Mimo, answered and was immediately understanding, accommodating, prompt, and polite. He had no problem finding a driver, getting to the airport on such short notice and even had a "meet and greet" service where Robert (the designated driver) held a personalized sign at the luggage/customs door for my parents to see. The car was clean and big, and although I would have preferred a car with a divider, my parents found it very spacious and my mom chatted with Robert the whole way back. My parents do not speak French very well, so it was fantastic that Robert is bilingual. Since my parents don't have a mobile phone, another aspect that I was very happy with was that I was texted that my parents had been picked up. It was a big relief that things turned out better than I had expected! The end total (+ tax and tips) came out to be CAD$162. It was a bit pricey for a ride to Westmount, but I am very happy with the overall process and service.

This is a Superb limousine and car service company in Montreal. I needed to arrange two transfers…read morein a snow-worthy SUV for my teenage son from a downtown Montreal Hotel and a Mont Tremblant Ski Resort and a return ride from Mont Tremblant back to YUL. Usually I stay at five star luxury hotels (and fly first class) and I always have the concierge arrange all my limousine and airport transfers so I can be assured of two things: 1. Absolute reliability because the hotel (and its business/reputation) is on the line. 2. Bespoke service and state of the art fleet of cars. As a consequence, I get what I want at a premium price. This time, a made the very smart decision to contact Mimo Limousine and deal with Nash, the consummate professional, directly. First of all, the service was prompt and courteous and incredibly professional. All my questions about pricing, types of vehicles, estimated travel times were answered immediately and professionally. These were rather expensive rides as the distance was significant and travel time exceeded two hours. However, if I had used the services of a five star hotel (think Four Seasons), the price was about 35% - 40% more. I cannot overstate how reliable the service was: I cannot tolerate tardiness and the drivers were early. Safety comes first with Nash and his clients and he makes it clear how important that is. Since the two plus hour ride was straight up into the mountains, this was a relief. After all, my son was the sole occupant in his way to a skiing holiday with his university buddies. The really nice part about Mimo and Nash personally: he stayed in contact with me so I could relax: he texted me when my son was en route, he texted me when my son arrived at his destination. (This way I didn't have to text my son to know he'd arrived, etc). Nash also provided my son with the driver's info so they could communicate. Nash was patient, kept all his promises and charged a fair price for excellent service. Please, do yourselves a favor if you always travel premium class, and use Mimo for any of your ground transportation needs in Montreal and its environs.