How to Use the Metro in Montreal
Find your closest metro station, marked by a characteristic blue sign with a white arrow in a circle pointed downward., Know roughly where you're going and what metro station you want to go to., Enter the station., Buy a ticket either from a vending...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Find your closest metro station
Most of the stations downtown are connected via the underground tunnels, so look for a sign on the side of office buildings or entrances to malls.
The lines themselves run under de Maisonneuve (green line) and Viger/Saint-Jacques (orange line), with the green line continuing east and west, and the orange line curving north on either side of downtown. -
Step 2: marked by a characteristic blue sign with a white arrow in a circle pointed downward.
If you don't know the exact station, there are maps of Montreal in every station, at many bus stops, and on the streets around town.
The metro map is in every car, and you can get a pocket-sized one from the booth operator. , Unlike in New York, every entrance is good to board for either direction of travel
-- in fact, every station except Longueuil is designed to allow you to change directions (if you go too far, for example) without having to leave the turnstiles. , The Laurier street entrance to the Laurier metro is not manned, but does have a ticket machine.
Keep the ticket with you
-- it's your proof of purchase and your transfer to the bus system. , The "direction" of the trains is listed by the last station on the line, so look at the map, find your present station and your destination station, and then note the end-station that you have to travel toward.
So if you're at Berri-UQAM and you wanted to go to Pie-IX, you would take the green line, direction Honoré-Beaugrand. , Note what station you will have to transfer at, and which direction you'll have to go when you're there (again, if you forget, there are maps in the trains.) , Walk downstairs, wait for the train, and get on! During rush-hour, some trains on the Orange line stop at Henri-Bourassa instead of continuing to Montmorency, but other than that, there are no express trains that skip certain stops, nor trains with different destinations using the same track.
The name of the next station is announced in French as the train leaves, and again when it arrives. -
Step 3: Know roughly where you're going and what metro station you want to go to.
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Step 4: Enter the station.
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Step 5: Buy a ticket either from a vending machine or from the booth by the turnstiles.
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Step 6: Know where you're going.
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Step 7: Consider that you may have to transfer.
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Step 8: Find the sign with the right colour and the right direction.
Detailed Guide
Most of the stations downtown are connected via the underground tunnels, so look for a sign on the side of office buildings or entrances to malls.
The lines themselves run under de Maisonneuve (green line) and Viger/Saint-Jacques (orange line), with the green line continuing east and west, and the orange line curving north on either side of downtown.
If you don't know the exact station, there are maps of Montreal in every station, at many bus stops, and on the streets around town.
The metro map is in every car, and you can get a pocket-sized one from the booth operator. , Unlike in New York, every entrance is good to board for either direction of travel
-- in fact, every station except Longueuil is designed to allow you to change directions (if you go too far, for example) without having to leave the turnstiles. , The Laurier street entrance to the Laurier metro is not manned, but does have a ticket machine.
Keep the ticket with you
-- it's your proof of purchase and your transfer to the bus system. , The "direction" of the trains is listed by the last station on the line, so look at the map, find your present station and your destination station, and then note the end-station that you have to travel toward.
So if you're at Berri-UQAM and you wanted to go to Pie-IX, you would take the green line, direction Honoré-Beaugrand. , Note what station you will have to transfer at, and which direction you'll have to go when you're there (again, if you forget, there are maps in the trains.) , Walk downstairs, wait for the train, and get on! During rush-hour, some trains on the Orange line stop at Henri-Bourassa instead of continuing to Montmorency, but other than that, there are no express trains that skip certain stops, nor trains with different destinations using the same track.
The name of the next station is announced in French as the train leaves, and again when it arrives.
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