Via Rail unveiled plans on Wednesday to build an intermodal hub in Dorval with the goal of bringing Via Rail, Exo, and Trudeau airport shuttle services together at the current Exo site.
The co-development phase, launched Wednesday, will allow partners to define the hub’s design, aiming to ensure a seamless, predictable travel experience for West Island commuters. The plan is to begin construction in 2027.
“The Dorval multimodal hub is a great example of how bringing different modes of transportation together can improve the passenger experience for Canadians,” federal Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon said in a statement. “By better connecting passenger rail, public transit and air travel, this project will increase the efficiency of the travel experience while making journeys smoother, more accessible, and more sustainable.”
Mathieu Paquette, president and CEO of VIA Rail Canada, said an estimated 250,000 travellers pass through the existing station every year.
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So closer to the airport… If only the parking shuttles would also stop at the rebuilt station, that could work as temporary solution.
Tant qu’il s’agit d’un service fréquent comme le feu “10 max” de la STM, cela ne serait pas dérangeant jusqu’à ce qu’une solution plus lourde soit trouvée (Tramway venant de Lachine/Dorval, People Mover ou idéalement déplacement du terminus REM YUL à REM Dorval.
Si on choisit un bus, on pourrait le numéroter 717 (d’après le plus petit Boeing)… 
C’est meme pas 1 KM
~830 metres 
Je comprends pas trop pourquoi le gouvernment n’a pas pousser pour faire l’extension d’un kilometre pendant qu’on creusait le tunnel et le tunnelier etait en place.
Ca prends une extension vers Dorval pour le lien avec VIA Rail et EXO, et aussi pour offrir un lien a la ville de dorval au sud de la 20.
Et oui, ca prendrait AUSSI un people mover pour acceder les stationnements, et l’autre terminale en arriere, et la gare via
Bin en fait un people mover qui part de l’aérogare et arrête à la gare multimodale, le P4/Voitures de location, la gare multimodale, l’aéroparc et le P10 ce serait quand même super!
…super dispendieux!
It would be cheaper to build the REM tunnel to the intermodal station than 8 km of APM.
Microvidéo de CBC News
New transit plan aims to streamline getting to and from the Montreal airport
Via Rail has announced what it calls a multimodal station, which would bring passenger trains, commuter rail and airport shuttles together under one roof. The new station would be located at the current site of the Exo station in Dorval, Que., about a three-minute shuttle ride from the airport. The mayor of Dorval says the construction of the new station will not impact people’s travel plans.
For more on this story: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-airport-multimodal-hub-9.7305263
Hmmm… Are you sure about that? A people mover is usually less expensive, because it is smaller and somehow simpler to build, especially if it’s not in a tunnel.
The Pearson Terminal Link cost 150M$ in 2006 (231M$ in 2026 CAD).
An APM would have the added benefit of serving more spots around the airport too, and replace a bunch of shuttles. You could even have the Uber/Lyft area further from the terminal and reachable by using it.
The one downside I see is that a REM-Dorval station connection would be beneficial for those from Saint-Laurent who want to go take the train and not go to the airport.
AT LEAST, this multimodal station project is a step in the right direction and will simplify connections between Exo/STM/Via.
The dollar may have just almost doubled over the past 20 years, but the costs of construction have pretty much quintupled. The intermodal station would be built, so most of the construction would be around 1 km of single track tunnel. Thinking about the Côte-Vertu garage, as well as the overall REM 2017-2026 costs, I’d expect CDPQ could have that short tunnel and their necessary adjuncts to the intermodal station built for well less than $500m.
Let’s add gauntlet track to the scope of the project 
Space is available for future additional tracks, but they will not be added for the construction of the station to avoid increasing the costs too much
As an investment, this all seems less incremental and more disposable.
Via Rail construira une gare multimodale à Dorval pour faciliter l’accès à l’aéroport Montréal-Trudeau
La gare sera construite au nord de Dorval, offrant un accès quasi direct à l’aéroport.
Rejoindre l’aéroport Montréal-Trudeau en transport en commun est plutôt compliqué à l’heure actuelle, mais la construction de cette gare vise à rendre les déplacements plus simples afin de diminuer la congestion automobile.
« Ça va changer la façon d’accéder à l’aéroport. Ça va être beaucoup plus fluide, peu importe la direction de laquelle on vient », a déclaré Marc Doret, maire de Dorval, en ondes à LCN, dimanche.
J’espère qu’on profitera de la construction du pôle pour créer un passage extérieur pour traverser en dessous des voies ferrées en vélo ou en fauteuil roulant sans passer par les marches. En ce moment, il faut passer par la gare d’exo, mais j’imagine que la gare d’exo devra être fermée à un point ou un autre durant la construction.
J’y étais il y a deux ans et je confirme wue c’est réussi.
PS : je voulais verser des photos perso mais cela ne semble pas fonctionner… Probablement un problème de taille.