\u201cOur critical traffic period is the summer,\u201d said J\u00e9r\u00f4me Conraud, vice-president of strategy, planning and sustainable development for the airport authority. \u201cThat\u2019s when we have two million passengers who come to the airport each month.\u201d<\/p>\n
The airport area is in the midst of a reconstruction project expected to last until 2031 as a multi-level parking lot is demolished and rebuilt, and the road network is revamped to double its vehicular capacity. Conraud said A\u00e9roports de Montr\u00e9al is keenly aware of how difficult it is to access the main terminal. However, with the REM\u2019s airport station still roughly a year and a half away from opening, officials say there are at least two difficult summers ahead for travellers.<\/p>\n
Conraud said the airport authority will gauge the popularity of the new bus line over the course of the next four months to see whether it warrants extending to the Christmas season. <\/p>\n
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J\u00e9r\u00f4me Conraud, vice-president of strategy, planning and sustainable development for A\u00e9roports de Montr\u00e9al, explains that the STM shuttle is being deployed in part because of heavy traffic to the airport in the summer. Dave Sidaway \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n
The media got a sneak peek of the bus line\u2019s route on Thursday, as an STM bus picked up roughly two dozen reporters and PR agents for the myriad transit operators.<\/p>\n
The bus stopped on Des Sources Blvd. and made the trip south toward Highway 20. It then followed Cardinal Ave. to approach the airport from its southwestern entrance. The bus stopped at a roundabout that the airport has built for shuttle buses. The roundabout will also be the spot for Uber and Lyft drivers to pick up passengers in the coming months, Conraud said.<\/p>\n
The bus loop is about 200 metres away<\/a> from the airport\u2019s main terminal building, leaving passengers to walk through a tunnel, and then an alleyway behind a concrete wall separating them from a sidewalk used by people boarding other transportation services.<\/p>\n \t\tEditor\u2019s Picks\t<\/p>\n Conraud said a stretch golf cart that was put into service in December is still available to shuttle those with mobility issues for that last stretch. The airport authority is working on a new entrance so that passengers can get into the building from the bus loop. However, that won\u2019t be ready until at least the end of the year.<\/p>\n \u201cThe entrance will have elevators and escalators, and passengers will be able to go directly inside the terminal building,\u201d Conraud said.<\/p>\n For the summer period, he advises travellers to arrive three hours before their flight to avoid getting stuck in traffic.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re also telling people not to drop anyone off at the main terminal building,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n Those coming from Highway 20 should go to the P4 loading\/unloading zone to get a shuttle bus to the terminal. Anyone arriving from the C\u00f4te-de-Liesse Expressway should go to P10, where there is another shuttle available. Those shuttle buses are available 24 hours a day. <\/p>\n The new 815 line will be operational from around 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. The full schedule is expected to be posted on the STM\u2019s website as of June 15.<\/p>\n The 815 adds to other STM bus lines offering service to Trudeau airport. It joins the 747, which leaves from Berri-UQAM m\u00e9tro with stops downtown and at Lionel-Groulx m\u00e9tro, the 460, which serves the Cr\u00e9mazie and De La Savane m\u00e9tro stations, the 209 serving Des Sources Blvd. and the 214, which shuttles to the Dorval train station.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1219-city-airport-faq.png\")
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