By Train/Bus
Public transport for Hudson is mainly designed to get people to Montreal in the morning and back in the evening. It is currently not possible to reach Hudson for a daytrip using only trains and busses, you would need to stay overnight.
There are two ways to get from downtown Montreal to Hudson directly:
an AMT commuter train leaves Montreal's Lucien-L'Allier station at 5:20 pm Monday-Friday. It comes back to Montreal from Hudson at 6:58 am Monday-Friday.
a Greyhound bus leaves Montreal's bus station on Berri street at 12:01 p.m. daily and stops on Harwood Boulevard in Hudson on request. This stop is about 3km outside the town centre. To get back to Montreal via this route, the Greyhound bus stops daily at the Hudson stop at 1:40 p.m. website with schedules
You can also get to Hudson by taking Montreal's public transit to:
John Abbott College in Montreal's suburb of Ste-Anne de Bellevue, and connecting with a CIT La Presqu'Ile bus to Hudson at 3:29 pm, 4:29 pm and 5:47 pm.
Vaudreuil
train station on the AMT Montreal-Vaudreuil line, and connect with a CIT La Presqu'Ile bus at 4:54 pm, 6:12 pm, and 7:03 pm.Cote Vertu Metro station
and take a CIT La Prequ'Ile express bus to Vaudreuil. Expresses leave Cote Vertu every half hour from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm. You can then connect with the Vaudreuil-Hudson bus discussed above.From Ottawa, there is one bus to Montreal, which stops in Hudson and other small towns along the way on request. It leaves at noon.
By ship
A ferry operates during most of the spring, all of summer, and most of autumn taking cars, people and bikes from Oka to Hudson across the Lake of Two Mountains. It leaves from Main Road, just east of Bellevue Street.schedule In the winter, the lake freezes over, and it is sometimes possible to drive over the ice across the lake from the ferry terminal to Oka depending on weather conditions and ice thickness.
By car
From the island of Montreal, take Autoroute 40 westbound. The most scenic route is to get off at Exit 35, turn right at Avenue Saint-Charles, and turn right at Chemin-de-l'Anse. This will take you along the shore of the Lake of Two Mountains Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes until you get to Hudson, at which point the name of the street will change to "Main". Drive another 4 km along Main road to get to the centre of town. The trip from downtown Montreal takes about 45 minutes except during Montreal's rush hour, when it will often take 90 min.
From Ottawa, take Highway 417 eastbound. At the Quebec border, the highway changes its name to Autoroute 40. Get off at exit 22, turn left on Côte-St-Charles. At the end of Côte-St-Charles, turn right on Main. Drive 1 km to get to the town centre. The trip takes about 90 minutes.