By carIf entering the Montérégie from Montreal, remember that weekdays from about 4:30-6:30pm weekdays is rush hour often a 30 minute delay to cross a bridge.If entering the Montérégie from the United States, remember that the border inspection is most crowded on Sunday nights; you might wait in line for an hour or more. The rest of the time, it usually takes 5-10 minutes.
From New York: Drive north on Interstate 87. The Montérégie begins at the Canadian border.
From Vermont: Drive north on Interstate 89. The Montérégie begins at the Canadian border.
From Montreal:
Autoroute 138 crosses the Mercier Bridge to the Kahnawake Mohawk Reserve
Autoroute 15/20/10 crosses the Champlain Bridge to Brossard
Highway 112 crosses the Victoria Bridge to Saint-Lambert
Autoroute 134 crosses the Jacques Cartier bridge to Longueuil
Autoroute 25 follows the Lafontaine Tunnel through to Boucherville.
From Quebec City: Autoroute 20 leads into the northeastern part of the Montérégie.
From Ottawa: Take Highway 417 eastbound. The Montérégie begins at the Quebec border.
From Toronto: Take Highway 401 eastbound. The Montérégie begins at the Quebec border.
From Sherbrooke: Autoroute 10 westbound takes you to the Montérégie.
By TrainThe Agence Metropolitaine de transport[ (http://www.amt.qc.ca)] has three commuter train lines that connect Montreal to some towns in the Montérégie near the city. Blainville to Saint-Lambert, Candiac to Chateauguay, and Rigaud to Vaudreuil. Trains go toward Montreal in the morning; away from Montreal at night.
By subwayMontreal's metro subway trains have one stop in the Montérégie, called "Longueuil-Université-de-Sherbrooke" [ (http://www.stm.info/Engli...)]. This is located on the yellow line, which begins at the Berri-UQAM metro station in Montreal. Longueuil-Université-de-Sherbrooke metro station is connected to the main bus terminal of the Reseau de Transport de Longueuil[ (http://www.rtl-longueuil....)], which serves much of the South Shore.
By busThere are a number of regional public bus systems known as "CIT"s that serve distinct parts of the Montérégie, linking closeby towns together and connecting them with Montreal. Most of them focus on getting people to Montreal on weekday mornings and getting them back to the Monteregie on weekday nights.
CIT La Presqu'Ile (http://www.citpi.amt.qc.ca/) serves Hudson and Vaudreuil.
CIT Valle Richelieu [ (http://www.citvr.ca/)] serves McMasterville, St-Hyacinthe, Beloeil, and Saint-Hilaire.
CIT Haut-Richelieu [ (http://www.ville.saint-je...)] serves Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
CIT Sorel-Varennes [ (http://www.citsv.qc.ca/)] serves Sorel-Tracy, Contrecoeur, Verchères and Varennes
CIT Sud-Ouest [ (http://www.citso.org/)] serves Chateauguay, Kahnawake, Valleyfield and Vaudreuil
CIT Le Richelain [ (http://www.citrichelain.com/)] serves Candiac, La Prairie and Saint-Philippe
CIT Rousillon [ (http://www.citrichelain.com/)] serves Delson, Candiac and Saint-Constant
CIT Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan [ (http://www.citcrc.ca/CITM...)] is self-explanatory
CIT Haut-Saint-Laurent [ (http://www.cithsl.amt.qc.ca/)] serves Huntingdon and Ormstown
Greyhound busses (http://www.greyhound.ca/en/) also leave from Montreal's Bus Station de Maisonneuve and St-Denis Streets and serve various cities in the Montérégie.
In addition, the Reseau de transport de Longueuil [ (http://www.rtl-longueuil....)] operates bus routes between Montreal and some of its South Shore suburbs Longueuil, Brossard, Saint-Lambert. These busses leave from the basement of 1001 de la Gauchetiere in Montreal or from Longueuil metro station.
