La Cité-Limoilou to Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:25 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €29.49, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 2h 36m over 261 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €29.49, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€29.49
- 195%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving La Cité-Limoilou
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:25First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Departure times on this route
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Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €69.09Mon21
- about €68.54Tue22
- about €56.99Wed23
- about €62.49Thu24
- about €63.04Fri25
- about €57.54Sat26
- about €56.44Sun27
- about €37.19Mon28
- about €34.99Tue29
- about €39.39Wed30
- about €50.39Thu1
- about €49.84Fri2
- about €45.99Sat3
- about €39.39Sun4
- about €29.49Mon5
- about €31.69Tue6
- about €31.14Wed7
- about €47.09Thu8
- about €34.99Fri9
- about €36.09Sat10
- about €34.44Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve for the night the train gets in
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When to book La Cité-Limoilou to Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €44.3490 days
- €33.8960 days
- €23.4445 days
- €25.0930 days
- €34.4421 days
- €39.3914 days
- €56.447 days
- €56.993 days
- €69.091 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €23.44.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 195 percent. The most expensive point is €69.09, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to La Cité-Limoilou to Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
261 km
227 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
108,415 → 142,753
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 261 km against 227 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Trois-Rivières. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near St-Jean-Baptiste Pier
Most of the points near St-Jean-Baptiste Pier open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about La Cité-Limoilou to Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from La Cité-Limoilou to Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve?
The fastest journey from La Cité-Limoilou to Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve takes 2h 36m door to door, of which 1h 55m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 43m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from La Cité-Limoilou to Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve?
The cheapest fare from La Cité-Limoilou to Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve is €29.49, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €52.59. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from La Cité-Limoilou to Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve?
The cheapest way from La Cité-Limoilou to Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve is by train, at €29.49 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 2h 39m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book La Cité-Limoilou to Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve?
Fares from La Cité-Limoilou to Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €23.44. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 195 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for La Cité-Limoilou to Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from La Cité-Limoilou to Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, at €34.99. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for La Cité-Limoilou to Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from La Cité-Limoilou to Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, at €27.84 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from La Cité-Limoilou to Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve?
VIA Rail publish service areas covering both La Cité-Limoilou and Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from La Cité-Limoilou to Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve?
50 percent of the services we sell from La Cité-Limoilou to Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve are direct. The rest connect at Trois-Rivières, with about 70 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from La Cité-Limoilou to Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve use?
Services from La Cité-Limoilou to Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve by train leave from La Cité-Limoilou station and arrive at Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from La Cité-Limoilou to Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from La Cité-Limoilou to Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for La Cité-Limoilou to Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve on September 20, 2026: 261 km of route against 227 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €29.49, and 2h 36m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and across Canada
Day trips that leave Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in the morning and cover a good part of Canada by evening.
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The two ends, compared
La Cité-Limoilou reaches 13 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 114 to 236 km. Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve reaches 17 places in 1 countries, from 116 to 490 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving La Cité-Limoilou
- 13Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
Leaving Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
- 17Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 3Operators