ACCOMMODATION AND TRAVEL

Accommodation

 Rooms have been set aside for Thursday-Saturday night under "NIEPA Workshop" at: The Hochelaga Inn. Please make your own reservation by calling either 1-877-933-9433, or by e-mail stay@hochelagainn.com. The hotel is a 10 minute walk to Dunning Hall and a 10 minute walk to downtown locations. Breakfast is included, as well as parking and wireless internet.

Travel

 The most important travel note is that flying to Kingston is only possible and affordable if you fly to Toronto on Air Canada. This is often not the cheapest and most convenient way to get here.

Getting Close
to Kingston

For U.S. travelers, two common alternatives to flying through Toronto are:

  • Fly to Syracuse and rent a car (about 2 hours driving time notwithstanding Yahoo Map estimate below)
  • Fly to Montreal and take the train to Kingston (about 3 hours including transit to Dorval station).
In general, Kingston is 2 to 3 hours by ground from four major airports.
Direction/AirportGet to Kingston by
West: Toronto (Pearson)[Air]  [Rail]  [Car]  [Bus]  [[Door-to-Door Shuttle]
North: Ottawa[Rail]  [Car]  [Door-to-Door Shuttle]
East: Montreal (Dorval/Trudeau)[Rail]  [Car]  [Door-to-Door Shuttle]
South: Syracuse[Car]  [Door-to-Door Shuttle]

Getting
to Kingston
  • Rail - Via Train service to Kingston: schedule and booking
      When traveling by rail, connections to/from airports:
    • Toronto: 30 minute taxi/shuttle to/from Union Station downtown
      booking a door-to-door shuttle is often better
    • Ottawa: 10 minute taxi to/from Central Station downtown
    • Montreal: 10 minute shuttle bus or taxi to/from Dorval Station (NOT Central Station)
      If the train schedule matches up well your flight, this is the best way to get to Kingston.
    When reading Via PDF schedules remember that "x7" in a column means "excluding Sunday".
  • Car Rental - Driving Times and Directions from Airports:
    NB: Actual speed on Highway 401 is 120kmh not the posted 100kmh, so travel times are less than the calculated times.
    [Toronto]   [Ottawa]   [Montreal]   [Syracuse]  
  • Bus
    Runs directly from Pearson Airport Toronto to Queen's (10 minutes walk to the hotel) 3 times a day. Check the schedules. If the schedule works well for your flights then taking the bus instead of a door-to-door shuttle in one direction would be appreciated.
  • Door-to-door Shuttles Services
      If you book a shuttle please let me know so that we can try to split the fixed cost with other travelers.
    • Alcorn Shuttle
    • ExecuTrans (e-mail or 613-384-8412)