When you board the Adirondack at Montreal, is the boarding as chaotic as Penn Station (they announce boarding when the train is ready to leave and everyone makes a mad dash for the gate)? Are there steps you have to go down to get to the platform?
Unless things have changed recently, the answers are a) yes and b) yes.When you board the Adirondack at Montreal, is the boarding as chaotic as Penn Station (they announce boarding when the train is ready to leave and everyone makes a mad dash for the gate)? Are there steps you have to go down to get to the platform?
An hour or so before departure you will see a portable counter off to one side of the concourse labeled "Ocean – Sleeping Car Passengers"..... Check-in here, get your dinner reservations then you can proceed to the "Panorama" First Class Lounge to wait.My wife and I are taking the Ocean from Montreal to Halifax in September. We splurged for a big bedroom in the Park car. Does VIA Rail treat Park car passengers like Mr. and Mrs. Gotrocks with preboarding and stuff, or will we be roughing it in line with coach passengers? Is there a first class lounge at Montreal Gare Centrale?
And if you're already in the Panorama Lounge they'll make an announcement to go out and check in at that portable counter. You'll even get to meet your attendant in the Park car during checkin. The attendant for the Park car is always there at checkin, so that they can try to familiarize themselves with who is entitled to use the Park car and who is not, since only the more expensive Sleeper Plus class is allowed to use the Park car. Regular Sleeper Class is not entitled to use the Park car.An hour or so before departure you will see a portable counter off to one side of the concourse labeled "Ocean – Sleeping Car Passengers"..... Check-in here, get your dinner reservations then you can proceed to the "Panorama" First Class Lounge to wait.My wife and I are taking the Ocean from Montreal to Halifax in September. We splurged for a big bedroom in the Park car. Does VIA Rail treat Park car passengers like Mr. and Mrs. Gotrocks with preboarding and stuff, or will we be roughing it in line with coach passengers? Is there a first class lounge at Montreal Gare Centrale?
A half hour to 45 minutes before departure you'll be taken down the escalator to board…..no need to line up with the masses.
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