Halifax International Airport
is located 35km northeast of the
city centre and has its own tourist
information office (daily
9am-10pm). Airbus runs a bus
shuttle service from the
airport to the classier downtown
hotels (daily: every 30min to 1hr
from 7.30am to 11pm; 40min-1hr
15min depending on traffic; $12
single, $20 return). If you're not
staying at one of these, ask the
driver how near to your
destination he will let you off;
for downtown get off at the Delta
Barrington Hotel , which is on
Barrington Street at Duke, right
in the centre. The taxi
fare from the airport to the
centre is around $40. The Acadian
Lines bus terminal, 6040 Almon St,
about 4km northwest of the centre
just off Robie Street, houses the
long-distance bus station and also
DRL buses (for Yarmouth and the
South Shore). Transit bus #7
connects the terminal with
downtown. The VIA Rail station,
Hollis Street at Cornwallis Park,
handles just six trains in
and out per week, connecting
Halifax with Truro, New Brunswick,
the Gaspé and Montréal. From the
train station it's a
fifteen-minute walk into the
centre down Barrington Street, or
else catch the #7 or #9 bus (every
15min during the week, hourly on
the weekend).
