I've walked it all now, and understand how the airport, bus, train and commuter train link together. It is not too bad once you know the tricks, but it definitely is not made easy by any of the four, which is a shame.
The closest link is the bus and the via train. It's easy to go the wrong way, because it feels like you are walking into the territory of "stay off the tracks", but it's a small path, cleared even in a blizzard, to the east side of the bus station, just a short walk toward the north.
The bus shelter and the commuter train connect with a tunnel that has a greenhouse garden that is quite unexpected and well maintained.
The walk from the airport is treachourous, and the bus payment is quadruple the real price. If you have a regular pass (I carry one now with me), you can get the same trip for just under $3, instead of $10 at the only machine at the airport. They don't even try to make it easy at dorval station. There are no machines at the station for bus. If you walk several kms from the airport to the mall, you can buy tickets at the pharmacy by buying an OPUS card. All of these are inexcusable gauges that do not seem to have a rhyme or reason.
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