Montréal-Ouest (AMT)

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Montréal-Ouest
Station statistics
Address 7499 Harley Avenue[1]
Montreal West, Quebec
Coordinates 45°27′13″N 73°38′30″W / 45.45361°N 73.64167°W / 45.45361; -73.64167Coordinates: 45°27′13″N 73°38′30″W / 45.45361°N 73.64167°W / 45.45361; -73.64167
Connections
  STM buses
Platforms 1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks 3
Parking 10 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities 15 spaces[1]
Other information
Opened 14 April 1889
Operator Agence métropolitaine de transport
Fare zone 1
Traffic
Passengers (2012[2])488,700 Vaudreuil-Hudson.
104,700 Saint-Jérôme
81,400 Candiac
674,800 Total (AMT)
Services
Preceding station   AMT   Following station
toward Hudson
 Vaudreuil-Hudson
Saint-Jérôme
toward Candiac
 Candiac
    Former services    
New York Central Railroad
Adirondack Junction
toward Utica
 Adirondack Division
toward Montreal

Montréal-Ouest is a commuter rail station on the Vaudreuil-Hudson, Saint-Jérôme, and Candiac Lines in the Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada area. Montréal-Ouest is in Fare Zone 1, and this station has 20 parking spaces.[1] It is the station where these three lines come together as one towards Lucien-L'Allier station.

Origin of name

Montréal-Ouest takes its name from the Town of Montreal West, where half of the station is located. The other half is located in the city of Montreal (Côte-des-Neiges/Notre-Dame-de-Grace borough)

History

The station opened on 14 April 1889, when the Canadian Pacific Railway's Windsor Station and its approach tracks came into service. Its original name was Montreal Junction, the second place to bear this name, because it was (as it still is today) the place where numerous CPR passenger lines came together near the Montreal terminal. The present Montreal-West station was built in 1905.

Until about the 1970s there were 4 tracks at the station. Track 1 (the southernmost track, closest to the station) was removed. In the 1980s the switch from North Junction into the station (track 4) was removed, but was reinstated in 1999 when the Blainville train line (now Saint-Jérôme) started downtown service. It wasn't until 2003, however, that the line called at Montréal-Ouest.

Train services

  • Rigaud Line (later Dorion-Rigaud, now Vaudreuil-Hudson): (1889 - 1982 by CP, 1982 - 1996 by the STCUM, 1996–present by the AMT)
  • Blainville (Sainte-Thérèse) Line (later Blainville-Saint-Jérôme, now Saint-Jérôme): (1951 - 1980, 1999–present, by the AMT) (until 1951 mostly ran from Place Viger)
  • Delson (Farnham) Line (later Delson and Delson-Candiac, now Candiac): (1889 - 1980, 2001–present, by the AMT)
  • Boston (The Alouette/The Red Wing: (??-1960??)
  • The Canadian: (1955 - 1979)
  • The Atlantic Limited: (1955-1979)
  • The Adirondack: (1974 - 1986)

Most trains on these lines ran from Place Viger until it closed on 31 May 1951. They served Montreal-West only when their terminal was Windsor Station—a few trains until June 1951, all of them thereafter.

Bus connections

Société de transport de Montréal (STM)

Société de transport de Montréal[1]
No. and Route Name Service Times Route Map Schedule
51 Édouard-Montpetit All-Day Map Schedule
105 Sherbrooke All-Day Map Schedule
123 Dollard All-Day Map Schedule
162 Westminster All-Day Map Schedule
356 Lachine/Mtl-Trudeau/Des Sources Overnight Map Schedule

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 AMT - Stations - Montreal West
  2. ↑ Ridership from "Rapport d’activités 2012". Agence métropolitaine de transport. Retrieved May 2013. 

External links


Saint-Jérôme Line
Vaudreuil-Hudson Line
Candiac Line
Mont-Saint-Hilaire Line
Deux-Montagnes Line
Mascouche Line
(under construction)
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