Montréal-Ouest station
Montréal-Ouest | |||||||||||||||||||
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7499 Harley Avenue[1] Montreal West, Quebec | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 45°27′13″N 73°38′30″W / 45.45361°N 73.64167°WCoordinates: 45°27′13″N 73°38′30″W / 45.45361°N 73.64167°W | ||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Réseau de transport métropolitain | ||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform, 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | 12 Park-and-Ride and 2 Carpooling spaces[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 15 spaces[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | Montreal-Ouest Station (RTM) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 14 April 1889 | ||||||||||||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||||||||||||
Passengers (2016[2]) |
490,700 Vaudreuil-Hudson 182,900 Saint-Jérôme 111,900 Candiac 785,500 Total | ||||||||||||||||||
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Montréal-Ouest station is a commuter rail station in Montreal West, Quebec. It serves the Réseau de transport métropolitain (RTM) Vaudreuil-Hudson, Saint-Jérôme, and Candiac lines. Montréal-Ouest station is located 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 crossover from North Junction into the station (track 4) was removed, but was restored in 1999 when the Blainville train line (now Saint-Jérôme line) started downtown service. It wasn't until 2003, however, that Saint-Jérôme trains stopped at Montréal-Ouest.
Train services
Current
- Rigaud Line (later Dorion-Rigaud, now Vaudreuil-Hudson): (1889 - 1982 by CP, 1982 - 1996 by the STCUM, 1996–2017 by the Agence Métropolitaine de Transport (AMT), 2017-present, by the RTM)
- Blainville (Sainte-Thérèse) Line (later Blainville-Saint-Jérôme, now Saint-Jérôme): (1951 - 1980 by CP, 1999–2017 by the AMT, 2017-present, by the RTM)
- Delson (Farnham) Line (later Delson and Delson-Candiac, now Candiac): (1889 - 1980 by CP, 2001–2017 by the AMT, 2017-present, by the RTM)
Former
- 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.
- Quebec City (via Trois-Rivières): (1951 - 1984)
- Ottawa via Montebello: (1951 - 1981)
- Mont-Laurier: (1951 - 1981)
Bus connections
Société de transport de Montréal (STM)
Société de transport de Montréal[1] | |||
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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 2 3 4 5 Montreal West (RTM)
- ↑ Ridership from rtm.qc.ca (PDF) (Report). Montreal: Réseau de transport métropolitain [Metropolitan Transportation Network]. ISBN 978-2-550-75552-4 https://rtm.quebec/Media/Default/images/section8/publications/Amt-rapport-annuel-2016.pdf. Missing or empty
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External links
- Official Website, Vaudreuil-Hudson Line
- Official Website, Saint-Jerome Line
- Official Website, Candiac Line
- Combined schedule of trains at Montreal West
- 2016 STM System Map