Canora station (REM)

Canora station is a future station on the Réseau express métropolitain (REM), expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2024. It is located in the Glenmount neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, just east of the Town of Mount Royal. The platforms are located northwest of the west portal of the Mount Royal Tunnel.

For the Via Rail station in Canora, Saskatchewan, see Canora station (Saskatchewan).
Canora
Canora station platform before reconstruction, looking east towards the portal of the Mount Royal Tunnel
General information
Location7300 Canora Road[1]
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
Coordinates45°30′50″N 73°38′04″W
Operated byCDPQ Infra
Line(s)REM main line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
  Société de transport de Montréal
Construction
Structure typeBelow-grade
Bicycle facilities46 rack spaces
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zoneA
Websiterem.info/en/stations/canora
History
Opened1918 (1918)
ClosedMay 11, 2020 (2020-05-11)
RebuiltQ4 2024 (REM)
Previous namesPortal Heights
Passengers
2019[2]151,500 Deux-Montagnes
32,700 Mascouche
184,200 Total (Exo)
Future services
Preceding station REM Following station
Ville-de-Mont-Royal
toward Deux-Montagnes, Anse-à-l'Orme or Airport
 Réseau express métropolitain Édouard-Montpetit
toward Brossard
Former services
Preceding station Exo Following station
Mont-Royal
toward Deux-Montagnes
 Deux-Montagnes Central Station
Terminus
Mont-Royal
toward Mascouche
 Mascouche
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Services in 1948
Mount Royal
toward Rawdon
 Montreal – Rawdon
Local stops		 Montreal
Terminus
Mount Royal
toward St. Eustache-sur-le-Lac or Hawkesburg
 St. Eustache-sur-le-Lac services

Until May 2020, Canora was a commuter rail station on Exo's Deux-Montagnes and Mascouche lines.

History

The station is located at 7300 Canora Road, immediately northwest of Jean Talon Street.

From the opening of the Deux-Montagnes Line in 1918 by the Canadian Northern Railway until the modernization of the line, which took place between 1993 and 1995, the station was called Portal Heights because of its location at the northwest end of the Mount Royal Tunnel. At the reopening, the station was renamed Canora, a portmanteau of CAnadian NOrthern RAilway, in tribute to the line's founder.

Since opening, the station has been valued by the residents of not only the town of Mont-Royal, but also by those of the Côte-des-Neiges borough, for its fast connection with downtown via the tunnel.

As part of the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) project to convert the Deux-Montagnes line to rapid-transit operation, a connecting station was to be built on the Saint-Jérôme line adjacent to Canora across Rue Jean-Talon.[3]

Starting in May 2018, due to the 4-year-long process of being converted to light rapid transit operation, only one of the station's two platforms was being used for travel in both directions; the same was true for its neighbouring outbound station, Mont-Royal. The station was fully closed on May 11, 2020, in order to be converted into a REM station.[4] It is slated to reopen in 2024.[5]

Connecting bus routes
Société de transport de Montréal
No. and route name[1] Service times
92 Jean-Talon Ouest All-day
160 Barclay, Eastbound All-day; located one block south on Wilderton and Bates
372 Jean-Talon Overnight

References
  1. Canora (RTM)
  2. Exo (2020-06-17). Réponse à votre demande d'accès à l'information (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 2020-25.
  3. Jason Magder (April 22, 2016). "Electric light-rail train network spearheaded by Caisse de dépôt to span Montreal by 2020". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
  4. Madger, Jason. "Shuttle buses mostly empty after Mount Royal tunnel closes". Montreal Gazette. Postmedia. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  5. "Update : South Shore timeline and report on work completed". rem.info. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-04.

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