Ville-de-Mont-Royal station

Ville-de-Mont-Royal station is a future Réseau express métropolitain (REM) station, expected to open in 2024. It is located in Mont Royal, Quebec, about 700 metres (2,300 ft) northwest of Canora station.

Ville-de-Mont-Royal
Ville-de-Mont-Royal station before reconstruction
General information
Location1275 Dunkirk Road [1]
Mount Royal, Quebec
Canada
Coordinates45°31′01″N 73°38′42″W
Operated byCDPQ Infra
Line(s)REM main line
Platforms2 Side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeBelow-grade
Bicycle facilities20 rack spaces
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zoneA
Websiterem.info/en/stations/ville-de-mont-royal
History
Opened1918 (1918)
ClosedMay 11, 2020 (2020-05-11)
RebuiltQ4 2024 (REM)
Passengers
2019[2]270,700 Deux-Montagnes
47,900 Mascouche
318,600 Total (Exo)
Future services
Preceding station REM Following station
Côte-de-Liesse
toward Deux-Montagnes, Anse-à-l'Orme or Airport
 Réseau express métropolitain Canora
toward Brossard
Former services
Preceding station Exo Following station
Montpellier
toward Deux-Montagnes
 Deux-Montagnes Canora
toward Central Station
Ahuntsic
toward Mascouche
 Mascouche
Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station
Services in 1948
Ahuntsic
toward Rawdon
 Montreal – Rawdon
Local stops		 Portal Heights
toward Montreal
Val Royal
toward Lac Remi
 Montreal – Lac Remi Montreal
Terminus
Vertu
toward St. Eustache-sur-le-Lac or Hawkesburg
 St. Eustache-sur-le-Lac services Portal Heights
toward Montreal

Until May 2020, this station was named Mont-Royal and was a commuter rail station operated by Exo. It was served by the Deux-Montagnes and Mascouche lines until its closure in 2020.

Origin of name

Mont-Royal takes its name from Town of Mount Royal (in French, Ville-Mont-Royal), where the station is located; the town in turn, takes its name from Mount Royal, the mountain that dominates the Island of Montreal.

In the city of Montreal, there is also an unrelated Metro station of the same name.

Location

The station is located at the eastern end of the traffic circle created by Graham and Laird boulevards, between and between Lombard Crescent and Dunkirk road. Connaught Park is inside this traffic circle

History

Mont-Royal station was until 1992 a stop for Via Rail passenger trains leaving or approaching Montreal's Central Station on this track. The Mascouche line started service on 1 December 2014.

Beginning in May 2018, due to its 4-year-long process of being converted to light rapid transit, only one of its two platforms was used for travel in both directions; the same was true for its neighbouring station Canora (inbound). The station was closed in 2020 and is scheduled to reopen in 2024 as a light metro station in the second phase of the Réseau express métropolitain.

Connecting bus routes
Société de transport de Montréal
No. and route name[1] Service times
16 Graham All-day before 10:00 PM
119 Rockland All-day before 8:00 PM
165 Côte-des-Neiges All-day
465 Express Côte-Des-Neiges Morning departures, afternoon arrivals

References
  1. Mont Royal (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.
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