Montpellier station is a future Réseau express métropolitain (REM) station, expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2024. It is located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Until May 2020, the station was a commuter rail station operated by Exo on the Deux-Montagnes line.
Montpellier | |||||||||||||
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 Montpellier station platform before reconstruction | |||||||||||||
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| Location | 465 Boulevard de la Côte Vertu[1] Montreal, Quebec Canada | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°31′29″N 73°40′19″W / 45.52472°N 73.67194°W | ||||||||||||
| Operated by | CDPQ Infra | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | REM main line | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Embankment | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 60 rack spaces[2] | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Website | rem | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 1918 | ||||||||||||
| Closed | May 11, 2020 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | Q4 2024 (REM) | ||||||||||||
| Previous names | Vertu | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2019[3] | 590,400 (Exo) | ||||||||||||
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Origin of name
editPrior to the modernization of the Deux-Montagnes line, between 1993 and 1995, the station was called Vertu because of its location on Côte-Vertu Boulevard. One of the reasons the name was changed was to avoid confusion with the Côte-Vertu metro station, which opened in 1986. The current name, Montpellier, comes from the name of a nearby street and shopping mall. Another option for a station name was Saint-Laurent, but this was not chosen in order to avoid confusion with the existing Saint-Laurent Montreal metro station.
Location
editThe station is located at 465 Côte-Vertu Boulevard in Saint-Laurent between the intersections of Côte-Vertu/Jules-Poitras Boul. and of Côte-Vertu/Muir St.
Connecting bus routes
edit| Société de transport de Montréal |
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 121 Sauvé/Côte-Vertu
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 128 Saint-Laurent
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| 171 Henri-Bourassa
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 378 Sauvé/YUL Aéroport
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| 380 Henri-Bourassa
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References
edit- ^ Montpellier (RTM)
- ^ "Montpellier Station". Réseau express métropolitain (REM). Retrieved 2023-08-02.
- ^ Exo (2020-06-17). Réponse à votre demande d'accès à l'information (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 2020-25.
External links
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- Montpellier Commuter Train Station Information (RTM)
- Montpellier Commuter Train Station Schedule (RTM)
- 2016 STM System Map
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