Deux-Montagnes is a future terminus station of the
Réseau express métropolitain
The Réseau express métropolitain (REM; en, Metropolitan Express Network) is a light metro rapid transit system under construction in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. When completed in 2025, the system will link several Montreal suburbs and ...
(REM) in
Deux-Montagnes, Quebec, Canada. REM service at the station is scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2024.
The station will serve as the terminus of the
Deux-Montagnes branch of the REM.
Until the end of 2020, Deux-Montagnes was a
commuter rail
Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting Commuting, commuters to a Downtown, central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns. Generally commuter r ...
station operated by
Exo
Exo ( ko, 엑소; stylized in all caps) is a South Korean-Chinese boy band based in Seoul formed by SM Entertainment in 2011 and debuted in 2012. The group consists of nine members: Xiumin, Suho, Lay, Baekhyun, Chen, Chanyeol, D.O., Kai ...
and was the northern terminus of the
Deux-Montagnes line
Deux-Montagnes or Two Mountains Line (also designated exo6 and formerly Red Line) was formerly a commuter railway line in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was owned by Exo, the organization that operates public transport services across this ...
.
Origin of name
Deux-Montagnes takes its name from
Deux-Montagnes, the municipality where it is located, although this station took the name of the original Gare Deux-Montagnes, now
Grand-Moulin station. The building serves as municipal offices, as well as a passenger waiting area for the connecting routes. Outside of the building, is the former
CN 6710, a
GE boxcab electric-powered locomotive that brought trains through the
Mount Royal Tunnel
The Mount Royal Tunnel (french: tunnel sous le mont Royal, tunnel du mont Royal) is a railway tunnel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The tunnel is the third longest in Canada, after the Mount Macdonald Tunnel and the Connaught Tunnel, and connects ...
until 1995.
Location
The station is located at 400, boul. Deux-Montagnes, near
Autoroute 640
Autoroute 640 (or A-640) is a Quebec Autoroutes of Quebec, autoroute that runs across the North Shore Region (paralleling the Rivière des Mille-Îles) from Quebec Route 344, Route 344 in the Oka, Quebec, Oka area to Quebec Route 138, Route 138, ...
(exit 8). The station is also served by
pedestrian walkway
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s and
bicycle routes in Deux-Montagnes.
Connecting bus routes
CIT Laurentides
References
External links
Deux-Montagnes Commuter Train Station Information (RTM)
Deux-Montagnes Commuter Train Station Schedule (RTM){{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803215511/https://rtm.quebec/(X(1)S(mx04gkbnqvcsljujdgjqfrn0))/en/trip-planner/train/deux-montagnes/0/11130#onglet_horaire , date=2017-08-03
CIT Laurentides Website*
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Route Maps
Former Exo commuter rail stations
Railway stations in Laurentides
Réseau express métropolitain railway stations
Railway stations in Canada opened in 1995