Montpellier station is a future

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(REM) station, expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2024. It is located in

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, Quebec, Canada. Until May 2020, the station was a

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station operated by

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on the

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Origin of name

Prior to the modernization of the Deux-Montagnes line, between 1993 and 1995, the station was called Vertu because of its location on

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. One of the reasons the name was changed was to avoid confusion with the metro station, which opened in 1986. The current name, Montpellier, comes from the name of a nearby street and

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. 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

The 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

References

External links

Montpellier Commuter Train Station Information (RTM)

Montpellier Commuter Train Station Schedule (RTM)

2016 STM System Map
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