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 commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns. Generally commuter rail systems are con ...
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 t ...
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