Sauvé station is an intermodal transit station in the borough of

Ahuntsic-Cartierville Ahuntsic-Cartierville ( (local accent)) is a borough (''arrondissement'') of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The borough was created following the 2002 municipal reorganization of Montreal. It comprises two main neighbourhoods, Ahuntsic, ...

in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The

Montreal Metro The Montreal Metro (french: Métro de Montréal) is a rubber-tired underground rapid transit system serving Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The metro, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM), was inaugurated on October 14, ...

station is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Orange Line. It is located in the

Ahuntsic Ahuntsic (; French pronunciation ) is a district in the northern part of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Originally an independent village, Ahuntsic was first annexed by Montreal in 1910, then merged into the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville in 2002. ...

district. The station opened October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro. Just south of the station on Berri Street, is the Canadian National railway line, which carries the Réseau de transport métropolitain's (RTM) Mascouche commuter and Via Rail intercity trains. The Sauvé commuter rail station is connected to these corridors, and replaces the nearby Via Rail Ahuntsic station.

Overview

The Metro station, designed by Adalbert Niklewicz, is a normal side platform station, built in tunnel. A single

mezzanine A mezzanine (; or in Italian language, Italian, a ''mezzanino'') is an intermediate floor in a building which is partly open to the double-height ceilinged floor below, or which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, a loft ...

connects entrances on either side of Sauvé Street.

Origin of the name

This station is named for Sauvé Street, named in 1912 for a landowner whose property the street crossed.

Commuter and intercity rail

Sauvé station is a commuter rail station operated by Exo. It is served by the

Mascouche line Mascouche (also designated exo5, known during planning as Repentigny–Mascouche) is a commuter railway line in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by Exo, the organization that operates public transport services across this regi ...

and by VIA Rail's Montreal–Jonquière and Montreal–Senneterre trains. VIA service was moved to Sauvé from the now-closed Ahuntsic station some 500 metres east of the station (not to be confused with the present-day Ahuntsic commuter train station, to the west). It is one of five stations in the Exo system with a connection to the

, and is the only such intermodal station besides Gare Centrale/Bonaventure to be served by intercity rail.

Connecting bus routes

Nearby points of interest

* Chevra Kadisha-B'nai Jacob Congregation Cemetery * Shaare Zion congregation Cemetery * Henri Julien Park * Auteuil Park

References

External links

Sauvé Station - official siteMontreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com
- photos, information, and trivia
2011 STM System Map

Sauve Commuter Train Station Information (RTM)

Sauve Commuter Train Station Schedule (RTM)

2016 STM System Map
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