Montréal-Ouest station () is a

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station in the

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borough of

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, adjacent to the border with the town of

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, Canada. It serves the Exo Vaudreuil-Hudson,

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, and Candiac lines. Montréal-Ouest station is located in ARTM fare zone A, and has 20 parking spaces. It is the station where these three lines come together as one towards Lucien-L'Allier station.

Origin of name

Montréal-Ouest takes its name from the town of Montreal West, which this station serves. The town's main street, Westminster Avenue, crosses the tracks directly to the west of the station building.

History

The station opened on 14 April 1889, when the

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's Windsor Station and its approach tracks came into service. Its original name was Montreal Junction, the second place to bear this name, because it was (as it still is today) the place where numerous CPR passenger lines came together near the Montreal terminal. The present Montreal-West station was built in 1905. Until about the 1970s there were 4 tracks at the station. Track 1 (the southernmost track, closest to the station) was removed. In the 1980s the crossover from North Junction into the station (track 4) was removed, but was restored in 1999 when the Blainville train line (now

Saint-Jérôme line Saint-Jérôme (also designated line 12, formerly known as Blainville–Saint-Jérôme and Montreal–Blainville) is a commuter rail service in Greater Montreal, Quebec. It is operated by Exo (public transit), Exo, the organization that operate ...

) started downtown service. It was not until 2003, however, that Saint-Jérôme trains stopped at Montréal-Ouest. At that point, the northernmost track (now signed as Track 3) was served by an island platform, which also served track 2. In 2019, however, another side platform was built north of the station, with the northern face of the island platform fenced off. For now, access to this platform from the rest of the station is only via the Avenue Elmhurst level crossing, with additional accesses from the Elmhurst bus loop and Rue Sherbrooke. In the summer of 2023, the tunnel which connects the station building with the island platform will be extended to Platform 3 and the northern accesses. Along with Beaconsfield station, it is the only station on the line to retain its original station building (1889) in passenger use. In addition to ticketing facilities, the station building houses an underpass that connects to two headhouses on the island platform. Mechanical bells are still sounded as a signal when trains approach this station. Prior to the reform of the ARTM's fare structure in July 2022, this station was in zone 1.

Train services

Current

Vaudreuil–Hudson line Vaudreuil–Hudson (also designated line 11, formerly known as Dorion–Rigaud) is a commuter rail service in Greater Montreal, Quebec. It is operated by Exo, the organization that operates public transport services across this region. The Vau ...

: (1889–1982 by CP, 1982–1996 by the STCUM, 1996–2017 by the Agence Métropolitaine de Transport (AMT), 2017–present, by Exo) *

: (1951–1980 by CP, 1999–2017 by the AMT, 2017–present, by Exo) * Candiac line: (1889–1980 by CP, 2001–2017 by the AMT, 2017–present, by Exo)

Former

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'' train to Chicago: (1914–1940) * ''

'' train to Vancouver: (1955–1979) * '' The Atlantic Limited'': (1955-1979) * '' The Adirondack'': (1974–1986) Most trains on these lines ran from Place Viger until it closed on 31 May 1951. They served Montreal-West only when their terminal was Windsor Station—a few trains until June 1951, all of them thereafter. * ''

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(via

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'': (1951–1981)

Connecting bus routes

References

External links

Official Website, Vaudreuil-Hudson Line

Official Website, Saint-Jerome Line

Official Website, Candiac Line

Combined schedule of trains at Montreal West

2016 STM System Map
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