Sauvé station () is an

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station in the borough of

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, Canada. The

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station is operated by the

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(STM) and serves the Orange Line. It is located in the

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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

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railway line, which carries the

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's (RTM)

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commuter and

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intercity trains. The Sauvé commuter rail station is connected to these corridors, and replaces the nearby

Ahuntsic station.

Overview

The Metro station, designed by Adalbert Niklewicz, is a normal

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station, built in

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. A single

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connects entrances on either side of Sauvé Street. In 2022, the STM's Universal Accessibility Report noted that preliminary design work to make the station accessible was underway.

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

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station operated by

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. It is served by the

Mascouche line Mascouche (also designated exo15, known during planning as Repentigny–Mascouche) is a commuter rail service in Greater Montreal, Quebec. It is operated by Exo (public transit), Exo, the organization that operates the Exo commuter rail, comm ...

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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