Mont-Royal station (RTM)

Mont-Royal was a commuter rail station operated by Exo in Mont Royal, Quebec, Canada. It is located about 700 metres (2,300 ft) northwest of Canora station. It was served by the Deux-Montagnes line and Mascouche line until its closure in 2020. The station will be renamed to Ville-de-Mont-Royal once Réseau express métropolitain service commences in 2022.

Mont-Royal
Location1275 Dunkirk Road [1]
Mount Royal, Quebec
Coordinates45°31′01″N 73°38′42″W
Operated byExo
PlatformsSide platforms
Tracks2
Connections
  Société de transport de Montréal
Construction
ParkingNone[1]
Bicycle facilities22 spaces[1]
Other information
Fare zone1
WebsiteMont-Royal Station (RTM)
History
Opened1918
Electrified25 kV AC 60 Hz catenary
Traffic
Passengers (2019[2])270,700 Deux-Montagnes
47,900 Mascouche
318,600 Total (Exo)
Services
Preceding station REM Following station
Côte-de-Liesse
toward Deux-Montagnes, L'Anse-à-l'Orme or Airport
 Réseau express métropolitain
Opens 2022
 Canora
toward Brossard
Former services
Preceding station Exo Following station
Montpellier
toward Deux-Montagnes
 Deux-Montagnes Canora
toward Central Station
Ahuntsic
toward Mascouche
 Mascouche

Origin of name
Location of the station in the Town of Mount Royal

Mont-Royal takes its name from Town of Mount Royal (in French, Ville-Mont-Royal), where the station is located; the town in turn, takes its name from Mount Royal, the mountain that dominates the Island of Montreal.

In the city of Montreal, there is also an unrelated Metro station of the same name.

Location

The station is located at the eastern end of the traffic circle created by Graham and Laird boulevards, between and between Lombard Crescent and Dunkirk road. Connaught Park is inside this traffic circle

History

Mont-Royal station was until 1992 a stop for Via Rail passenger trains leaving or approaching Montreal's Central Station on this track.

The Mascouche line started service on 1 December 2014.

As of May 2018 due to its 4-year-long process of being converted to light rapid transit, only one of its two platforms is being used for travel in both directions; the same is true for its neighbouring station Canora (inbound). The station was closed in 2020 until 2022 when it will be reopened as a light metro station in the second phase commissioning of the REM (Réseau express métropolitain).

Connecting bus routes
Société de transport de Montréal
No.[1] and Route Name Service Times Route Map Schedule
16 Graham All-Day before 10:00PM Map Schedule
119 Rockland All-Day before 8:00PM Map Schedule
165 Côte-des-Neiges All-Day Map Schedule
919 Trainbus Acadie/Mont-Royal/Namur TBA

TBA

TBA

References
  1. Mont Royal (RTM)
  2. Exo (2020-06-17). Réponse à votre demande d'accès à l'information (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 2020-25.
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