Connections STM buses Fare zone 1 Opened 14 April 1889 Tracks 3 | Bicycle facilities 15 spaces Province Québec Platforms in use 1 | |
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Location 7499 Harley Avenue
Montreal West, Quebec Operated by Agence métropolitaine de transport Parking 12 Park-and-Ride and 2 Carpooling spaces Address Montréal, QC H4B 1L7, Canada Similar Central Station, Montreal Bus Terminal, Gare Montpellier, Roxboro | ||
Montréal-Ouest is a commuter rail station on the Vaudreuil-Hudson, Saint-Jérôme, and Candiac lines in the Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada area. Montréal-Ouest is in Fare Zone 1, and this station has 20 parking spaces. It is the station where these three lines come together as one towards Lucien-L'Allier station.
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Origin of name
Montréal-Ouest takes its name from the Town of Montreal West, where half of the station is located. The other half is located in the city of Montreal (Côte-des-Neiges/Notre-Dame-de-Grace borough)
History
The station opened on 14 April 1889, when the Canadian Pacific Railway'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) started downtown service. It wasn't until 2003, however, that Saint-Jérôme trains stopped at Montréal-Ouest.
Current
Former
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.