Canora is a future station on the
Réseau express métropolitain, expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2024. It is located in the
Glenmount neighbourhood of
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, just east of the
Town of Mount Royal. The platforms are located northwest of the west portal of the
Mount Royal Tunnel.
Until May 2020, Canora was a
commuter rail station on
Exo's
Deux-Montagnes line and
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 ...
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History
The station is located at 7300, Canora Road, immediately northwest of
Jean Talon Street.
The station takes its name from Canora Road, which in turn takes its name from the first operator of this line, the
Canadian Northern Railway, which built the line and operated it for a short time before it was merged into
Canadian National Railway
The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.
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From the opening of the Deux-Montagnes Line in 1918 until the modernization of the line, which took place between 1993 and 1995, the station was called Portal Heights because of its location at the northwest end of the
Mount Royal Tunnel.
The station is valued by the residents of not only the town of
Mont-Royal, but also by those of the Côte-des-Neiges borough, for its fast connection with the downtown
Central station involves a 7-minute journey via the tunnel.
Under the
Réseau express métropolitain (REM) proposal, which would convert the Deux-Montagnes line to rapid-transit operation, a connecting station would be built on the
Saint-Jérôme line adjacent to Canora across Rue-Jean-Talon.
Starting in May 2018, due to its 4-year-long process of being converted to light rapid transit, only one of the station's two platforms was being used for travel in both directions; the same was true for its neighbouring station Mont-Royal (outbound). The station was fully closed on May 11, 2020, in order to be converted into a REM station.
It is slated to reopen in 2022.
Connecting bus routes
See also
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Line 3 Red
References
External links
Canora Commuter Train Station Information (RTM)Canora Commuter Train Station Schedule (RTM) - Deux-Montagnes lineCanora Commuter Train Station Schedule (RTM) - Mascouche line2016 STM System Map
{{Montreal Metro navbox
Former Exo commuter rail stations
Railway stations in Montreal
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Réseau express métropolitain railway stations