Ville-de-Mont-Royal station () is a future

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(REM) station, expected to open in October 2025. It is located in

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, about northwest of Canora station. Until May 2020, this station was named Mont-Royal and was a

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station operated by

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. It was served by the

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and

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lines until its closure in 2020.

Origin of name

Mont-Royal takes its name from

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(in

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, Ville-Mont-Royal), where the station is located; the town in turn, takes its name from

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, the mountain that dominates the

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. In the city of Montreal, there is also an unrelated

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of the same name.

Location

The station is located at the eastern end of the

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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

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passenger trains leaving or approaching Montreal's on this track. The Mascouche line started service on 1 December 2014. Beginning in May 2018, due to its 4-year-long process of being converted to light rapid transit, only one of its two platforms was used for travel in both directions; the same was true for its neighbouring station Canora (inbound). The station was closed in 2020 and was scheduled to reopen in 2024 as a light metro station in the second phase of the

, then it was later pushed back on October 2025. /

Connecting bus routes

References

External links

Mont-Royal Commuter Train Station Information (RTM)

Mont-Royal Commuter Train Station Schedule (RTM) – Deux-Montagnes line

Mont-Royal Commuter Train Station Schedule (RTM) – Mascouche line

2016 STM System Map
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