Panama station is a

Réseau express métropolitain The Réseau express métropolitain (REM; ) is a Medium-capacity rail system, light metro rapid transit system in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. As of June 2025, it consists of five stations spanning 16 km, connecting Downtown Montreal with th ...

(REM) station in the city of

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, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by CDPQ Infra and serves as a station on the South Shore branch of the REM. The station opened on 31 July 2023. The station replaced the Panama bus terminus and functions as a large

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for the cities of

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and

. This station is equipped with a bus terminal as well as a 304-space parking lot.

History

The bus terminus was inaugurated in 1985. The original building was located at the intersection of Panama Street and

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. It was adjacent to both Autoroute 10 and

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. The new building is located south of the old terminal, situating itself closer to the new Panama station. In 2006, a busway (

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) was constructed between the terminus and the Taschereau Interchange of Autoroute 10. Starting in September 2018, the bus terminus was progressively demolished to make way for the Panama station of the

rapid transit network. A temporary bus terminal was implemented in 2020 in order to make way for additional construction. The new bus terminal opened partially on July 11, 2022, with the waiting area and entrance to the REM closed. The new terminal was named Terminus Panama, instead of Terminus Brossard-Panama, to not confuse it with the new

Brossard station Brossard station (known as Rive-Sud during early development) is a Réseau express métropolitain (REM) station in the city of Brossard, Quebec, Canada. Located approximately south of the intersection of Autoroutes Quebec Autoroute 10, 10 and ...

Artwork

A photographic artwork titled ''Un voyage sans fin au-delà du présent'' by photographer

Chih-Chien Wang Chih-Chien Wang (born 1970) is a Taiwanese-born Canadian photographer. Wang was born in Tainan, Taiwan; since 2012, he has lived in Montreal, Quebec. Collections Wang's work is included in the collections of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, th ...

is located in the access tunnel to the station. This work was unveiled in October 2024.

Terminus Panama

Panama station has a bus terminal called Terminus Panama, with 30 platforms. A total of 37 bus lines serve the station.

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