Mont-Royal (AMT)

Mont-Royal
Location 1275 Dunkirk Road [1]
Mount Royal, Quebec
Coordinates 45°31′01″N 73°38′42″W / 45.51694°N 73.64500°W / 45.51694; -73.64500Coordinates: 45°31′01″N 73°38′42″W / 45.51694°N 73.64500°W / 45.51694; -73.64500
Platforms Side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections
  STM buses
Construction
Parking None[1]
Bicycle facilities 22 spaces[1]
Other information
Fare zone 1
History
Opened 1918
Electrified 25 kV AC 60 Hz catenary
Traffic
Passengers (2014[2]) ERROR (AMT)
Services
Preceding station   AMT   Following station
Deux-Montagnes
toward Montreal
toward Mascouche
Mascouche

Mont-Royal is a commuter rail station on the AMT's Deux-Montagnes and Mascouche lines located in Mount Royal, Quebec, about 700 meters northwestbound from Canora station. The Mascouche line started service on 1 December 2014.

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.

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
435 Express Du Parc/Côte-des-Neiges Rush Hours Map Schedule

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 AMT - Stations - Mont Royal
  2. ↑ Ridership from Rapport annuel 2014 [Annual Report 2014] (PDF). amt.qc.ca (Report) (in French) (Montreal: Agence métropolitaine de transport [Metropolitan Transportation Agency]). ISBN 978-2-550-72933-4. Retrieved May 2015.

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