Canora Station (REM)
Until May 2020, Canora was a commuter rail station on Exo's Deux-Montagnes and Mascouche lines.
History
The station is located at 7300 Canora Road, immediately northwest of Jean Talon Street.
From the opening of the Deux-Montagnes Line in 1918 by the Canadian Northern Railway 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. At the reopening, the station was renamed Canora, a portmanteau of CAnadian NOrthern RAilway, in tribute to the line's founder.
Since opening, the station has been 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 downtown via the tunnel.
As part of the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) project to convert the Deux-Montagnes line to rapid-transit operation, a connecting station was to be built on the Saint-Jérôme line adjacent to Canora across Rue Jean-Talon.
Starting in May 2018, due to the 4-year-long process of being converted to light rapid transit operation, only one of the station's two platforms was being used for travel in both directions; the same was true for its neighbouring outbound station, Mont-Royal. The station was fully closed on May 11, 2020, in order to be converted into a REM station. It is slated to reopen in 2024.
Connecting bus routes
Société de transport de Montréal | |
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No. and route name | Service times |
92 Jean-Talon Ouest | All-day |
160 Barclay, Eastbound | All-day; located one block south on Wilderton and Bates |
372 Jean-Talon | Overnight |
References
- ^ Canora (RTM)
- ^ Exo (2020-06-17). Réponse à votre demande d'accès à l'information (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 2020-25.
- ^ Jason Magder (April 22, 2016). "Electric light-rail train network spearheaded by Caisse de dépôt to span Montreal by 2020". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- ^ Madger, Jason. "Shuttle buses mostly empty after Mount Royal tunnel closes". Montreal Gazette. Postmedia. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ "Update : South Shore timeline and report on work completed". rem.info. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
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