Canora station (REM)

Canora is a future station on the Réseau express métropolitain, expected to open in the third quarter of 2023. It is located in the west end of the Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, just east of Mount Royal. The platforms are located northwest of the west portal of the Mount Royal Tunnel.

For the Via Rail station in Canora, Saskatchewan, see Canora station (Saskatchewan).
Canora
Looking east towards the portal of the
Mount Royal Tunnel and Jean Talon Street
Location7300 Canora Road,[1]
Montreal, Quebec
Coordinates45°30′50″N 73°38′04″W
Operated byExo
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
  Société de transport de Montréal
Construction
ParkingNone[1]
Bicycle facilities100 spaces
Other information
Fare zone1
WebsiteCanora station (REM)
History
Opened1918
Closed2020
Rebuilt2022
Electrified25 kV AC 60 Hz catenary
Previous namesPortal Heights
Passengers
2019[2]151,500 Deux-Montagnes
32,700 Mascouche
184,200 Total (Exo)
Former / future services
Preceding station REM Following station
Future services
Ville-de-Mont-Royal
toward Deux-Montagnes, Anse-à-l'Orme or Airport
 Réseau express métropolitain
(opens 2023)
 Édouard-Montpetit
toward Brossard
Preceding station Exo Following station
Former services
Mont-Royal
toward Deux-Montagnes
 Deux-Montagnes Central Station
Terminus
Mont-Royal
toward Mascouche
 Mascouche

Until May 2020, Canora was a commuter rail station on Exo's Deux-Montagnes line and Mascouche line.

Location of the station

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.

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.[3]

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.[4] It is slated to reopen in 2022.

Connecting bus routes
Société de transport de Montréal
No.[1] and Route Name Service Times Route Map Schedule
92 Jean-Talon Ouest All-Day Map Schedule
160 Barclay, Eastbound All-Day, Located one block south on Wilderton and Bates Map Schedule
372 Jean-Talon Overnight Map Schedule

See also

References
  1. Canora (RTM)
  2. Exo (2020-06-17). Réponse à votre demande d'accès à l'information (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 2020-25.
  3. 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.
  4. Madger, Jason. "Shuttle buses mostly empty after Mount Royal tunnel closes". Montreal Gazette. Postmedia. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

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