Sauvé station

Sauvé station is an intermodal transit station in the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[3] The Montreal Metro station is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Orange Line. It is located in the Ahuntsic district. The station opened October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro.

Sauvé
Location9790 and 9800 rue Berri, Montreal
Quebec, Canada
Coordinates45°33′03″N 73°39′22″W
Operated bySociété de transport de Montréal
Bus operators
  Société de transport de Montréal
Connections
  •   Sauvé station
Construction
Depth15.9 metres (52 feet 2 inches), 32nd deepest
ArchitectAdalbert Niklewicz
History
Opened14 October 1966
Passengers
2019[1][2]4,053,264  5.5%
Rank29 of 68
Services
Preceding station   Montreal Metro   Following station
toward Côte-Vertu
Orange Line
toward Montmorency

Just south of the station on Berri Street, is the Canadian National railway line, which carries the Réseau de transport métropolitain's (RTM) Mascouche commuter and Via Rail intercity trains. The Sauvé commuter rail station is connected to these corridors, and replaces the nearby Via Rail Ahuntsic station.

Overview

The Metro station, designed by Adalbert Niklewicz, is a normal side platform station, built in tunnel. A single mezzanine connects entrances on either side of Sauvé Street.

Origin of the name

This station is named for Sauvé Street, named in 1912 for a landowner whose property the street crossed.

Commuter & Intercity Rail
Sauvé
Location420 rue Port-Royal, Montreal, Quebec[4]
Operated byExo
Connections
  Sauvé (Montreal Metro)
  Société de transport de Montréal
Construction
ParkingNone[4]
Bicycle facilities14 spaces[4]
Other information
Fare zone1
WebsiteSauve (RTM)
History
OpenedJuly 6, 2015
Passengers
2019[5]221,800 (Exo)
Services
Preceding station Via Rail Following station
Montreal
Terminus
 Montreal–Jonquière Anjou
toward Jonquière
Montreal–Senneterre Anjou
toward Senneterre
Preceding station Exo Following station
Ahuntsic
toward Central Station
 Mascouche Saint-Michel–Montréal-Nord
toward Mascouche

Sauvé station is a commuter rail station operated by the Exo.

It is served by the Mascouche line and by VIA Rail's Montreal–Jonquière and Montreal–Senneterre trains.[6]

It is one of five stations in the Exo system with a connection to the Montreal Metro, and is the only such intermodal station besides Gare Centrale/Bonaventure metro station to be served by intercity rail.

Connecting bus routes
Société de transport de Montréal
Route
31 Saint-Denis
41 Quartier Saint-Michel / Ahuntsic
121 Sauvé/Côte-Vertu
140 Fleury
180 De Salaberry
361 Saint-Denis
378 Sauvé/Côte-Vertu/Montreal-Trudeau
440 Express Charleroi

Nearby points of interest
  • Chevra Kadisha-B'nai Jacob Congregation Cemetery
  • Shaare Zion congregation Cemetery
  • Henri Julien Park
  • Auteuil Park

References
  1. Société de transport de Montréal (2020-05-21). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2019 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2020.091.
  2. Société de transport de Montréal (2019-08-08). Achalandage du métro mensuel, station par station (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2019.197.
  3. Sauvé Metro Station
  4. Sauve (RTM)
  5. Exo (2020-06-17). Réponse à votre demande d'accès à l'information (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 2020-25.
  6. "VIA Rail modifies stops on the route to Senneterre and Jonquière". Via Rail. June 27, 2017. Archived from the original on September 4, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
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