Saint-Jérôme (AMT)

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name = Saint-Jérôme
type =AMT (Commuter)
style=AMT Station


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Saint-Jérôme is an intermodal bus and commuter train station in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada.

It serves bus routes operated by the CIT Laurentides, a suburban transit agency, and by two intercity bus companies. In addition to loading areas for buses, it includes a train platform which is used by the Blainville-Saint-Jerome Line. The line is operated by the Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT), the umbrella organization that plans, integrates, and coordinates public transportation services in the Greater Montreal area. Commuter trains towards Montreal began serving the station on Monday, January 8, 2007, with four (of 10) trains on weekdays. The ride from Saint-Jérôme to Lucien-L'Allier station takes 85 minutes. [ [http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20061128/CPACTUALITES/611281358&SearchID=73264353345680 La Presse, Le mardi 28 novembre 2006 "Saint-Jérôme aura son train de banlieue" par Jean-Paul Charbonneau] ] Saint-Jérôme is in Fare Zone 7, and the station currently has parking for 378 cars. [ [http://www.amt.qc.ca/tc/train/gares/index.asp?nogare=105 Gare Saint-Jérôme] ]

The station is built primarily of wood, drawing its inspiration from the former Canadian Pacific Railway station in Saint-Jérôme and from industrial architecture of the 1900s. [ [http://www.mrnfp.gouv.qc.ca/forets/plus-que-du-bois/2006-07/gare.asp Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune. Plus que du bois: Gare intermodale de Saint-Jérôme au Québec] (In French)]

The former Canadian Pacific Railway station in Saint-Jérôme at 301 Sainte-Anne Street (old civic numbering) was designated in 1994 as a heritage railway station by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada [ [http://www.pc.gc.ca/clmhc-hsmbc/gfp-hrs/qc_e.asp Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada - Heritage Railway Stations - List of designated stations in Quebec] ] , and is now used as a tourist attraction.

Origin of name

The station is named after the city of Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, in which it is located.

Location

The station is located at 455, boul. Jean-Baptiste-Rolland E. in Saint-Jérôme, between Wilfrid and Latour streets.The building's entrance is on Latour Street at 280, rue Latour.

Connecting bus routes

CIT Laurentides

Train service

Commuter trains to Montreal began to serve the station on Monday, January 8, 2007. Every weekday, four trains leave the station in the morning and four return in the evening. The other 6 departures on the line start or end at Blainville station. Saint-Jérôme is pressuring the AMT to add a fifth train to the station.

See also

* List of Agence métropolitaine de transport park and ride lots

References

External links

* [http://www.citl.amt.qc.ca/ CIT Laurentides]
** [http://www.tec.amt.qc.ca/itec/pa1/circuits/CITLA_lcirc.htm Route List]
** [http://www.citl.amt.qc.ca/infogen/traces/index.asp Route Maps]
* [http://www.tcil.qc.ca/ Transport Collectif Intermunicipal Laurentides (TCIL)]
* [http://www.amt.qc.ca/tc/train/gares/index.asp?nogare=105 Official AMT website] (In French)
* [http://www.amt.qc.ca/tc/train/plans/blainville.asp AMT Montréal Saint-Jérome] (In French)
* [http://www.amt.qc.ca/tc/autobus/index.asp AMT Page on inter municipal bus services]
* [http://www.amt.qc.ca/tc/Terminus_metropolitains/terminus.asp AMT Termini]
* [http://www.autobusmaheux.qc.ca/fr/transport-interurbain/ Autobus Maheux transport-interurbain]
* [http://www.galland-bus.com/agl-en/trans_inter_main_accueil.shtm Groupe Galland, intercity]