Montréal-Ouest (AMT)

Montréal-Ouest AMT (Commuter)
Station statistics
Address	7499, avenue Harley[1] Montreal West, Quebec
Coordinates	45°27′13″N 73°38′30″W / 45.45361°N 73.64167°W / 45.45361; -73.64167Coordinates: 45°27′13″N 73°38′30″W / 45.45361°N 73.64167°W / 45.45361; -73.64167
Parking	Park-and-ride 20 places[1]
Bicycle facilities	6 places [1]
Other information
Opened	14 April 1889
Fare zone	1
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	446,700 Vaudreuil-Hudson. 95,900 Blainville–Saint-Jérôme 52,500 Candiac 595,100 Total (AMT)
Services
Preceding station   AMT   Following station Lachine toward Hudson Vaudreuil-Hudson Vendôme toward Lucien-L'Allier Parc toward Saint-Jérôme Blainville–Saint-Jérôme LaSalle toward Candiac Candiac

Montréal-Ouest is a commuter rail station on the AMT Vaudreuil-Hudson, Blainville-Saint-Jérôme, and Candiac lines in the Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada area. Montréal-Ouest is in Fare Zone 1, and this station has 20 parking spaces.^[1] It is the station where these three lines come together as one towards Lucien L'Allier station.

Origin of name

Montréal-Ouest takes its name from the Town of Montreal West, where half of the station is located. The other half is located in the city of Montreal (Cote-des-Neiges/Notre-Dame-de-Grace borough)

History

The station opened on 14 April 1889, when the Canadian Pacific Railway's Windsor Station and its approach tracks came into service. Its original name was Montreal Junction, the second place to bear this name, because it was (as it still is today) the place where numerous CPR passenger lines came together near the Montreal terminal. The present Montreal-West station was built in 1905.

Until about the 1970s there were 4 tracks at the station. Track 1 (the southernmost track, closest to the station) was removed. In the 1980s the switch from North Junction into the station (track 4) was removed, but was reinstated in 1999 when the Blainville train line (now Blainville–Saint-Jérôme) started downtown service. It wasn't until 2003, however, that the Blainville line called at Montréal-Ouest.

Train services

• Rigaud Line (later Dorion-Rigaud, now Vaudreuil-Hudson): (1889 - 1982 by CP, 1982 - 1996 by the STCUM, 1996 - present by the AMT)
• Blainville (Sainte-Therese) Line (now Blainville-Saint-Jérôme): (1951 - 1980, 1999 - present, by the AMT) (until 1951 mostly ran from Place Viger)
• Delson (Farnham) Line (later Delson and Delson-Candiac, now Candiac): (1889 - 1980, 2001 - present, by the AMT)

• Boston (The Alouette/The Red Wing: (??-1960??)
• The Canadian: (1955 - 1979)
• The Atlantic Limited: (1955-1979)
• The Adirondack: (1974 - 1986)

Most trains on these lines ran from Place Viger until it closed on 31 May 1951. They served Montreal-West only when their terminal was Windsor Station -- a few trains until June 1951, all of them thereafter.

• Quebec City (via Trois-Rivières): (1951 - 1984)
• Ottawa via Montebello: (1951 - 1981)
• Mont-Laurier: (1951 - 1981)

Bus connections

Société de transport de Montréal (STM)

Main article: Société de transport de Montréal

Regular STM bus routes [2]
No.	Route Name	Route Map	Schedule
51	Edouard-Montpetit	Map	Schedule
90	Saint-Jacques (250 metres south on rue Saint-Jacques)	Map	Schedule
105	Sherbrooke	Map	Schedule
123	Dollard	Map	Schedule
162	Westminster	Map	Schedule
STM night routes
No.	Route Name	Route Map	Schedule
356	Lachine/Mtl-Trudeau/Des Sources	Map	Schedule

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} AMT - Stations - Montreal West
2. ^ STM routes

External links

• AMT - Stations - Montréal-Ouest
• Official website, Dorion-Rigaud Line (In French)
  • AMT Montreal-Dorion
• Official website, Blainville-Saint-Jerome Line (In French)
  • AMT Montréal Saint-Jérome
• Official website, Delson-Candiac Line (In French)
  • AMT Montreal-Candiac
• Combined schedule of trains at Montreal West