Canora station (RTM)

Canora was a commuter rail station formerly operated by Exo in the west end of the Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, just east of Mount Royal.

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
Location	7300 Canora Road,[1] Montreal, Quebec
Coordinates	45°30′50″N 73°38′04″W
Operated by	Exo
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Société de transport de Montréal
Construction
Parking	None[1]
Bicycle facilities	100 spaces
Other information
Fare zone	1
Website	Canora station (RTM)
History
Opened	1918
Closed	2020
Electrified	25 kV AC 60 Hz catenary
Previous names	Portal Heights
Traffic
Passengers (2019[2])	151,500 Deux-Montagnes 32,700 Mascouche 184,200 Total (Exo)
Services
Preceding station REM Following station Ville-de-Mont-Royal toward Deux-Montagnes, L'Anse-à-l'Orme or Airport Réseau express métropolitain Opens 2022 Édouard-Montpetit toward Brossard
Former services
Preceding station Exo Following station Mont-Royal toward Deux-Montagnes Deux-Montagnes Central Station Terminus Mont-Royal toward Mascouche Mascouche

It was served by the Deux-Montagnes line and Mascouche line until 2020. The platforms are located northwest of the west portal of the Mount Royal Tunnel. Canora will reopen in 2022 as a station on the Réseau express métropolitain.

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

• Line 3 Red

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.

External links

• Canora Commuter Train Station Information (RTM)
• Canora Commuter Train Station Schedule (RTM) - Deux-Montagnes line
• Canora Commuter Train Station Schedule (RTM) - Mascouche line
• 2016 STM System Map

Media related to Gare Canora at Wikimedia Commons