Canora station (REM)

For the Via Rail station in Canora, Saskatchewan, see Canora station (Saskatchewan).

Canora station is a future station on the Réseau express métropolitain (REM), expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2024. It is located in the Glenmount neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, just east of the Town of Mount Royal. The platforms are located northwest of the west portal of the Mount Royal Tunnel.

Canora
Canora station platform before reconstruction, looking east towards the portal of the Mount Royal Tunnel
General information
Location	7300 Canora Road[1] Montreal, Quebec Canada
Coordinates	45°30′50″N 73°38′04″W
Operated by	CDPQ Infra
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Société de transport de Montréal
Construction
Structure type	Below-grade
Bicycle facilities	46 rack spaces
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	A
Website	rem.info/en/stations/canora
History
Opened	1918 (1918)
Closed	May 11, 2020 (2020-05-11)
Rebuilt	Q4 2024 (REM)
Previous names	Portal Heights
Passengers
2019[2]	151,500 Deux-Montagnes 32,700 Mascouche 184,200 Total (Exo)
Future services
Preceding station REM Following station Ville-de-Mont-Royal toward Deux-Montagnes, Anse-à-l'Orme or Airport Réseau express métropolitain 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 Line 15 - Mascouche Preceding station Canadian National Railway Following station Services in 1948 Mount Royal toward Rawdon Montreal – Rawdon Local stops Montreal Terminus Mount Royal toward St. Eustache-sur-le-Lac or Hawkesburg St. Eustache-sur-le-Lac services

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

History

The station is located at 7300 Canora Road, immediately northwest of Jean Talon Street.

From the opening of the Deux-Montagnes Line in 1918 by the Canadian Northern Railway 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. At the reopening, the station was renamed Canora, a portmanteau of CAnadian NOrthern RAilway, in tribute to the line's founder.

Since opening, the station has been 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 downtown via the tunnel.

As part of the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) project to convert the Deux-Montagnes line to rapid-transit operation, a connecting station was to be built on the Saint-Jérôme line adjacent to Canora across Rue Jean-Talon.^[3]

Starting in May 2018, due to the 4-year-long process of being converted to light rapid transit operation, only one of the station's two platforms was being used for travel in both directions; the same was true for its neighbouring outbound station, Mont-Royal. 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 2024.^[5]

Connecting bus routes

Société de transport de Montréal
No. and route name[1]	Service times
92 Jean-Talon Ouest	All-day
160 Barclay, Eastbound	All-day; located one block south on Wilderton and Bates
372 Jean-Talon	Overnight

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.
5. "Update : South Shore timeline and report on work completed". rem.info. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-04.

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