Westmount station

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Westmount
Gare de Westmount 02.jpg
Westmount railway station in 2012
General information
Location4848 Saint Catherine Street West
Westmount, Quebec
Coordinates 45°28′36″N73°35′53″W / 45.47667°N 73.59806°W / 45.47667; -73.59806
Line(s) Canadian Pacific Railway
History
Opened1907
Closed1984
Former services
Preceding station Canadian Pacific Railway Following station
Montreal West
toward Vancouver
Main Line Montreal Windsor
Terminus
Montreal West
toward Quebec
Montreal – Quebec
Montreal West
toward Ottawa
Ottawa – Montreal
Short Line
Montreal West
toward Rigaud
Montreal – Rigaud
local stops
Montreal West
toward Detroit
Detroit – Montreal
Montreal West
toward Wells River
Montreal – Wells River
Montreal West
toward McAdam
Montreal – McAdam
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Montreal West
toward Utica
Adirondack Division Montreal
Terminus
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Montreal West
toward New York (Grand Central)
Adirondack
bypassed 1983
 Montreal
Terminus
Designated1994
Reference no. 7097

The Westmount station (French : Gare de Westmount) is a disused railway station in the city of Westmount, Quebec, Canada. Its address is 4848 Saint Catherine Street West at the bottom of Victoria Avenue in the Victoria Village neighbourhood. It was designed for the Canadian Pacific Railway by the company architect, W.S. Painter, [1] and was completed in 1907. [2]

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History

The station was expanded twice, in 1923 and 1927. The station is a testament to the rapid development of Westmount as a suburb of Montreal between 1890 and 1914. "The building’s architecture is typical of railway stations, composed of a long rectangular one-storey pavilion under a gabled roof and hipped caps, with a projecting bay that was once the ticket office, and corbels retaining the eaves." [3]

The station closed with the end of VIA passenger service, circa 1984. Train service was moved to the Vendôme station, incorporating bus, train and metro service. The Westmount station was offered to the City of Westmount for a dollar in 1985, on condition that it be moved from the site. After much local protest, in 1989 it was allowed to stay on-site. The City approved the purchased of the building and the land under it in 1998. In 1999, the City passed a by-law authorizing permitted use of the facility: a heritage interpretive centre, an exhibition centre or a public park and square [4]

The station was used for a "ski train" departing "Friday night or Saturday morning during the winter season, heading for the Laurentians. The cars were a forest of skis standing in the racks between the seats. It was always a noisy, colourful crowd of enthusiastic skiers." [4]

As of 2008, the station is owned by the city of Westmount. The station closed to passenger service in 1984. [5] It was recognized as a Heritage Railway Station according to the Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act in 1994. [2] The station does not have municipal heritage protection and sits vacant. [3]

Councilor Philip A. Cutler proposed to convert it into a tech hub during a 2016 council meeting in Westmount. He used the transformation of Notman House as a precedent and visited as part of a fact-finding mission. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Railroad Gazette. Railroad gazette. January 1, 1905.
  2. 1 2 "Westmount Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) station". Canadian Register of Historic Places . Parks Canada . Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Westmount Train Station". Héritage Montréal. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  4. 1 2 Chemaly, Joumana (August 2016). La préservation d'une gare historique et la perspective de l'usager (PDF) (Masters thesis) (in French). Universite de Montreal. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  5. ↑ Le Clère, René (August 20, 2008). "Randonnée pédestre le long de la rue Sherbrooke" (PDF). Actualités Westmount (in French). Actualités Westmount. p. 5. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  6. ↑ Sweeney, Laureen (February 16, 2016). "Call for Repurposing Train Station Coming Down the Track" (PDF). Westmount Independent. Westmount, QC. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
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