Vaudreuil–Hudson line

Vaudreuil–Hudson
An inbound train at Vendôme Station.
Overview
Line number	11
Locale	Greater Montreal
Termini	Hudson; Vaudreuil Lucien-L'Allier
Stations	18
Website	Vaudreuil–Hudson line (Exo)
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Exo commuter rail
Operator(s)	Alstom
Daily ridership	10,462 (2024)
Ridership	2,730,671 (2024) [1]
History
Opened	1887
Technical
Line length	64.2 km (39.9 mi) [2]
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	No
Operating speed	75 mph (121 km/h)
Route map Vaudreuil–Hudson line highlighted in red Show interactive map Show static map Legend Rigaud Hudson A-40 Vaudreuil Dorion St. Lawrence River Pincourt-Terrasse-Vaudreuil Île-Perrot Lake Saint-Louis Zone C Zone A Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Baie-D'Urfé Beaurepaire Beaconsfield Cedar Park Pointe-Claire Valois Pine Beach Dorval Dorval A-520 Lachine A-13 Mascouche line Candiac line Saint-Jérôme line Montréal-Ouest originally Montreal Junction A-15 Vendôme Vendôme Lucien-L'Allier Lucien-L'Allier Windsor Station Multiple lines This diagram: view talk edit Show route diagram

Vaudreuil–Hudson (also designated line 11, formerly known as Dorion–Rigaud) is a commuter rail service in Greater Montreal, Quebec. It is operated by Exo, the organization that operates the commuter rail network across this region.

The Vaudreuil–Hudson line was originally established in 1887 as a Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) passenger service known as the CP Lakeshore West line. ^[3] It was transferred to Société de transport de Montréal (STCUM) on October 1, 1982. It was refurbished between 1982 and 1990. On January 1, 1996, it was transferred to Exo's predecessor agency, the Agence Métropolitaine de transport (AMT). Exo assumed current operation of the line upon its establishment on June 1, 2017.

There are 13 inbound and 14 outbound departures each weekday. ^[4]

Overview

This line links the Lucien-L'Allier station in downtown Montreal with Hudson to the west of the Island of Montreal. With the completion of the Intermodal station in Vaudreuil, most trains that used to terminate in Dorion, now terminate in Vaudreuil.

The line offers frequent peak-hour service (roughly every 15–20 minutes) to or from Vaudreuil. Outside of rush hours, service is approximately every two to three hours. On weekends, service is approximately every five hours. There are three weekday round trips from the Hudson terminus. All other trains start or ends in Vaudreuil, except for the train that short-turns in Beaconsfield. This is the only line in Montreal to offer semi-express service; reverse peak trains do not stop at certain smaller stations. ^[4]

The trains are owned and managed by the Réseau de transport métropolitain, and operated by Alstom's Transportation division (formerly Bombardier Transportation).

History

CP Service

Service on this line started in 1887. Service began with local stops between Montreal and Rigaud being added to trains running between Montreal and Ottawa. Over time, as the population of the western part of the Island of Montreal increased, Canadian Pacific established a dedicated commuter service with several stops on the Island of Montreal and off the western tip of the Island. From 1956 to 2006, service patterns on the line did not change all that much. The average number of weekday round trips hovered around 12, with weekend and holiday service averaging 3 or 4 trips depending on whether the day is Saturday or Sunday.

STCUM and AMT Service

The commuter line was owned and operated by Canadian Pacific until October 1, 1982. On that date, management and ownership of the commuter trains was transferred to the publicly owned Montreal Urban Community Transit Commission (STCUM). The STCUM set fares and schedules, and assumed ownership of the equipment (passenger cars and locomotives) that Canadian Pacific had used to operate the service. Canadian Pacific continued to provide the tracks, stations, storage, maintenance, and train crews needed to keep the line running. For Montreal commuters, the transfer of ownership was positive because the trains were integrated into the bus and metro system. Over time, the commuter line was upgraded with the purchase of new equipment and renovated stations. The line was transferred to the newly formed Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) on January 1, 1996.

On July 1, 2010, service to Rigaud was discontinued, as the town of Rigaud was unable to justify a $300,000 annual fee, ^[5] almost double the previous annual fee of $160,000 required by the AMT to maintain train service for a handful of users. ^[6] The line now ends at Hudson; the 13-km distance between Rigaud and Hudson represented some 17% of the line's total length. At this time the line was renamed: "Dorion" was replaced by "Vaudreuil" in reference to the terminus for most runs, and "Rigaud" was replaced by "Hudson" in reference to the terminus for the extended service. ^[7]

RTM/Exo service

On June 1, 2017, the AMT was dissolved and replaced by two new governing bodies, the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM) and the Réseau de transport métropolitain (RTM). The RTM took over all former AMT services, including this line.

In May 2018, the RTM formally re-branded itself as Exo; and renamed each line with a number and updated colour. The Vaudreuil–Hudson line became exo1, and the red line colour was updated to a lighter pastel shade of red. In 2023, the service was renumbered to line 11 in order to be unique within the Montreal rail network. ^[8]

List of stations

Station	Location	Connections	Zones
Hudson	Hudson	Exo: 21	C
Vaudreuil	Vaudreuil-Dorion	Exo: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 15, 21, 40, 51, 61, 91, 115
Dorion		Exo: 3, 8, 9, 15, 35, 115
Pincourt-Terrasse-Vaudreuil	Pincourt / Terrasse-Vaudreuil	Exo: 31, 33, 44, 335
Île-Perrot	Île-Perrot	Exo: 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 91
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue	Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue	STM: 212, 354 STM: 280, 281	A
Baie-d'Urfé	Baie-D'Urfé	STM: 219, 354, 411 STM: 284
Beaurepaire	Beaconsfield	STM: 354, 411
Beaconsfield		STM: 200, 201, 217, 354, 382, 401, 411, 425
Cedar Park	Pointe-Claire	STM: 201, 202, 485
Pointe-Claire		STM: 203, 211, 354, 405, 411, 425
Valois		STM: 202, 203, 204 STM: 270
Pine Beach	Dorval	STM: 204, 211, 354, 356, 411, 425 STM: 271
Dorval		Dorval station (Via Rail) STM: 195, 198, 202, 203, 204, 209, 211, 354, 356, 378, 405, 411, 425, 460, 485, 496 STM: 293
Lachine	Lachine, Montreal	STM: 287
Montréal-Ouest	Montreal West	STM: 51, 105, 123, 162, 356
Vendôme	Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal	Vendôme Metro station Buses
Lucien-L'Allier	Ville-Marie, Montreal	Lucien-L'Allier Metro station Buses

The commuter line operates over the following Canadian Pacific Kansas City subdivisions:

• Westmount Subdivision (between Lucien L'Allier [0.1] and Montreal West [4.6])
• Vaudreuil Subdivision (between Montreal-West [0.0] and Dorion [18.9])
• M&O Subdivision (between Dorion [0.0] and Rigaud [16.5]; owned by Exo)

References

1. "Rapport annuel 2024" [2024 annual report](PDF) (in French).
2. "Vaudreuil–Hudson line - General information". RTM. 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
3. Wyatt, David. "Banlieues de Montréal, Québec". All-Time List of Canadian Transit Systems. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
4. "Vaudreuil–Hudson Schedule" (PDF). RTM. 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
5. Montreal Gazette: "All aboard for the last train to Rigaud", April 23, 2010. Archived April 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
6. "West Island Gazette: "Last train to Rigaud on June 30", June 30, 2010". Archived from the original on July 1, 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2011.
7. Leduc, Robert (1 July 2010). "Nouveaux noms des lignes de trains de banlieue (New names for commuter train lines)" (in French). Montreal Express. Archived from the original on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
8. "Your train lines are getting new numbers". exo.quebec. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

External links

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• Line 11 - Exo official website
• Official Exo website