Montpellier station (REM)

Montpellier
Montpellier station entrance on Boulevard de la Côte-Vertu
General information
Location	465 Côte-Vertu Boulevard[1] Montreal, Quebec Canada
Coordinates	45°31′29″N 73°40′19″W / 45.52472°N 73.67194°W / 45.52472; -73.67194
Operated by	Pulsar (AtkinsRéalis and Alstom)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	STM bus
Construction
Structure type	Embankment
Bicycle facilities	60 rack spaces[2]
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	MPL
Fare zone	A
Website	rem.info/en/travelling/stations/montpellier
History
Opened	1918 (1918)
Closed	May 11, 2020 (2020-05-11)
Rebuilt	17 November 2025 (REM)[3]
Previous names	Vertu
Passengers
2019[4]	590,400 (Exo)
Services
Preceding station REM Following station Du Ruisseau toward Deux-Montagnes Réseau express métropolitain Côte-de-Liesse toward Brossard
Future services Preceding station REM Following station Du Ruisseau toward Anse-à-l'Orme Réseau express métropolitain (opens 2026) Côte-de-Liesse toward Brossard Du Ruisseau toward Airport Réseau express métropolitain (opens 2027)
Former services Preceding station Exo Following station Du Ruisseau toward Deux-Montagnes Deux-Montagnes Mont-Royal toward Montreal
Location

Montpellier (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃pəlje] ^ⓘ) is a Réseau express métropolitain (REM) station that opened on 17 November 2025.^[5] It is located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It replaced a commuter rail station by the same name, operated by Exo on the Deux-Montagnes line until May 2020.

Name origin

Prior to the modernization of the Deux-Montagnes line in 1993-1995, the train station was called Vertu because of its location on Côte-Vertu Boulevard. One of the reasons the name was changed was to avoid confusion with the Côte-Vertu metro station, which opened in 1986. It was renamed after a nearby street, Boulevard/Rue Montpellier (the designation changes at Côte-Vertu Boulevard), which takes its name from the Montpellier dit Beaulieu family, who settled in Saint-Laurent in the 18th century and operated a farm at this location.^[6]

Facilities

The station is located at 465 Côte-Vertu Boulevard in Saint-Laurent between the intersections with Jules Poitras Boulevard and Muir St. It is built at grade, just north of a viaduct that carries the REM rails over Côte-Vertu Boulevard. The station features two enclosed side platforms along the tracks, with platform screen doors.

The entrances and ticket halls are located at the south end of the platforms, on either side of the tracks, below platform level. Below the ticket hall level, a cross-under connects the two ticket halls and thereby the two platforms within the fare-paid zone.

Each ticket hall opens onto a plaza on the north side of Côte-Vertu Boulevard. Just south of the station, portions of the existing train station platforms were retained for use as walkways over Côte-Vertu Boulevard, to permit access from the south side.

Connecting bus routes

Société de transport de Montréal
No.	Route	Connects to	Service times / notes
121	Sauvé / Côte-Vertu	Côte-Vertu Ahuntsic Sauvé	Daily
128	Saint-Laurent	Côte-Vertu Du Collège Côte-de-Liesse	Daily
171	Henri-Bourassa	Bois-Franc Côte-Vertu Bois-de-Boulogne Henri-Bourassa	Daily Certain rush hour departures start or end at Bois-Franc station
378 ☾	Sauvé / YUL Aéroport	Sauvé Côte-Vertu Du Collège Dorval Sauvé Dorval (Via Rail)	Night service Connects to Montréal–Trudeau International Airport
380 ☾	Henri-Bourassa	Henri-Bourassa Bois-de-Boulogne Côte-Vertu Du Collège	Night service

References

1. "Montpellier Station". Réseau express métropolitain. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
2. "Montpellier Station - By bicycle and on foot". Réseau express métropolitain. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
3. "Branches ouest et nord / Encore des retards en vue pour le REM". La Presse (in Canadian French). 24 September 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
4. Exo (2020-06-17). Réponse à votre demande d'accès à l'information (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 2020-25.
5. "REM service for Deux-Montagnes branch begins today". CBC News. 17 November 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
6. "Boulevard Montpellier - Montréal (Ville)". Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 19 November 2025.

External links

• 2016 STM System Map