Saint-Jérôme (AMT)
Encyclopedia
Saint-Jérôme is an intermodal bus and commuter train
station in Saint-Jérôme
, Quebec
, Canada
.
It serves bus routes operated by the CIT Laurentides
, a suburban transit agency, and by two intercity bus companies. In addition to loading areas for buses, it includes a train platform which is used by the Blainville-Saint-Jerome Line. The line is operated by the Agence métropolitaine de transport
(AMT), the umbrella organization
that plans, integrates, and coordinates public transport
ation services in the Greater Montreal
area. Commuter trains towards Montreal began serving the station on Monday, January 8, 2007, with four (of 10) trains on weekdays. The ride from Saint-Jérôme to Lucien-L'Allier
station takes 85 minutes. Saint-Jérôme is in Fare Zone 7, and the station currently has parking
for 378 cars.
The station is built primarily of wood, drawing its inspiration from the former Canadian Pacific Railway
station in Saint-Jérôme and from industrial architecture of the 1900s.
The former Canadian Pacific Railway
station in Saint-Jérôme at 301 Sainte-Anne Street (old civic numbering) was designated in 1994 as a heritage railway station by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, and is now used as a tourist attraction.
. Saint-Jérôme is pressuring the AMT
to add a fifth train to the station.
Commuter rail in North America
Commuter rail services in the United States, Canada, and Mexico provide common carrier passenger transportation along railway tracks, with scheduled service on fixed routes on a non-reservation basis primarily for short-distance travel between a central business district and adjacent suburbs and...
station in Saint-Jérôme
Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
Saint-Jérôme is a town in Quebec, Canada, near Mirabel, about northwest of Montreal along Autoroute des Laurentides. The town is a gateway to the Laurentian Mountains and its resorts....
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
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.
It serves bus routes operated by the CIT Laurentides
CIT Laurentides
CIT Laurentides provides local bus service for the southern portion of the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, mainly the suburban area on the northwest side of Montreal...
, a suburban transit agency, and by two intercity bus companies. In addition to loading areas for buses, it includes a train platform which is used by the Blainville-Saint-Jerome Line. The line is operated by the Agence métropolitaine de transport
Agence métropolitaine de transport
The Agence métropolitaine de transport is the umbrella organization that plans, integrates, and coordinates public transportation services across Canada's Greater Montreal Region, including the Island of Montreal, Laval , and communities along both the North Shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles...
(AMT), the umbrella organization
Umbrella organization
An umbrella organization is an association of institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or pool resources. In business, political, or other environments, one group, the umbrella organization, provides resources and often an identity to the smaller organizations...
that plans, integrates, and coordinates public transport
Public transport
Public transport is a shared passenger transportation service which is available for use by the general public, as distinct from modes such as taxicab, car pooling or hired buses which are not shared by strangers without private arrangement.Public transport modes include buses, trolleybuses, trams...
ation services in the Greater Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
area. Commuter trains towards Montreal began serving the station on Monday, January 8, 2007, with four (of 10) trains on weekdays. The ride from Saint-Jérôme to Lucien-L'Allier
Lucien-L'Allier (AMT)
Lucien-L'Allier is the commuter rail terminal for the AMT Vaudreuil-Hudson, Blainville-Saint-Jerome, and Candiac lines in the Greater Montreal area in Quebec, Canada. Lucien-L'Allier is in Fare Zone 1. It is one of the two downtown terminals for Montreal commuter trains, the other being Gare...
station takes 85 minutes. Saint-Jérôme is in Fare Zone 7, and the station currently has parking
Park and ride
Park and ride facilities are car parks with connections to public transport that allow commuters and other people wishing to travel into city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system , or carpool for the rest of their trip...
for 378 cars.
The station is built primarily of wood, drawing its inspiration from the former Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
station in Saint-Jérôme and from industrial architecture of the 1900s.
The former Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
station in Saint-Jérôme at 301 Sainte-Anne Street (old civic numbering) was designated in 1994 as a heritage railway station by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, and is now used as a tourist attraction.
Location
The official address is at 455, boul. Jean-Baptiste-Rolland E. in Saint-Jérôme, but the building's entrance is actually at 280, rue Latour.CIT Laurentides
| No. | Route Name | Service Type | Route Map | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Antoine | Local | North Zone | Schedule |
| 2 | Lafontaine | Local | Schedule | |
| 3 | Saint-Jérôme | Local | Schedule | |
| 4 | Saint-Jérôme | Local | Schedule | |
| 7 | Bellefeuille sud | Local | Schedule | |
| 9 | Saint-Jérôme / Laval Laval, Quebec Laval is a Canadian city and a region in southwestern Quebec. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest municipality in the province of Quebec, and the 14th largest city in Canada with a population of 368,709 in 2006... (Montmorency Metro Station Montmorency (Montreal Metro) Montmorency is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the Laval-des-Rapides area of Laval, Quebec, Canada . The station is part of an extension to the line to Laval and opened on April 28, 2007,... ) via Sainte-Thérèse Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec Sainte-Thérèse is an off-island suburb northwest of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-de-Blainville.... (Terminus Sainte-Thérèse Sainte-Thérèse (AMT) Sainte-Thérèse is an intermodal bus and commuter train station in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada. In addition to loading areas for buses of the CIT Laurentides, the station includes a train platform which is used by commuter trains of the Blainville-Saint-Jerome Line of the Agence métropolitaine... ) |
Inter municipal | North Zone Center Zone |
Schedule |
CRT Lanaudière
| No. | Route Name | Service Type | Route Map | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | St-Lin-Laurentides - Ste-Sophie - St-Jérôme | Schedule |
Intercity buses
| Company | Main Destinations |
|---|---|
| Groupe Galland Groupe Galland Laval, Quebec-based Groupe Galland, together with its affiliated companies Autobus Galland ltée, Galland Laurentides ltée, Centre du Camion Galland ltée, Les Autobus Duplessis inc. and Galland Mont-Tremblant ltée, operates charter and scheduled intercity coaches, school buses and paratransit... |
Intercity service from Montreal to Mont-Laurier, Quebec Mont-Laurier, Quebec Mont-Laurier is a town and incorporated municipality in northwest Quebec, Canada, located on the banks of the Rivière du Lièvre, a tributary of the Ottawa River. Known as the “Capital of the Haute-Laurentides”, the motto of the town is Laurus elationis praemium, which translates to “Lift the... |
| Autobus Maheux | Intercity service from Montreal to Rouyn-Noranda |
| Transport Collectif Intermunicipal Laurentides | Intercity service from Saint-Jerome to Mont-Tremblant Mont-Tremblant Circuit Mont-Tremblant is a race circuit about north of the village of Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada. Formerly the village of Saint-Jovite was often included in the name but was amalgamated in 2000.-History:... |
Train service
Commuter trains to Montreal began to serve the station on Monday, January 8, 2007. Every weekday, four trains leave the station in the morning and four return in the evening. The other 6 departures on the line start or end at Blainville stationBlainville (AMT)
Blainville is a commuter train station in Blainville, Quebec, Canada. The station includes a train platform which is used by commuter trains of the Blainville-Saint-Jerome Line of the Agence métropolitaine de transport , the umbrella organization that plans, integrates, and coordinates public...
. Saint-Jérôme is pressuring the AMT
Agence métropolitaine de transport
The Agence métropolitaine de transport is the umbrella organization that plans, integrates, and coordinates public transportation services across Canada's Greater Montreal Region, including the Island of Montreal, Laval , and communities along both the North Shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles...
to add a fifth train to the station.
External links
- CIT Laurentides
- Transport Collectif Intermunicipal Laurentides (TCIL)
- Official AMT website (In FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
)