Montpellier is a commuter rail

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 on the AMT

Agence métropolitaine de transport

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 Deux-Montagnes Line in the Greater Montreal

Montreal

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, Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

Canada

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 area.

Origin of name

Prior to the modernization of the Deux-Montagnes Line, between 1993 and 1995, the 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 station which opened in 1986. The current name Montpellier comes from the name of a nearby street and shopping mall

Shopping mall

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. The name of the street probably refers to Montpellier

Montpellier

-Neighbourhoods:Since 2001, Montpellier has been divided into seven official neighbourhoods, themselves divided into sub-neighbourhoods. Each of them possesses a neighbourhood council....

 in France

France

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Location

The station is located at 465 Côte-Vertu Road Boulevard in Saint-Laurent

Saint-Laurent, Quebec

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between the intersections of Côte-Vertu/Jules-Poitras Boul. and of Côte-Vertu/Muir St.

Société de transport de Montréal

STM regular routes
No.	Route Name	Route Map	Schedule
121	Sauvé/Côte-Vertu	Map	Schedule
128	Ville-Saint-Laurent	Map	Schedule
171	Henri-Bourassa	Map	Schedule
STM night routes
No.	Route Name	Route Map	Schedule
378	Sauvé/Côte Vertu	Map	Schedule
380	Henri-Bourassa	Map	Schedule

External links

• Official website