Kirkland station is one of four REM stations on the West Island branch. It underwent unique architectural treatment due to its high visibility along the Trans-Canada Highway.

Implementation plan

The Kirkland station is located at the intersection of Jean-Yves Street and Sainte-Marie Road, north of Highway 40. The main entrance to the station is through the kiosk on the bus platform side. A secondary entrance allows people coming from the bike path to access the station.

Development

• Start of construction: 2021
• Height of the station: 24 m from street level 
• Length of each platform: 80 m
• Landscaping around the station (e.g. shrubs, perennials)

Services

• Universal accessibility to the station’s platforms via elevators
• Bicycles: 60 spaces, 30 of which are covered
• Bicycle access: A new path will be built near the secondary entrance on Jean-Yves Street
• Buses: 4 platforms 
• Kiss-and-ride, paratransit and taxi spaces
• Park-and-ride: final number of spaces to be determined

Frequency once the network is fully commissioned

• Peak hours: 10 minutes
• Off-peak hours: 15 minutes

Travel times

• Brossard: 47 minutes
• Central Station: 30 minutes
• McGill: 28 minutes
• Édouard-Montpetit: 25 minutes
• Bois-Franc: 14 minutes
• YUL-Aéroport-Montréal-Trudeau: 33 minutes*
• Anse-à-l’Orme: 3 minutes
• Deux-Montagnes: 41 minutes*

*To get to this station, you must transfer at Bois-Franc station. We’ve added a conservative 10­-minute connection time to our calculations.

Station fact sheets