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 in Greater Montreal.
The Vaudreuil–Hudson line was originally established in 1887 as a Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) passenger service known as the CP Lakeshore West line. 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.
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. almost double the previous annual fee of $160,000 required by the AMT to maintain train service for a handful of users. 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.
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.
List of stations
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Station !! Location !! Connections !! Zones
|-
| Hudson || Hudson ||<nowiki> </nowiki> Exo: 188
| rowspan="5" | C
|-
| Vaudreuil
| rowspan=2 | Vaudreuil-Dorion || Exo: 40, 91
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Exo: 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 490, 491, 493, 695
|-
| Dorion ||<nowiki> </nowiki> Exo: 190, 191, 200, 591, 793
|-
| Pincourt–Terrasse-Vaudreuil || Pincourt / Terrasse-Vaudreuil ||
|-
| Île-Perrot || Île-Perrot || Exo: 91
---
Exo: 210, 211, 212, 591, 593, 793
|-
| Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue || Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue || STM: 212, 354<br />STM: 281
| rowspan="13" | A
|-
| Baie-d'Urfé || Baie-D'Urfé ||<nowiki> </nowiki> STM: 223, 354
STM: 284, 294
|-
| Beaurepaire
| rowspan=2 | Beaconsfield ||<nowiki> </nowiki> STM: 354
STM: 295
|-
| Beaconsfield ||<nowiki> </nowiki> STM: 200, 201, 211, 221, 354, 382
|-
| Cedar Park
| rowspan=3 | Pointe-Claire ||<nowiki> </nowiki> STM: 202, 221, 230
|-
| Pointe-Claire ||<nowiki> </nowiki> STM: 203, 211, 354, 411
|-
| Valois || STM: 202, 203, 204
STM: 270
|-
| Pine Beach
| rowspan=2 | Dorval ||<nowiki> </nowiki> STM: 204, 211, 354, 356, 411
STM: 271
|-
| Dorval ||<nowiki> </nowiki> Dorval station (Via Rail)<br /> STM: 195, 198, 202, 203, 204, 209, 211, 214, 354, 356, 378, 411, 460, 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<br />Buses
|-
| Lucien-L'Allier || Ville-Marie, Montreal || Lucien-L'Allier Metro station <br />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)