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Westmount Train Station

4848 Sainte-Catherine Street West

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Published on : October 09 2015

Last modified on : July 15 2025

Westmount Station was built in 1896 and opened in 1907, based on plans by architect W. S. Painter for the Canadian Pacific Railway. The station was expanded twice, in 1923 and 1927. In 1983, it was closed and later sold to the City of Westmount in 1999.

The station features architecture typical of railway stations. It consists of a long, single-storey rectangular pavilion topped with a gable roof and hipped dormers, a projecting bay that once housed the ticket office, and brackets supporting the overhanging eaves. In 1994, Westmount Station was designated a heritage railway station.

The building stands as a testament to the rapid development of Westmount as a residential suburb of Montreal between 1890 and 1914.

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The station also played a significant role in the development of southwest Montreal. Its architecture reflects both the building’s function and its location in an affluent neighborhood. According to the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, the architectural design of the station was among the most successful of the Canadian Pacific’s mid-sized railway stations.

Fifteen years after its acquisition by the City of Westmount, the station remains boarded up and unoccupied. Although several projects appear to have been explored, none have come to fruition. Today, the station no longer benefits from any legal protection, as the Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act (C-205), passed in 1985 and enforced in 1990, applies only to railway companies. Furthermore, the building has no municipal designation recognizing its heritage value.

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    Mechanisms for protection

  • Owner(s)

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    Public; municipal

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    Vacant

    No upkeep

  • Conception

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    W. S. Painter, architect

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    City of Westmount

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    Industrial

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    1907 : Construction 1923 and 1927 : Addition

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    Heritage Railway Stations (Federal Protection; 1994)

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