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From January 1, 2002 to January 1, 2006, the borough included the town of Montreal East, which has now demerged from Montreal. The borough's name lists the two neighbourhoods according to their date of annexation to Montreal (Rivière-des-Prairies joined in 1963 and Pointe-aux-Trembles in 1982). It has a population of 102,457.
In 1966, service was extended to the Montreal–Quebec City route and later, to other city pairs, including Toronto–Windsor, Toronto–Sarnia, Toronto–Ottawa and Montreal–Ottawa. [ 3 ] In addition to being branded as Rapido , each express train was also given a name related to the route's particular geographical or historical context.
Rivière-des-Prairies station (French pronunciation: [ʁivjɛʁ de pʁɛʁi]) is a commuter rail station operated by Exo in the borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is served by the Mascouche line. [4]
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles–Montréal-Est in Montreal Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles–Montréal-Est ( French pronunciation: [ʁivjɛʁ de pʁɛʁi pwɛ̃t o tʁɑ̃bl mɔ̃ʁeal ɛst] ) was a borough in the eastern end of Montréal, Québec .
Rivière-des-Prairies (French pronunciation: [ʁivjɛʁ de pʁɛʁi]) was a municipality that was annexed by Montreal, Canada in 1963. [1] On January 1, 2002, it became part of the borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles–Montréal-Est.
On 13 January 2015, Quebec premier Philippe Couillard and Michael Sabia, CEO of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), agreed to a partnership in which the Crown corporation could assume financing for major transportation projects in the province, with CA$7.4 billion planned to be spent on infrastructure from 2014 to 2024. [12]
Flowing west to east, the Rivière des Prairies bisects the Hochelaga Archipelago and originates in the Lake of Two Mountains.It flows on either side of Île Bizard (part of Montreal), then divides the Island of Montreal to the south from Île Jésus to the north, after which it flows into the St. Lawrence River at the eastern tip of the Island of Montreal.
It is the second modern toll bridge built in Quebec and the first ever built in the Montreal Metropolitan Area since the abolition of toll fares on Champlain bridge in 1990. The long anticipated construction [ 4 ] began in early 2008, despite a last-ditch attempt by Greenpeace [ 6 ] to block the project, and the bridge was opened to traffic on ...