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The Deux-Montagnes line is a commuter railway line in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is owned by the Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT), the umbrella organization that plans, integrates, and coordinates public transport services across this region. The line was created in 1918 as a Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) service. Canadian National Railway (CN) ran the line starting in 1923 following the merger of CNoR into CN. CN transferred the Deux-Montagnes Line to the Société de transport de la communauté urbaine de Montréal (STCUM) on July 1, 1982. The line was refurbished from 1992 to 1995. It was transferred to the AMT on January 1, 1996. There are 25 inbound and 24 outbound departures each weekday.〔 ==Overview== This line links Central Station in downtown Montreal with Deux-Montagnes to the northwest of the Island of Montreal. The line offers frequent service during rush hours (10–30 minute intervals) and hourly service outside rush hours on weekdays. There is less frequent service on Saturdays and Sundays. The trains are owned and managed by the Agence métropolitaine de transport and are operated by Canadian National's Montrain division. Deux-Montagnes, Roxboro-Pierrefonds, and Central Station are wheelchair-accessible.〔(Lève-personne pour la clientèle en fauteuil roulant maintenant en service à la gare Deux-Montagnes )〕 Today, more than 31,000 people ride this train daily, having almost as many passengers as Montreal’s four other commuter railway lines combined.
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