The McGill Street terminal was built in 1909 by the
Montreal and Southern Counties Railway (M&SC), an interurban electric railway company which had come under the control of the
Grand Trunk Railway. Grand Trunk became part of
Canadian National Railway (CNR) in 1923. Plans to bring the M&SC trains closer to the CNR's
Bonaventure Station mainline terminal never materialized. However, a convenient transfer with the Montreal Tramways 29-Outremont
streetcar line was available at McGill Street. The station was the terminus for suburban and interurban service to towns on the
south shore such as
Saint-Lambert,
Longueuil,
Greenfield Park,
Saint-Hubert,
Chambly and
Granby. M&SC trains crossed the
Saint Lawrence River on one of the side decks of the
Victoria Bridge (the central part of this railway bridge being reserved for mainline freight and passenger trains). The station was closed in 1955, when the M&SC's side deck on the bridge was converted to an automobile traffic lane in anticipation of modifications to accommodate the
Saint Lawrence Seaway. ==External links==