Dalhousie Station thus became the original eastern terminus for CP Rail.
After a new, shorter line to Ottawa via Rigaud opened in February 1898, the transcontinental route was also redirected to Windsor Station.
[5] Dalhousie Station is architecturally notable for the combination of stone and brick used to build it, as well as for its high windows.
[6] The station is now part of a remodeled Dalhousie Square, completed in 2004, which links Old Montreal and the Faubourg Quebec residential district.
Dalhousie Square was designed by Robert Desjardins of the City of Montreal and includes a sculpture by Jocelyne Alloucherie entitled Porte de jour.