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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Montreal Metro All the Lines Compilation - Length: 10:51 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - How Montreal’s miracle metro could change everything - Length: 41:52 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - The World's Newest Metro is Here! | Montreal REM - Trollys Société de transport de Montréal - Length: 16:30 mins. |
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MAP
I created the above map by overlaying OpenStreetMap (OSM) maps with my own data. The underlying map data is © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL).
Please note that the OSM map used as a template for this map corresponds to the situation at the time the map was downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, it may show bridges and highways that were built later.
ROUTES
MÉTRO (SUBWAY) ROUTES
Operator: Société de transport de Montréal
| 1 | Verte / Green | Honoré-Beaugrand - Pie-IX - Papineau - Berri-UQAM - McGill - Atwater - Lionel-Groulx - La Salle - Angrignon |
| 2 | Orange | Montmorency - Henri-Bourassa - Jean-Talon - Berri-UQAM - Bonaventure - Lionel-Groulx - Snowdon - Côte-Vertu |
| 4 | Jaune - Yellow | Berri-UQAM - Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke |
| 5 | Bleue - Blue | Saint-Michel - Jean-Talon - Outremont - Snowdon |
REGIONAL EXPRESS (REM) ROUTES
Operator: Pulsar, formerly Groupe PMM (AtkinsRéalis and Alstom)
| A3 | Brossard - Île-des-Sœurs - Gare centrale (Central Station) - McGill - Ville-de-Mont-Royal - Bois-Franc - Anse-à-l'Orme( |
| A4 | Brossard - Île-des-Sœurs - Gare centrale (Central Station) - McGill - Ville-de-Mont-Royal - Bois-Franc - Deux-Montagnes |
Note: The designation of both routes in the other direction (i.e. to Brossard) is A1.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Métro: 69.2 km.
- REM (Regional express): 56 km.
HISTORY
- Urban tramways: (horse-drawn) 27 Nov. 1861 - Oct. 1894; (electric): 21 Sept. 1892 - 30 Aug. 1959.
- Interurban tramways: 1 Nov. 1909 - 13 Oct. 1956.
- Métro: 14 Oct. 1966 - today.
- Réseau express métropolitain (REM) (automated regional express): 2023 July 31 - today.
GAUGE
- Urban / interurban tramways: 1435 mm.
- Métro / REM: 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- Pence, H. "Montreal: From rubber tyres to steel wheels", Tramways & Urban Transit, Feb. 2016 (79: 938), p.56-59.
- Taplin, M.R. Tramways of North America, including rapid transit. Hassocks (England): Light Rail Transit Association, 1982 (?).
WIKIS
- Exo (réseau de transport)
- Métro de Montréal / Montreal Metro
- Montreal and Southern Counties Railway
- Réseau express métropolitain
- Société de transport de Montréal (STM)
- Tramway de Montréal
WEB SITES
- Canadian Street Railways
- Exo
- REM
- Société de transport de Montréal (STM)
- Tramway de Montréal
- Les tramways de Montréal (Web page on the site of Marc Dufour)
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