The Montreal Métro

The Montreal Métro
http://imgur.com/u6k9O.jpg The Montreal Métro logo
Info
Owner	City of Montreal, Québec, Canada Société de Transport de Montréal
Locale	Montreal, Laval, Longeuil
Transit type	Rapid Transit
Number of lines	4
Number of stations	68
Daily ridership	1,050,800 (Weekday 2010)
Annual ridership	291.6M (2008)
Chief executive	Michel Labrecque, Dominique Lemay
Headquarters	800, de la Gauchetiére Ouest, Montreal, Québec
Website	www.stm.info
Operation
Began operation	October 14, 1966
Operator(s)	Société de Transport de Montréal
Number of vehicles	759
Technical
System Length	69.2 km (43.00 mi)
Track gauge	Standard Gauge
Electrification	750V
Average speed	40 km/h (25 mph)
Top Speed	72 km/h (45 mph)
Route map http://imgur.com/THTVt.jpg

The Montréal Métro is a rubber-tired metro system, and the main form of public transportation underground in the city of Montréal, Québec.

The Métro, operated by the Société de Transport de Montréal (STM), was inaugurated on October 14, 1966, during the tenure of Mayor Jean Drapeau. Originally consisting of 26 Metro stations on three separate lines, the Metro now incorporates 68 stations on four lines measuring 69.2 km (43.00 mi) in length, serving the north, east, and centre of the Island of Montréal with connections to Longueuil, via the Line-4 Yellow (Montreal Métro), and Laval, via the Line-2 Orange (Montreal Métro).

The Métro system is currently Canada's busiest subway system in total daily passenger usage, serving an average of 1,050,800 daily passengers on an average weekday (as of Q1 2010). In 2008, 291.6 million riders (transfers not included) used the Metro. According to the STM website the metro system has transported over 6 billion passengers as of 2006, roughly equivalent to the world's population. Montréal has built one of North America's largest urban rapid transit schemes, serving the third-largest number of passengers overall behind New York and Mexico City, and attracting the second-highest ridership per capita behind New York.

The Montréal Métro was inspired by the Paris Métro and in turn is also the inspiration for the Lyon Métro and Marseille Métro, as well as the Mexico City Metro, all constructed a few years later, and all which also share the same rubber-wheel car design and similar Montréal Metro station architecture.

The Montreal Métro

"The metro is for Montreal what the boulevards are for Paris or the canals for Venice." Jean-Claude Germain

History of the Montreal Métro

Inaugurated in 1966.

Rolling Stock

Canadian Vickers MR-63

Thumbnail	Trailer Cars	Motor Cars	Year	Lines served
http://imgur.com/PyWux.jpg	80-001 to 80-123	81-501 to 81-746	1965-1967	Line-1 Green & Line-4 Yellow

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Bombardier MR-73

Thumbnail	Trailer Cars	Motor Cars	Year	Lines served
http://imgur.com/TEA6W.jpg	78-001 to 78-141	79-501 to 79-782	1976-198X	Line-2 Orange & Line-5 Blue

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Bombardier/Alstom MPM-10

Thumbnail	Train number	Year	Lines served
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f8/MPM-10MetroTrains.jpg/220px-MPM-10MetroTrains.jpg	Fleet numbers not decided yet	2012-2014	All

The Network

Line-1 Green

line	color	# of stations	Length
1	Green	27 (2 interchangeable)	22.1 km

Line-2 Orange

line	color	# of stations	Length
2	Orange	31 (4 interchangeable. 6-7 more are planned.)	30.0 km

Line-3 Red(Never built. Scrapped project.)

line	color	# of stations	Length
3	Red	(plans called for 9 to 17)

Line-4 Yellow

line	color	# of stations	Length
4	Yellow	3 (5 originally planned. 3-5 more planned)	4.25 km

Line-5 Blue

line	color	# of stations	Length
5	Blue	12 (20 originally planned. 7 additional are planned)	9.7 km

Line-6 Colorless(Proposed upground LRT. Scrapped project.)

line	color	# of stations	Length
6	NUL	??	??

Line-7 White(Never Built, still proposed)

line	color	# of stations	Length
7	White	(12 stations were planned)	??

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