Montreal

(Montréal), Canada (America)

Date of opening [d.m.y]	14.10.1966
Network length	69.2 km (43.01 mi)
Number of stations	73 (68*)
Number of lines	4
Stations per line	18.25
Avg. station distance*	1.02 km (0.63 mi)
Avg. line length	17.30 km (10.75 mi)
*with transfer stations counted once
World Metro List by J. Serradell, 1/2008.

System known as	Metro
Annual ridership	Unknown
Track orientation	Right
Air-conditioned trains	No
Walk-through trains	No
Rubber-tyred trains	Yes
Driverless lines	No
Platform screen doors	No
Metro Features List

Metro Arts and Architecture

Examples of good station design:

	Montreal More than fifty stations are decorated with over hundred works of public art, such as sculptures, stained glass, and murals by noted artists from Québec. The city encourages this since 1967, one year after the opening of the system [stm.info], [metrodemontreal.com]. Photo: Huge sculptures by Germain Bergeron on the concourse level of Monk station on the Green Line. Monk station was opened in 1978.
	Some of Montreal's stations seem to be works of modern art themselves, and many reflect the zeitgeist of the decades they were built in. Photo: Platform level of La Salle station (1978) on the Green Line.
	Entrance buildings are often as well designed as the underground parts of the stations [metrodemontreal.com]. Photo: Concourse of Namur from 1984 station on the Orange Line.

Departure Procedure and Sounds

No signal at all for closing doors. However, the conductors will often rattle the doors to warn users to hurry up... or after an unusually long stop on the platform that the train is about to leave. Conductors can also stop the doors in mid-range to allow someone running up to the door to sneak in at the last moment. Announcements are in French. After leaving stations, it's simply "Prochaine station: [name]." When arriving at a station, it's "Station: [name]". When leaving the terminus, it's "La STM vous souhaite la bienvenue à bord. Prochaine station, [name]." ("The STM bids you welcome on board. Next station: [name]".)

Montréal

Blue Line train departing from Outremont station.

Length: 22 sec.

Photo Tours

Montreal photo tour

Handpicked Resources

McLauchlin, Matthew

metrodemontreal.com Unofficial, very detailed website about the Métro de Montréal

Useful Links for Montreal Metro

Search (Google) (will most likely bring up Montreal Metro's official website)
System maps (Google Images)
City map (Google Maps) (might show metro stations when zoomed in)
Images (Google Images)
Search urbanrail.net
Wikipedia page
Montreal city information (Wikipedia)

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