Candiac line

Candiac Line
A train at Lucien-L'Allier Station.
Overview
Type	Commuter rail
System	Agence métropolitaine de transport
Locale	Greater Montreal
Termini	Lucien-L'Allier Station Candiac
Stations	8 (1 under construction)
Daily ridership	4,600 (2014)[1]
Ridership	1,077,300 (2014)[2]
Operation
Opened	1887
Operator(s)	Canadian Pacific Railway
Technical
Line length	25.6 km (15.9 mi)[3]
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map

Candiac Line
Legend
Windsor Station Lucien-L'Allier Lucien-L'Allier Westmount Vendôme Vendôme Autoroute 15 Montréal-Ouest originally Montreal Junction Autoroute 20 Du Canal under construction Lachine Canal LaSalle Zone 1 Zone 5 Saint-Laurent Bridge over Saint Lawrence River Autoroute 730 Sainte-Catherine Saint-Constant Delson Autoroute 15 Candiac layover facility under construction Saint-Philippe   to be    Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu studied

The Candiac line is a commuter railway line in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT), the umbrella organization that plans, integrates, and coordinates public transport services across this region.

The Candiac Line was originally operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) between 1887 and 1980. The AMT resumed passenger service on this line in 2001.

There are 9 inbound and 9 outbound trains each weekday.^[4]

Overview

This line links the Lucien-L'Allier station in downtown Montreal with Candiac, on Montreal's South Shore.

The line offers nine departures every weekday towards Montreal and nine return trips to Candiac every weekday. Most departures are during rush hour, but three are offered during off-peak hours in each direction.^[4]

History

Service started on September 4, 2001 with 2 round trips every day. One trainset was used for both departures. In September 2003, service was increased to 4 round trips per day and a second trainset was used. Service was extended to Candiac in 2005. In 2009, two additional departures were added in each direction with leased trainsets being used until new locomotives and rolling stock is received.

Service on the line was suspended from February 17, 2006 to March 9, 2006 after the derailment of 6 Canadian Pacific freight cars on February 17. The freight cars derailed on the Saint-Laurent Railway Bridge used by the train service. This was one of the longest disruptions in train service for the AMT. High winds were a factor in that derailment. In September 2013 CP banned AMT's multilevel coaches from the bridge during high wind conditions (85 km/h or more), deeming them potentially unstable in such conditions. Since then AMT has used only its single-level 700 series coaches on this line.

The line was renamed on July 1, 2010 from "Delson-Candiac" to simply "Candiac" to standardize formatting across the network.^[5]

Future projects

To improve service and attract new users on the Candiac line, the AMT will carry out three major projects:^[6]

• Improve railway infrastructure on the Adirondack/Lacolle subdivision. The $20-million project includes improving signaling, adding a siding for freight trains, refurbishing switches and improving pedestrian crossings. Work was scheduled to be completed by 2014.
• Extending the line to Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. A study on the project was scheduled to start in 2014.
• Build a new train station named Du Canal in Lachine along Saint-Joseph Boulevard. This project is part of the MTQ's mitigation measures for the reconstruction of the Turcot interchange. The new station is expected in 2016.
• Build a new layover facility (overnight service and storage yard) at the end of the line. Construction is linked to the railway improvement project above.

List of stations

The following stations are on the Candiac line:

Station	Location	Connections
Lucien-L'Allier	Ville-Marie, Montreal	Downtown Terminus (Terminus RTL), Lucien-L'Allier metro station, Société de transport de Montréal (STM) 36 (On rue Saint-Antoine),150,358,410,430,535 (On René Lévesque Boulevard), 935 Trainbus Blainville / Centreville (one block away at the corner of René Lévesque Boulevard and Peel Street.[7]
Vendôme	Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal	(connection to Vendôme metro station) STM 17 (north bound at the corner of Decarie Boulevard and De Maisonneuve Boulevard, south bound at the corner of rue Girouard and chemin Upper Lachine),37,90,102,104,105,124,371 (same corners as 17) & 24,63,356 (these last three one block north on Sherbrooke Street west[8]).
Montréal-Ouest	Montreal West	STM 51,90 (250 metres south on rue Saint-Jacques),105,123,162,356.
Du Canal	Lachine, Montreal	Under construction
LaSalle	LaSalle, Montreal	STM 110.
Sainte-Catherine	Sainte-Catherine	CIT Roussillon:[9] 33 CIT du Sud-Ouest: 96
Saint-Constant	Saint-Constant	CIT Roussillon: 30, 35
Delson	Delson	CIT Roussillon: 36
Candiac	Candiac	CIT Le Richelain:[10] 1, 10, 31

The commuter line operates over the following Canadian Pacific Railway subdivisions:

• Westmount Subdivision (between Lucien L'Allier [0.1] and Montreal West [4.6]
• South Jct Lead (between Montreal West [0.0] and South Jct* [0.7]
• Adirondack Subdivision (between South Jct [43.9] and Candiac [33.2]

South Jct is not a passenger stop.

References

1. "Rapport d'activités 2012" (PDF) (in French). Agence métropolitaine de transport. 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
2. https://www.amt.qc.ca/Media/Default/pdf/section8/publications/amt-rapport-annuel-2014.pdf
3. "Rapport d'activités 2010" (PDF) (in French). Agence métropolitaine de transport. 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
4. "Ligne Candiac" (PDF). AMT. 2012. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
5. Leduc, Robert (2010-07-01). "Nouveaux noms des lignes de trains de banlieue (New names for commuter train lines)" (in French). Montreal Express.
6. AMT PTI 2012-1013-2014 http://www.amt.qc.ca/uploadedfiles/amt/site_corpo/nouvelles_et_publications/PTI_2012-13-14.pdf
7. "Plan du Reseau STM 2007" (PDF). STM. 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
8. "Plan du Reseau de Nuit STM 2006" (PDF). STM. 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-26.
9. "CIT Roussillon". CIT Roussillon. 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
10. "CIT Le Richelain". CIT Le Richelain. 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-05.

External links

• Official AMT website
• AMT commuter railway network map