Green Line (Montreal Metro)

Green Line / Ligne Verte
A Green Line train arrives at Place-des-Arts station.
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Montreal Metro
Locale	Montreal, Canada.
Termini	Angrignon (south) Honoré-Beaugrand (north)
Stations	27
Operation
Opened	October 14, 1966
Operator(s)	Société de transport de Montréal (STM)
Depot(s)	Angrignon, Beaugrand (for MR-63 cars) Centre d'attachement Duvernay (connected to line 2), Centre d'attachement Viau (for maintenance of way equipment)
Rolling stock	Canadian Vickers MR-63 cars (gradually being replaced by MR-73 cars)
Technical
Line length	22.1 km (13.7 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	"Third rail", 750 V DC on the guide bars at either side of the track
Operating speed	40 km/h (25 mph)
Route map Legend Beaugrand Garage Honoré-Beaugrand Radisson Langelier Cadillac Assomption Viau ↖ Viau sidings Pie-IX Joliette Préfontaine Frontenac Papineau Beaudry connection to Orange and Yellow lines Berri-UQAM formerly Berri-de Montigny Saint-Laurent Place-des-Arts McGill Peel Guy-Concordia formerly Guy Atwater original tunnel end Orange Line to Côte-Vertu Lionel-Groulx connection to Orange Line Duvernay sidings Charlevoix LaSalle De L'Église Verdun Jolicoeur Monk Angrignon Angrignon Garage

The Green Line (French: Ligne verte), is one of the four lines of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The line runs through the commercial section of downtown Montreal underneath Boulevard de Maisonneuve, formerly Rue de Montigny. It runs mainly on a northeast to southwest axis with a connection to the Orange and Yellow Lines at Berri-UQAM, and with the Orange Line west of downtown at Lionel-Groulx.

The section between Atwater and Frontenac was part of the initial network; the line was extended to Honoré-Beaugrand in 1976, and to Angrignon in 1978. The extension to Honoré-Beaugrand was to provide easy access to 1976 Summer Olympics sites. Most stations are side platform stations, and a few have large video screens showing news, weather, advertisements, and the time until the next train arrives.

History

The first stations, found on the section between Atwater and Papineau, opened on October 14, 1966. Several smaller sections were delayed by several months. On December 19, 1966, the line was further extended from Papineau to Frontenac, and two days later came the stopover Beaudry between Berri-UQAM and Papineau. On December 20, 1967, Frédéric Back completed his art piece L'histoire de la musique à Montréal (The history of music in Montreal) in Place-des-Arts station. This commissioned piece was the first artwork completed in the Metro system.^[1]

The construction of the second phase began in 1971, when Montreal was awarded the bid to host the 1976 Summer Olympics. The goal was to have the ability to transport visitors from downtown to the Olympic Park in the east end. The opening of the section between Frontenac and Honoré-Beaugrand took place on June 6, 1976,^[1] six weeks before the start of the Summer Olympics. Green Line trains inaugurated an autopilot feature on November 8, 1976.^[1]

The third expansion phase, between Atwater and Angrignon, came into operation on September 3, 1978.^[1]

Rolling stock

The Green Line is served primarily by MR-63 cars, although in recent years MR-73 cars have begun appearing on the Green Line in anticipation of the introduction of the MPM-10 stock in 2016 and the withdrawal of the MR-63 stock by 2018.

List of stations

Station	Inauguration date	Odonym	Namesake
Angrignon	September 3, 1978	Angrignon Boulevard; Angrignon Park	Jean-Baptiste Angrignon, city councillor
Monk	September 3, 1978	Monk Boulevard	James Monk, Attorney-General of Quebec
Jolicoeur	September 3, 1978	Jolicœur Street	Joseph-Moïse Jolicœur, parish priest
Verdun	September 3, 1978	De Verdun Street; borough of Verdun	Notre-Dame-de-Saverdun, France, hometown of Seigneur Zacharie Dupuis
De l'Église	September 3, 1978	De l'Église Avenue	Église Saint-Paul
LaSalle	September 3, 1978	LaSalle Boulevard	Robert Cavelier de La Salle, French explorer
Charlevoix	September 3, 1978	Charlevoix Street	Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian and explorer
Lionel-Groulx Line 2 – Orange	September 3, 1978 (Green Line) April 28, 1980 (Orange Line)	Lionel-Groulx Avenue	Lionel Groulx, Quebec historian
Atwater	October 14, 1966	Atwater Avenue	Edwin Atwater, city councillor
Guy-Concordia	October 14, 1966	Guy Street; Concordia University	Étienne Guy, landowner; Concordia salus (Prosperity Through Concord), motto of Montreal
Peel	October 14, 1966	Rue Peel	Sir Robert Peel, 28th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
McGill	October 14, 1966	McGill College Avenue; McGill University Université McGill	James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman
Place-des-Arts	October 14, 1966	Place des Arts	Cultural complex
Saint-Laurent	October 14, 1966	Saint Laurent Boulevard	Saint Lawrence or Saint Lawrence River
Berri-UQAM Line 2 – Orange Line 4 – Yellow	October 14, 1966 (Green Line and Orange Line) April 1, 1967 (Yellow Line)	Berri Street; Université du Québec à Montréal; De Montigny Street	Name given by Migeon de Branssat in 1669; named for Simon Després dit Le Berry; Testard de Montigny family
Beaudry	December 21, 1966	Beaudry Street	Pierre Beaudry, landowner
Papineau	October 14, 1966	Papineau Avenue	Joseph Papineau, Quebec politician (father of Louis-Joseph Papineau)
Frontenac	December 19, 1966	Frontenac Street	Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor-General of New France
Préfontaine	June 6, 1976	Préfontaine Street Raymond-Préfontaine Park	Raymond-Fournier Préfontaine, mayor of Montreal
Joliette	June 6, 1976	Joliette Street	Barthélemy Joliette, founder of Joliette, Quebec
Pie-IX	June 6, 1976	Pie-IX Boulevard	Pope Pius IX
Viau	June 6, 1976	Viau Street	Charles-Théodore Viau, Quebec cookie magnate and parish volunteer
Assomption	June 6, 1976	De l'Assomption Boulevard	Named to commemorate the proclamation of the Dogma of the Assumption of Mary by Pope Pius XII in 1950
Cadillac	June 6, 1976	De Cadillac Street	Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer
Langelier	June 6, 1976	Langelier Boulevard	François-Charles-Stanislas Langelier, mayor of Quebec City and Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec
Radisson	June 6, 1976	Radisson Street	Pierre-Esprit Radisson, French explorer
Honoré-Beaugrand	June 6, 1976	Honoré-Beaugrand Street	Honoré Beaugrand, Quebec author and mayor of Montreal

See also

• Line 3 Red
• Line 6 (Montreal Metro)
• Line 7 White

• List of Montreal Metro stations

References

1. Guimont, Marc (2007). Montréal en métro (in French) (2 ed.). Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Guides de voyage Ulysse inc. p. 8. ISBN 978-2-89464-782-0.

External links

• 2008 STM System Map