Blue Line (Montreal Metro)

Blue Line / Ligne Bleue
Overview
Type Rapid transit
System Montreal Metro
Locale Montreal, (QC), Canada.
Termini Snowdon (south)
Saint-Michel (north)
Stations 12
Operation
Opened June 16, 1986
Operator(s) Société de transport de Montréal (STM)
Depot(s) Plateau d'Youville (connected to line 2, for MR-73 cars)
Snowdon tail tracks and connecting track (connected to line 2, for maintenance of way equipment)
Rolling stock Bombardier Transportation MR-73 cars
Technical
Line length 9.7 km (6.0 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
Anjou
 Langelier
 Lacordaire
 Viau
 Pie IX
 planned extension
Saint-Michel
D'Iberville
 Fabre
Jean-Talon
 De Castelnau
to Youville Shops
 Parc
Acadie
 Outremont
 Édouard-Montpetit
 Université-de-Montréal
 Côte-des-Neiges
Orange Line
to Côte-Vertu
Snowdon
connection to Orange Line

Orange Line
to Montmorency

 proposed extension
 Côte-St-Luc
 Cavendish
 Montréal-Ouest
 Lafleur

The Blue Line (French: Ligne bleue) is one of the four lines of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was the fourth to be built, notwithstanding its alternate official name of "Line 5" (Line 3 was planned, but never built). Unlike the other three routes, the Blue Line does not serve the city's main Metro station, Berri-UQAM.

The line is served by a single yard located between Parc and de Castelnau stations which is completely underground and occupies a small portion underneath Jarry Park. Another service facility is located at the 500-metre end tracks following Snowdon station, but is rarely used by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM).

On September 20, 2013, a 7-km extension northeast to St. Leonard and Anjou was announced by the STM and the Quebec government.[1] The extension is to include five new stations and is planned to be operational by 2020. On May 28, 2014, it was announced that the project would be reviewed in priorities after the new government took over, and that if accepted again, construction would start in 2017.[2]

History

Construction of Snowdon station began in 1975, with two platform levels. In 1979, the provincial government decided to build the Blue Line. On June 16, 1986 the first section, between Saint-Michel to De Castelnau opened. This was followed by the section from De Castelnau to Parc on June 15, 1987 and Parc to Snowdon on January 4, 1988. The opening of the intermediate station Acadie was delayed for almost three months. It was finally opened on March 28, 1988. Other planned extensions at both ends of the route have so far been omitted due to financial reasons.

Future extensions

The Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) published a study, Vision 2020, in December 2011. According to this, the Blue Line will be extended northeast of Saint-Michel to Anjou. There are a total of five planned new stations: Pie-IX, Viau, Lacordaire, Langelier, Anjou.[3] The terminus would be located at the Galeries d'Anjou shopping centre, near the junction of Autoroute 25 and Autoroute 40. On September 20, 2013, the provincial government announced that the extension would proceed and committed $38.8 million to set up a "Project Office" tasked with preparing detailed financial and technical plans within two years.

Another proposed expansion involves extending the Blue Line southwest from Snowdon. This extension would serve Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Côte-Saint-Luc and Montreal West.[4] This Metro extension has been put on hold indefinitely.

The Édouard-Montpetit station is located near the northern entrance of the Mount Royal Tunnel. Plans to link the station to the AMT's Deux-Montagnes line were not pursued because the height difference between the two levels is 50 metres.

List of stations

Station Inauguration date Odonym Namesake
Snowdon

Line 2 - Orange

 September 7, 1981 (Orange Line)
January 4, 1988 (Blue Line)		 Snowdon Street; Snowdon neighbourhood Name of area's former landowner
Côte-des-Neiges January 4, 1988 Côte-des-Neiges Road Former Village of Côte-des-Neiges; name Notre-Dame-des-Neiges (Our Lady of the Snow) dates to 18th century
Université-de-Montréal Université de Montréal
Édouard-Montpetit Édouard-Montpetit Boulevard Édouard Montpetit, Université de Montréal professor
Outremont Outremont Avenue; borough of Outremont Named for a prominent estate (Outremont means "other side of the mountain")
Acadie March 28, 1988 De L'Acadie Boulevard Commemorates bicentennial of the expulsion of the Acadians
Parc June 15, 1987 Park Avenue Mont Royal Park
De Castelnau June 16, 1986 De Castelnau Street Édouard de Castelnau, French soldier
Jean-Talon

Line 2 - Orange

 October 14, 1966 (Orange Line)
June 16, 1986 (Blue Line)		 Jean Talon Street Jean Talon, intendant of New France
Fabre June 16, 1986 Fabre Street Édouard-Charles Fabre, first Roman Catholic Archbishop of Montreal
D'Iberville D'Iberville Street Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, French explorer, founder of Louisiana
Saint-Michel Saint-Michel Boulevard; neighbourhood of Saint-Michel (formerly Ville Saint-Michel) Saint-Michel; long-standing name

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.montrealgazette.com/a9tro+Blue+Line+extension/8938031/story.html
  2. ↑ http://jflisee.org/ligne-bleue-du-metro-et-slr-pour-couillard-cest-avant-moi-le-deluge/
  3. ↑ http://journalmetro.com/local/saint-leonard/actualites/858605/plan-daction-en-electrification-des-transports-le-prolongement-de-la-ligne-bleue-toujours-a-letude/
  4. ↑ "Railway Gazette: Montréal’s 2020 vision". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 2 January 2012.

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