Mont-Saint-Hilaire line

Mont-Saint-Hilaire Line
Outbound train at Saint-Basile-le-Grand
Overview
Type	Commuter rail
System	Agence métropolitaine de transport
Locale	Greater Montreal
Termini	Central Station Mont-Saint-Hilaire
Stations	7
Daily ridership	9,700 (2014)[1]
Ridership	2,303,100 (2014)
Operation
Opened	1859
Operator(s)	CN's Montrain Division
Technical
Line length	34.9 km (21.7 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map

Mont-Saint-Hilaire Line
Legend
Deux-Montagnes Mascouche Central Station Bonaventure Victoria Bridge over St. Lawrence River Zone 1 Zone 3 Saint-Lambert Longueuil–Saint-Hubert Zone 3 Zone 5 Saint-Bruno Saint-Basile-le-Grand Zone 5 Zone 6 McMasterville Richelieu River Mont-Saint-Hilaire

The Mont-Saint-Hilaire 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 Mont-Saint-Hilaire Line was operated by the Canadian National Railway (CN) between 1859 and 1988. The AMT resumed passenger service on the line in 2000.

There are 7 inbound and 7 outbound departures per weekday.^[2]

Overview

This line links the Central Station in downtown Montreal with Mont-Saint-Hilaire, on Montreal's South Shore.

The line offers seven departures every weekday morning towards Montreal and seven returns to Saint-Hilaire every weekday evening. It is also the only commuter train line not to have any train stations on the island of Montreal outside of Downtown Montreal. All the other train lines have at least 4 stops before leaving the island.^[3]

The trains are owned and managed by the Agence métropolitaine de transport, and operated by Canadian National's Montrain division.

Today, over 9,000 people ride this train daily.

History

Historically this commuter route was operated by CN. Equipment in the late 1960s and early 1970s, operated once daily each direction, was a hodgepodge of ca 1930 coaches and an equally eclectic mix of yard switchers, freight and passenger diesel electric engines.

List of stations

The following stations are on the Mont-Saint-Hilaire line:

Station	Location	Connections
Gare Centrale	Montreal	Via Rail, Amtrak, Downtown Terminus (Terminus RTL). Bonaventure metro station, Société de transport de Montréal (STM) 150, 358, 410, 430, 515, 535, 935 (within walking distance along René Lévesque Boulevard), 61, 75, 168, 420 (On University Street), 74, 75 (On rue de la Gauchetière).[4]
Saint Lambert	Saint-Lambert	Via Rail, Amtrak, RTL:[5] 1, 6, 55, 106
Longueuil – Saint-Hubert	Saint-Hubert	RTL: 8, 88
Saint-Bruno	Saint-Bruno	RTL: 91, 92, 93, 99
Saint-Basile-le-Grand	Saint-Basile-le-Grand	CIT Vallée de Richelieu:[6] 24, 200, 300
McMasterville	McMasterville	CIT Vallée de Richelieu: 20, 23, 200, 300
Mont-Saint-Hilaire	Mont-Saint-Hilaire	CIT Vallée de Richelieu: 11, 21, 22, 25

The commuter line operates over the following Canadian National subdivision:

• Saint-Hyacinthe Subdivision (between St-Hilaire [54.2] and Montreal [74.1])

References

1. https://www.amt.qc.ca/Media/Default/pdf/section8/publications/amt-rapport-annuel-2014.pdf
2. "Rapport d'activités 2012" (PDF) (in French). Agence métropolitaine de transport. 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
3. "Horaire Montreal/Mont-Saint-Hilaire" (PDF). AMT. 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
4. "Plan du Reseau STM 2007" (PDF). STM. 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
5. "Reseau de transport de Longueuil". RTL. 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-26.
6. "CIT Vallée-du-Richelieu". CITVR. 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-26.

External links

• Official AMT website (In French)