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Red Line (Montreal Metro)

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Red Line (Montreal Metro)

The Red Line (French: Ligne rouge), also known as Line 3 (French: Ligne 3), was a proposed line of the Montreal Metro that never made it past its planning stage. The line was supposed to have 15 stations and end at Cartierville (western) of Bordeaux-Cartierville, using CN tracks and Mount Royal Tunnel under Mount Royal. The line was cancelled because:

  • Trains would have to use steel wheels instead of rubber tires like the rest of the Metro cars because part (or most) of the line was to go outside.
  • Expo 67 made the Yellow Line more important.

    • The line was still planned for construction in the early 1980s, reduced to a total of 9 stations.

    The tracks are now used by the commuter rail Deux-Montagnes Line and will form the central section of the planned Réseau électrique métropolitain.

    1982 list of planned stations

  • Gare Centrale
  • Vincent D'Indy
  • Mont-Royal
  • Côte-Vertu
  • Bois-Franc
  • A-Ma-Baie
  • Roxboro
  • Laval
  • Deux-Montagnes

    • References

    Red Line (Montreal Metro) Wikipedia
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