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Montreal Metro

This article is about the subway system. For other uses, see Montreal Metro (disambiguation).

Montreal Metro
Left to right, from top: Hector Guimard's Paris Métro entrance at Square-Victoria–OACI; interior of the new MPM-10 ("Azur") trains;[1] MR-73 train at Montmorency station; two MR-73 trains at Plamondon station; ceramic mural at Crémazie station
Left to right, from top: Hector Guimard's Paris Métro entrance at Square-Victoria–OACI; interior of the new MPM-10 ("Azur") trains;[1] MR-73 train at Montmorency station; two MR-73 trains at Plamondon station; ceramic mural at Crémazie station
Overview
Native nameMétro de Montréal (French)
LocaleMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Transit typeRapid transit
Number of lines4
Number of stations68 (5 under construction)
Daily ridership1,009,600 (weekdays, Q3 2024)[2]
Annual ridership303,969,500 (2023)[3]
Operation
Began operationOctober 14, 1966 (1966-10-14)
Operator(s)Société de transport de Montréal
CharacterFully underground
Number of vehicles909[4]
Technical
System length69.2 km (43.0 mi)[5][6]
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) with running pads for the rubber tired wheels outside of the steel rails
ElectrificationGuide bar, 750 V DC
Top speed72.4 km/h (45.0 mph)

The Montreal Metro (French: Métro de Montréal, pronounced [metʁo də mɔ̃ʁeal]) is a rubber-tired underground rapid transit system serving Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The metro, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM), was inaugurated on October 14, 1966, during the tenure of Mayor Jean Drapeau.

It has expanded since its opening from 22 stations on two lines to 68 stations on four lines totalling 69.2 kilometres (43.0 mi) in length,[5][6] serving the north, east and centre of the Island of Montreal with connections to Longueuil, via the Yellow Line, and Laval, via the Orange Line.

The Montreal Metro is Canada's busiest rapid transit system in terms of daily ridership, delivering an average of 1,009,600 daily unlinked passenger trips per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.[7] It is North America's third busiest rapid transit system, behind the New York City Subway and Mexico City Metro. In 2023, 303,969,500 trips on the Metro were completed.[7] With the Metro and the newer driverless, steel-wheeled Réseau express métropolitain, Montreal has one of North America's largest urban rapid transit systems, attracting the second-highest ridership per capita behind New York City.[8]

  1. ^ "Bombardier to lay off 145 workers in La Pocatière over Metro car production stall". CBC News. January 23, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  2. ^ "Transit Ridership Report Third Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. November 20, 2024. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
  3. ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  4. ^ "Programme des immobilisations 2020-2029" (PDF). Société de transport de Montréal (in French). October 29, 2019. p. 71. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  5. ^ a b Montreal Metro at urbanrail.net
  6. ^ a b Montreal Metro at metrobits.org
  7. ^ a b "APTA Q4 2022 Ridership Report" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 1, 2023. p. 39. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 8, 2019.
  8. ^ Yonah Freemark (September 18, 2009). "Montréal and Québec Leaders Announce "Irreversible" Decision to Expand Métro – The Transport Politic". Thetransportpolitic.com. Retrieved March 10, 2011.

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