Orange Line (Montreal Metro)

Orange Line / Ligne Orange
Metro arriving at Lucien-L'Allier Station
Overview
Native name	Ligne Orange
Line number	2
Locale	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Termini	Côte-Vertu Montmorency
Stations	31
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Montreal Metro
Operator(s)	Société de transport de Montréal (STM)
Depot(s)	Plateau d'Youville, Saint-Charles, Montmorency, Centre d'attachement Duvernay, Snowdon tail tracks and connecting track, Côte-Vertu
Rolling stock	Bombardier/Alstom MPM-10 (Azur)
History
Opened	October 14, 1966
28 April 1980	Opening of western extension to Place-Saint-Henri
7 September 1981	Opening of northern extension to Snowdon
28 April 2007	Opening of northern extension to Montmorency
Technical
Line length	30.0 km (18.6 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	25–72 km/h (16–45 mph)
Route map Legend Montmorency Garage Montmorency De La Concorde Cartier Rivière des Prairies Laval Montreal Côte-Vertu Saint-Charles Garage Du Collège Henri-Bourassa De La Savane Namur Sauvé Youville Shops Plamondon to Blue Line Crémazie Côte-Sainte- Catherine Jarry Jean-Talon Snowdon Beaubien Villa-Maria Rosemont Vendôme two single tunnels Laurier Place-Saint-Henri Mont-Royal Green Line to Angrignon Sherbrooke Lionel-Groulx Berri-UQAM Berri-UQAM formerly Berri-de-Montigny Duvernay sidings Berri service platform Georges-Vanier Lucien-L'Allier Yellow Line to Longueuil Champ-de-Mars Bonaventure Place-d'Armes Bonaventure Square-Victoria–OACI This diagram: view talk edit

The Orange Line (French: Ligne orange, pronounced [liɲ ɔʁɑ̃ʒ]), also known as Line 2 (French: Ligne 2), is the longest and first-planned of the four subway lines of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It formed part of the initial network, and was extended from 1980 to 1986. On April 28, 2007, three new stations in Laval opened making it the second line to leave Montreal Island.

The Orange Line measures 30 kilometres (19 mi) in length and counts 31 stations. It is the longest subway line in Montreal and the second-longest in Canada after the Line 1 Yonge–University of the Toronto subway. Like the rest of the Metro network, it is entirely underground. The line runs in a U-shape (also similar to Line 1 Yonge-University) from Côte-Vertu in western Montreal to Montmorency in Laval, northwest of Montreal.