Red Line (Montreal Metro)
The Red Line (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.), also known as Line 3 (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.), was a proposed line of the Montreal Metro.
Proposed as part of the Metro in the early 1960s, the line would have run north–south from downtown Montreal, under Mount Royal in the Mount Royal Tunnel, using CN tracks and have ended at Cartierville (western)[clarification needed] of Bordeaux-Cartierville.[1]
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 would have been exposed to the elements.[2]
- There was a lack of agreement between CN, the City of Montreal and other municipalities regarding costs.[2]
- Expo 67 made the construction of the Yellow Line a priority.[2]
The line was still planned for construction as a "regional metro" line in the early 1980s, reduced to a total of 9 stations.
The tracks were used by the commuter rail Deux-Montagnes line between 1995 and 2020, and forms the central section of the Réseau express métropolitain since the completion of the Deux-Montagnes branch in November 2025.[3]
1982 list of planned stations
The following stations were planned for the line:[4]
- Gare Centrale
- Vincent D'Indy
- Mont-Royal
- Côte-Vertu
- Bois-Franc
- A-Ma-Baie
- Roxboro
- Laval
- Deux-Montagnes
See also
References
- ↑ "Why is there no line 3?". Everything about the STM. Société de transport de Montréal. Archived from the original on 10 June 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2012. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Magder, Jason (13 Oct 2016). "The métro at 50: Building the network". Montreal Gazette.
- ↑ "November 17, 2025: Scheduled Opening Date for the Deux-Montagnes Branch". 20 October 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
- ↑ "Le Métro fait surface: La ligne 6". Quebec Science, vol. 21, no. 3, Nov. 1982. Ministere des Transports du Quebec and le Conseil des Transports de la region de Montreal.
External links
- Exploring the Mount-Royal Tunnel ventilation shaft – Marc Dufour. (In French: Une virée dans le puits de ventilation du tunnel Mont-Royal)
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