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The Red Line (french: Ligne rouge), also known as Line 3 (french: Ligne 3), was a proposed line of the
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Montreal Metro Unbuilt buildings and structures in Canada Cancelled rapid transit lines and systems Cancelled projects in Canada {{Quebec-transport-stub
The Red Line (french: Ligne rouge), also known as Line 3 (french: Ligne 3), was a proposed line of the Montreal Metro
The Montreal Metro (french: Métro de Montréal) 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, ...
that never made it past its planning stage. The line was supposed to have 15 stations and end at Cartierville (western) of Bordeaux-Cartierville
Ahuntsic-Cartierville ( (local accent)) is a borough (''arrondissement'') of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The borough was created following the 2002 municipal reorganization of Montreal. It comprises two main neighbourhoods, Ahuntsic, a ...
, 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 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 will form the central section of the planned Réseau express métropolitain.
1982 list of planned stations
The following stations were planned for the line:"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. * Gare Centrale * Vincent D'Indy * Mont-Royal * Côte-Vertu * Bois-Franc * A-Ma-Baie * Roxboro * Laval *Deux-Montagnes
Deux-Montagnes is a suburban municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille Îles where it flows out of Lake of Two Mountains (''Lac des Deux Montagnes''). It is part of the Deux-Montagnes Regional Coun ...
See also
*Line 6 (Montreal Metro)
Line 6 was a proposed surface-running line of the Montreal Metro. Unlike the rubber-tire technology used on the Metro's current lines, Line 6's trains would have run on steel wheels. Planned as the first of a series of new "regional metro" lines al ...
* Line 7 White (Montreal Metro)
The White Line (french: Ligne blanche), also known as Line 7 (french: Ligne 7), was a proposed line of the Montreal Metro that never made it past its planning stage.
The White Line was first proposed by the Commission de transport de Montréal (C ...
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Montreal Metro Unbuilt buildings and structures in Canada Cancelled rapid transit lines and systems Cancelled projects in Canada {{Quebec-transport-stub