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The Red Line (), also known as Line 3 (), was a proposed line of the
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The Red Line (), also known as Line 3 (), was a proposed line of the Montreal Metro
The Montreal Metro (, ) 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 ...
.
Proposed as part of the Metro in the early 1960s, the line would have run north–south from downtown Montreal, under Mount Royal
Mount Royal (, ) is a mountain in the city of Montreal, immediately west of Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The city's name is derived from the mountain's name.
The mountain is part of the Monteregian Hills situated between the Laurentian M ...
in the Mount Royal Tunnel
The Mount Royal Tunnel () is a rail transport, railway tunnel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The tunnel is the third longest in Canada, after the Mount Macdonald Tunnel and the Connaught Tunnel, and connects the city's Central Station (Montreal), C ...
, using CN tracks and have ended at Cartierville (western) of Bordeaux-Cartierville.
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.
* There was a lack of agreement between CN, the City of Montreal
Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-pea ...
and other municipalities regarding costs.
* Expo 67
The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, commonly known as Expo 67, was a general exhibition from April 28 to October 29, 1967. It was a category one world's fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is considered to be one of the most s ...
made the construction of the Yellow Line a priority.
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
Commuter rail or suburban rail is a Passenger train, passenger rail service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting Commuting, commuters to a Central business district, central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter town ...
Deux-Montagnes line
Deux-Montagnes (also designated exo6 and formerly Red Line) was an electrified Commuter rail in North America, commuter rail line in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was owned by Exo (public transit), Exo, the organization that operates publ ...
between 1995 and 2020, and will eventually form the central section of the Réseau express métropolitain
The Réseau express métropolitain (REM; ) is a Medium-capacity rail system, light metro rapid transit system in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. As of June 2025, it consists of five stations spanning 16 km, connecting Downtown Montreal with th ...
upon the completion of the Deux-Montagnes branch.
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
Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy (; 27 March 18512 December 1931) was a French composer and teacher. His influence as a teacher, in particular, was considerable. He was a co-founder of the Schola Cantorum de Paris and also taught at the Pa ...
* Mont-Royal
Mount Royal ( , officially Town of Mount Royal, Ville Mont-Royal, abbreviated TMR, ) is an affluent on-island suburban town located on the northwest side of the eponymous Mount Royal, northwest of Downtown Montreal, on the Island of Montreal in ...
* Côte-Vertu
* Bois-Franc
* A-Ma-Baie
* Roxboro
* Laval
* Deux-Montagnes Deux Montagnes is French for "Two Mountains", and can represent:
* Lac des Deux Montagnes, a lake in the Greater Montreal Area
* Deux-Montagnes, Quebec, a municipality in Canada, named after the lake
* Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality, ...
See also
* Line 6 (Montreal Metro) * White Line (Montreal Metro)References
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