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Flashback to ~2005. They had it all figured out.

If you exclude Quebec City, that means the federal funding goes towards: ~500km of new infrastructure in Ontario vs ~50km of new infrastructure in Quebec, which can only be used to travel to Ontario. Making HFR an Ontario-only service would be political suicide for the feds.

They used to be everywhere, but the STM removed them from some lines when they started running trains with different door placements.

The whole thing could also be initiated by the feds. With the federal election approaching, it's gonna look bad on the Liberals if the REM is the Infrastructure Bank's only investment. They want other projects like it...

That garage is being built to handle the fleet expansion from the initial order. This new politically-motivated train order simply means that 17 MR73 trains will get scrapped now instead of being refurbished to last 15-20 more years like the STM wanted.

Now confirmed to be 153 cars / 17 trains, because that's the largest amount of extra Azur trains that the STM's existing maintenance facilities can handle. Price will be negotiated later, but is estimated at 350 millions or more That means 200 Bombardier jobs maintained for 18 more months in...

Another thing that helps tremendously in Montreal (and NYC) is the "valet" system. During the morning rush hour, some designated high-demand stations have an attendant emptying the station as it fills and stockpiling the bike overflow next to it for the day. An attendant comes back in the...

I'm subscribed to both Car2Go and Communauto's Auto-Mobile service in Montreal. Auto-Mobile is much more low-tech than Car2Go (no credit card payments, can't unlock cars from the app), but I find myself using Auto-Mobile more often than Car2go. They have better pricing options (unlimited...

Here's the text of the bill: According to Le Journal de Montréal: (translation) http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2018/05/18/des-mises-a-pied-malgre-le-contrat

The Corridor breakdown is interesting. It looks like QUE-MTL-OTT added more passengers than MTL-OTT-TOR. Passengers/week (2016 -> 2017): Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto +7.6% (42,336 ->45,566) Quebec-Montreal-Ottawa +31.7% (11,102 -> 14,617) Corridor East Total +12.6% (53,438 -> 60,183)...

Closer as the crow flies, but a more direct southern route from YUL to Central Station along (or using) the CN's tracks would only have been 10% shorter in terms of distance to Central Station. (19.5 km instead of 22km). That only would have had the potential to shave off a minute or two at...

The UPX service is not really faster. The REM's 22km route to Central Station will have: - peak hours: 10 minute frequency, 25 minute travel time (10 stops) - off-peak: 15-20 minute frequency, 20 minute travel time (5 stops) The UPX's 23.3km route to Union Station has: - all-day: 15 minute...

Montreal-Trudeau's $250M underground REM station has been unveiled by the airport authority as part of its expansion plan. It will be located 35 meters under the airport's new parking structure and it is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2023.

For reference, AFAIK, the max slope in the Metro network is 6.3%, between Jean-Drapeau and Longueuil

It isn't. Pyongyang has built theirs 110m underground to double as a nuclear shelter / evil lair! :D

The TTC has reported twice as much delays as the STM, but it's not that bad if you look at some other systems out there. https://twitter.com/brianmrosenthal/status/982315600570564609

Montreal's system has two complementary lines serving the downtown core. There are 5 inbound tracks to Berri-UQAM. That provides more capacity at peak than the TTC's "U" between Line 2 and Union.

Interesting ridership trends for 2017: STM Metro: 367.461 Million (+3.8%) STM Bus: 271.618 Million (+0.09%) RTM train: 20.315 Million (+4.13%) TTC Subway: 289.696 Million (-0.97%) TTC Bus: 456.947 Million (-1.27%) TTC Streetcar: 287.8 Million (-4.24%) GO train: 55.878 Million (+3.42%)...

No they built a new assembly plant next to their existing Sorel-Tracy facilities. http://www.alstom.com/press-centre/2013/7/alstom-starts-building-bogies-for-montreals-new-metro-cars-/

Two thirds ($250M) of the federal loan was earmarked for the Global 7000 program, which is being assembled at Downsview.