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This is my last one about the metro de Mtl on this thread dedicated to the amazing Toronto subway. Westmount, the richest city in Mtl on the mountain, didn't want a subway station, too low class for them they said. They were going to have it anyway but the ground between St-Henri and Vendome...

At the beginning, many were concerned that the stations and tunnel were not heated and even the engineers were not too sure if heating would be required, but as it turns out the tires and the equipment makes so much heat that it's never cold underground in winter, even when the outside...

That is absolutely true and was one of the bad/good reason rubber tires were chosen for the cars to take on inclines, the tunnels are full of surprisingly steep inclines and curves in an attempt to dig in the best possible layers. This is why some station are much deeper than others, it really...

Then with a 380/425 ratio on square meters and with the current arrangement the capacity is still a bit smaller in Montreal. Believe it or not, the legacy 1960 strategy to increase the system's capacity is to increase the speed of the trains and therefore the frequency. So the new trains are...

The cars are 8'3" wide but the tunnels are higher and so are the cars, a decision made in 1966 in an attempt to make future expansion cheaper. It worked, for instance the 3 new stations in Laval were over budget (that's Mtl style) but the cost per kilometer was very good compare to larger...

It is actually impossible to put ac on subway cars. Montreal metro is an enclosed system all underground and pretty deep too, air conditioning on cars would dangerously heat up the stations and tunnels. AC is going to have be a separate project, it will have to apply to stations and tunnels, the...

I didn't realize the cost per km in Tor., good to have an outside point of view, the general feeling here was that the cost had gotten completely out of hand. Is it all the infrastructure the line has to go through in Toronto that brings the price to $300 million a km? The system is quite deep...

Smaller in population as compared with cities big enough to afford to go deeply in debts LOL As it turns out the cost of extending the Mtl subway is exorbitant despite it's smaller width. The latest addition of 3 stations accross the river to Laval came at a cost of a wooping $803 million...

Congratulation Toronto on your new subway cars, they are a thing of beauty! Just got into one the other day, wow. As a Montreal subway fan (see http://metrodemontreal.com) I find that the modern design is appropriate for the look of the existing subway system. I also like the traditional gray...

Congratulation Toronto on your new subway cars, they are a thing of beauty! As a Montreal subway fan (see http://metrodemontreal.com) I find that the modern design is appropriate for the look of the existing subway system. I also like the traditional gray metal color that reflect the old...