Blainville-Saint-Jerome Line (AMT)

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Blainville/St-Jerome Line
CP Operation 1882 - 1981
AMT Operating Since 1997
Length 62.1 kilometres
Number of Stations 13
Ridership (2004, Weekdays) 9530
Daily Departures 10 Round Trips
Operated by CP

The Blainville line is a commuter rail line operated in the Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada area, by the Agence métropolitaine de transport, or AMT, (in English, the "Metropolitan transportation agency" or MTA), the umbrella organization that plans, integrates, and coordinates public transportation services across this region.

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[edit] Overview

This line links the Lucien-L'Allier station in downtown Montreal with Saint-Jérôme, on Montreal's North Shore. More than 2000 Park and Ride spaces are available for commuters.

The line offers service on weekdays only. With service every 25–45 minutes during rush hour and every two hours outside of rush hour, and only 5 departures to and from Lucien L'Allier station. All other departures are to and from the Parc metro station. Although most departes are to and from Parc Station, transit users can use the 935 Trainbus to get a ride downtown (in the Mornings) and back to Parc station (in the afternoons).[1][2]

Today, more than 9,000 people ride this train daily.

[edit] History

[edit] CP Service

CP operated Le petit train du nord, the Ottawa train via Lachute, the Quebec train via Trois Rivières as well as the Sainte-Therese RDC train along this route between 1882 and 1979.

[edit] AMT Service

The Montreal/Blainville line was originally opened in July 1997 and was supposed to serve commuters during the construction on the Marius-Dufresne bridge. Although it only offered 3 departures per day (two peak, one reverse peak), it instantly became very successful. In 1997, there were only 4 stations: Blainville, Sainte-Thérèse, Saint-Martin, and Jean-Talon (now Parc). The stations were merely wooden platforms with gravel parking lots; not too much money was spent because the line wasn't supposed to become permanent. Service increased in September 1997 to 6 departures per day (four peak, 2 reverse peak) and stations were added at Saint-Rose and Henri-Bourassa (now Bois-de-Boulogne), the line had become permanent. The Rosemère station at Rosemère was built in 1998.

In order to make the operation successful, buses were used to carry passengers from areas around the stations in Blainville and Sainte-Therese. These buses came from the CIT des Basses-Laurentides (now CIT Laurentides). In Montreal STCUM (now STM) buses were used from the Jean-Talon Station to downtown Montreal (Guy-Concordia) metro station (The 935 Trainbus Blainville / Centreville)[3].

In 1999, the STCUM had problems with a number of buses in their Nova LFS fleet, pulling them off the roads completely. To cope with the situation the AMT decided to extend the service from Parc metro directly downtown to Gare Windsor (now Lucien L'Allier Terminus).

In late 2003, a stop was added at Montreal-Ouest, previously passing through the station without stopping.

On October 5, 2006, AMT leased 8 bilevel coaches and one F59PH locomotive from GO Transit to help cope with increased ridership when an overpass collapsed onto Autoroute 19 in Laval. On November 10, 2006, the train was returned to GO Transit when the highway re-opened.

On October 18th, 2006, the AMT opened a temporary station, Vimont, to again help after the overpass collapse. The station has become a permanent stop on the line, after the highway re-opened.

On January 8, 2007 the line was extended from Blainville to Saint-Jérôme; The new Chabanel station was also opened, and a new schedule was released. As a result, only 10 round trips are planned per day instead of 11. [4]

[edit] Future projects

  • De La Concorde in Laval, an intermodal Commuter train and metro station; set to open with the opening of the metro in July 2007
  • The Mirabel train station has not yet opened, due to delays in rezoning agricultural land for use as a train station.

[edit] List of stations

The following stations are on the Blainville line:

Station Location Connections
Lucien-L'Allier Montreal Downtown Terminus (Terminus RTL), Lucien-L'Allier metro station, Société de transport de Montréal (STM) 36 (On rue Saint-Antoine), 150, 358, 410, 430, 535 (On boul.René Lévesque), 935 Trainbus Blainville / Centreville (one block away at the corner of René Lévesque Boulevard and Peel Street).
Vendôme Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (connection to Vendôme metro station) STM 17 (north bound at the corner of boul. Décarie and boul. de Maisonneuve, south bound at the corner of rue Girouard and chemin Upper Lachine),37,90,102,104,105,124,371 (same corners as 17) & 24,63,356 (these last three one block north on rue Sherbrooke ouest[5][6]).
Montréal-Ouest Montreal West STM 51, 90 (250 metres south on rue Saint-Jacques), 105, 123, 162.
Parc Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension STM 16, 80, 92, 93, 365, 372, 535, 935.
Chabanel Ahuntsic-Cartierville STM 54, 135, 146.
Bois-de-Boulogne STM 135, 164, 171, 180, 380. STL Routes 44, 46 (until July 2007), 55 (continues after July 2007) [7].
De La Concorde (under Construction) Laval


(Laval-des-Rapides, Chomedey, Vimont, Ste Rose)

 STL currently 35 (One block west on Laval Avenue), 37, 40, 42, 61.
Saint-Martin STL 33 (South bound only, northbound is a stiff walk east along boul. Saint-Martin to avenue Bois-de-Boulogne),35 (One block west on Industriel Avenue),37 (One Block west on Industriel Avenue),39, 50, 60.
Vimont STL T405 [8]
Sainte-Rose STL 72, 151 (1.5 kilometres west on Dufferin Street, provides connection to Cote Vertu metro station).
Rosemère Rosemère CIT Laurentides[9] Routes: 12, 17, 22
Sainte-Thérèse Sainte-Thérèse CIT Laurentides Routes: 9, 11, 18, 21, 22, 23, 27, 50, 51, 52, 60, 61, 62, 88 (Connection to Deux-Montagnes station).
MRC Les Moulins: 23 (Connection to Terminus Terrebonne).
Blainville Blainville CIT Laurentides Route 10
Mirabel (future) Mirabel
Saint-Jérôme Saint-Jérôme CIT Laurentides Routes 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9.

The Blainville line operates over the following Canadian Pacific Railway subdivisions:

  • Westmount Subdivision (between Lucien L'Allier [0.1] and Montreal West [4.6]
  • North Junction Lead (between Montreal-West [0.0] and St-Luc Jct* [2.0]
  • Adirondack Subdivision (between St-Luc Jct [45.4] and Outremont* [49.1]
  • Parc Subdivision (between Outremont [4.7] and St-Jerome [32.9]
  • Note: The AMT now owns the track from Sainte-Thérèse to Saint-Jérôme

St-Luc Jct and Outremont are not passenger stops.

Note: STL bus routes set to change when the Metro extension opens. [7]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Horaire Montreal/Blainville Saint-Jerome. AMT (2006). Retrieved on December 26, 2006.
  2. ^ Horaire Montreal/Blainville Saint-Jerome (January 8, 2007. AMT (2007). Retrieved on December 26, 2006.
  3. ^ Reprise du service de la navette trainbus 935, de la gare Jean-Talon au centre-ville. AMT (1999). Retrieved on December 26, 2006.
  4. ^ Train de Banlieue Montreal/Blainville/Saint-Jerome. AMT (2007). Retrieved on January 8, 2007.
  5. ^ Plan du Reseau STM 2006. STM (2006). Retrieved on December 26, 2006.
  6. ^ Plan du Reseau de Nuit STM 2006. STM (2006). Retrieved on December 26, 2006.
  7. ^ a b Plan du Reseau STL 2007. STL (2007). Retrieved on December 26, 2006.
  8. ^ Taxibus 405. STL (2006). Retrieved on December 21, 2006.
  9. ^ CIT Laurentides. CIT Laurentides (2006). Retrieved on December 26, 2006.

[edit] External links

 v • d • e  AMT Commuter Rail: Blainville-Saint-Jerome Line

Lucien-L'Allier | Vendôme | Montréal-Ouest | Parc | Chabanel | Bois-de-Boulogne
Concorde | Saint-Martin | Vimont | Sainte-Rose | Rosemère | Sainte-Thérèse | Blainville | Mirabel | Saint-Jérôme
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