Line 4 Yellow (Montreal Metro)


     Line 4 Yellow / Ligne 4 Jaune
Overview
Type Rapid transit
System Montreal Metro
Locale Montreal, (QC), Canada.
Termini Berri-UQAM metro station
Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke metro station
Stations 3
Operation
Opened 1 April 1967
Operator(s) Société de transport de Montréal (STM)
Rolling stock 336 Canadian Vickers MR-63
Technical
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
(standard gauge)
Electrification "Third rail", 750 V DC on the guidebars at either side of the track
Operating speed 40 km/h (25 mph)
Line 4 Yellow Ligne 4 Jaune
Legend
McGill  1 
projected future
Berri-UQAM  1   2 
formerly Berri-de Montigny
to Line 1 & Line 2
Saint Lawrence River
Jean-Drapeau
formerly Île-Sainte-Hélène
Saint Lawrence River
Le Moyne Channel
Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke
formerly Longueuil

The Yellow (Line 4) line is one of the metro's four routes operating in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was popular when it opened for service because it connected Montreal's city centre with the Expo 67 exhibition and La Ronde on Île-Sainte-Hélène. Line 4 has three stations, and travels under the St. Lawrence River between the island of Montreal and Longueuil. Line 4 was part of the initial network of the metro, and numbered in conjunction with Line 3, a route that was later cancelled. It is also the first metro line to leave the island. All three stations on the line have been renamed since their opening.

In June 2008 the City of Montreal proposed a number of service improvements and Metro extensions, including projecting Line 4 from Berri-UQAM to McGill station to ease congestion on that part of the green line.[1] In December 2011, an extension to Longueil was announced.[2]

Contents

List of stations

Name Inauguration date Odonym Namesake
Line 4 - Yellow
Berri-UQAM
Formerly Berri-de Montigny
October 14, 1966
for Line 2
and Line 1,
April 1, 1967
for Line 4
Rue Berri Name given by Migeon de Branssat in 1669; named for Simon Després dit Le Berry
Université du Québec à Montréal
Rue de Montigny Testard de Montigny family
Jean-Drapeau
Formerly Île-Sainte-Hélène
April 1, 1967 Parc Jean-Drapeau Jean Drapeau, late ex-mayor of Montreal
Île Sainte-Hélène Named by Samuel de Champlain for his wife, née Hélène Boullé
Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke
Formerly Longueuil
City of Longueuil Probably for a town in Normandy
University of Sherbrooke, Longueuil campus, in Édifice Saint-Charles

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