Red Line (Montreal Metro)
Montréal Métro 1961 project with line 3 in red and proposed extensions in yellow
The Red Line (French: Ligne rouge), also known as Line 3 (French: Ligne 3), was a proposed line of the Montreal Metro that never made it past its planning stage. The line was supposed to have 15 stations and end at Cartierville (western) of Bordeaux-Cartierville, using CN tracks and Mount Royal Tunnel under Mount Royal.[1] 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 was to go outside.
- Expo 67 made the Yellow Line more important.
The line was still planned for construction in the early 1980s, reduced to a total of 9 stations.
The tracks are now used by the commuter rail Deux-Montagnes Line.
1982 list of planned stations[2]
- Gare Centrale
- Vincent D'Indy
- Mont-Royal
- Côte-Vertu
- Bois-Franc
- A-Ma-Baie
- Roxboro
- Laval
- Deux-Montagnes
See also
- Line 7 White (Montreal Metro)
- Line 6 (Montreal Metro)
References
- ↑ "Why is there no line 3?". Everything about the STM. Société de transport de Montréal. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- ↑ "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.
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