Agence métropolitaine de transport
The Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) is a government agency that reports to the Ministry of Transport for the Canadian province of Québec . Since January 1, 1996, she has been responsible for planning, integrating and coordinating local public transport in the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal , the metropolitan area of the city of Montreal . It also operates extensive suburban rail transport.
Areas of responsibility
The catchment area of the AMT extends over the territory of 83 parishes and an Indian reservation as well as over twelve regional county parishes . AMT works with 14 municipal and regional transport companies and coordinates their offers in a transport association with a uniform tariff system . An urban agglomeration with around 3.6 million inhabitants is being developed, to which, in addition to Montreal, the large cities Laval and Longueuil also belong.
AMT operates several modes of transport under its own competence. This includes suburban rail transport with five lines totaling 204.4 kilometers in length, two express bus routes, 16 bus stations , 23 park and ride facilities with more than 13,300 parking spaces and 85.2 kilometers of HOV lanes for car pooling in individual transport. The annual budget is around 280 million Canadian dollars .
Transport network
The area served by the AMT is divided into eight concentric tariff zones, with zones further from downtown Montreal having a higher number. There are two different types of tariffs. TRAIN tickets are limited to use of the local trains. They are available as a monthly pass for zones 4 to 7 or as a single ticket for zones 1 to 7. TRAM tickets (train autobus métro) allow unrestricted use of all means of transport in zones 1 to 8, but are only available as a monthly subscription. The individual transport companies are responsible for single tickets, day and week tickets in the core area (zones 1 to 3). The Carte OPUS , a rechargeable chip card , has also been available since 2004 , with which the services of various transport companies throughout the province of Québec can be obtained.
In addition to the AMT offers, the following companies belong to the transport association:
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Suburban railways
The main mode of transport operated by AMT is suburban rail transport. The AMT trains operate on tracks owned by the Canadian National Railway (CN), the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) and the Chemins de fer Québec-Gatineau (CFQG). There are five lines with a total length of 204.4 kilometers and 51 stations. Around 66,300 passengers are transported every day, almost 15.5 million annually (2010). Electric railcars are used on the line to Deux-Montagnes, push - pull trains hauled by two-motor locomotives on the line to Mascouche, and push- pull trains hauled by diesel locomotives on the other four lines . Terminal stations in downtown Montreal are Gare Centrale and Gare Lucien-L'Allier .
The CN and CP had carried out extensive suburban traffic in the greater Montreal area for decades, but by the 1980s they only operated one line each. In 1982, the urban transport company Société de transport de la communauté urbaine de Montréal took over the operation of the CN line to Deux-Montagnes and the CP line to Rigaud . In 1996, suburban traffic was transferred to the newly founded AMT, which was subordinate to the provincial government. The AMT opened three new lines: 1997 to Saint-Jérôme , 2000 to Mont-Saint-Hilaire and 2001 to Candiac .
Overview of the lines:
| line | opening | Length in km |
train courtyards |
Annually Passengers (2010) |
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Deux-Montagnes | 1918 | 29.9 | 12 | 7,347,200 |
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Vaudreuil - Hudson | 1887 | 51.2 | 18th | 3,421,700 |
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Blainville - Saint-Jérôme | May 12, 1997 | 62.8 | 13 | 2,196,000 |
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Mont-Saint-Hilaire | May 29, 2000 | 34.9 | 7th | 1,833,900 |
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Candiac | September 4, 2001 | 25.6 | 8th | 672,900 |
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Mascouche | 1st December 2014 | 52 | 13 | |
| AMT network | January 1, 1996 | 204.4 | 51 | 15,471,700 | |
Line to Deux-Montagnes
The Deux-Montagnes line runs from Gare Centrale through the Mont-Royal tunnel and continues west to Deux-Montagnes . It is 29.9 kilometers long and serves twelve train stations. The trains run every 10 to 30 minutes during rush hour on weekdays, otherwise every hour. Eleven pairs of trains run on Saturdays and six on Sundays. On average, almost exactly the same number of passengers are carried as on all other four lines combined. The line is the only one in the region that is electrified .
The route was built by the Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR). A tunnel under Mont Royal was required to get into downtown Montreal as rival rail companies blocked the remaining access corridors. To finance the project, the CNoR parceled out the site at the western tunnel portal. As a result, the suburb of Mont-Royal emerged . The route opened in 1918 and was nationalized in the same year. Due to the insufficient ventilation, steam-powered trains (and later diesel trains) were not allowed to enter the tunnel, which is why the operation has always been electric.
Line to Vaudreuil-Dorion
The second most frequented line begins at Gare Lucien-L'Allier and runs through the West Island and Vaudreuil-Dorion region to Hudson . It is 51.2 kilometers long and serves 18 train stations. On weekdays the trains run every 20 to 30 minutes during rush hour, otherwise every two hours. Almost all trains go to Vaudreuil, while Hudson is only served once a day. Four pairs of trains run on Saturdays and three on Sundays.
On the existing route between Montreal and Ottawa , several new stations were opened in 1887. In response to the population growth in the western part of the Île de Montréal , the CP set up suburban traffic to Rigaud . In the 1980s and 1990s, the line was modernized. Since the Rigaud municipality no longer wanted to participate in the operating costs, the line was shortened on July 1, 2010 and has since ended in Hudson.
Line to Saint-Jérôme
Another line starting at Gare Lucien-L'Allier runs around Mont Royal to Laval and on to Blainville and Saint-Jérôme . It is 62.8 kilometers long and serves 13 train stations. Ten pairs of trains run on weekdays, operations are idle on weekends. Half of the trains in Montreal already turn at Parc station , where there is a transition to the metro.
The line between Montreal and Saint-Jérôme was built in 1876 by the Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway and came into the possession of the CP in 1882. Passenger traffic was stopped in 1979. The temporary closure of a road bridge over the Rivière des Mille Îles prompted the AMT in 1997 to test suburban traffic between Parc and Blainville. The new offer proved to be successful and was expanded in the following years. Trains have been running to downtown Montreal since 1999 and to Saint-Jérôme since 2007.
Line to Mont-Saint-Hilaire
From the Gare Centrale a line runs across the St. Lawrence River and eastwards to Mont-Saint-Hilaire in the Richelieu Valley . It is 34.9 kilometers long and serves seven train stations. Seven pairs of trains run on weekdays and operations are closed on weekends.
The Grand Trunk Railway operating from 1859 daily Lokalzugpaar between Montreal and Mont-Saint-Hilaire. From 1920 the CN was responsible for this (for more on the history see the Montreal – Island Pond railway ). In 1988 passenger traffic was stopped. The steadily increasing motorized individual traffic in the Rive-Sud region led to the bridges over the St. Lawrence River being overloaded. For this reason, the AMT decided in 2000 to run passenger services on the route again.
Line to Candiac
From Gare Lucien-L'Allier, a line runs southwards over the St. Lawrence River to Candiac in the Rive-Sud region. There are nine pairs of trains on weekdays, while operations are closed on weekends. When the AMT set up the line in 2001, initially only two pairs of trains ran to Delson . Candiac has also been developed since 2005.
Line to Mascouche
In December 2014 the line called Train de l'Est went into operation via Repentigny to Mascouche . It is 52 kilometers long and serves 14 train stations. Existing routes will be used up to Repentigny. From there to the terminus, a new line was built in the median of Autoroute 640 . So that the trains can Mont-Royal tunnel happen and must not be electrified the rest of the way, are electro-diesel locomotive type Bombardier ALP-45DP used.
Web links
- Tout savoir sur exo. Retrieved on September 29, 2018 (French, English, website of the AMT successor exo / RMT).
- Agence métropolitaine de transport. Archived from the original ; Retrieved September 29, 2018 (French, English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Rapport d'activités 2010. (PDF, 8.7 MB) Agence métropolitaine de transport, 2011, archived from the original ; Retrieved September 29, 2018 (French).
- ↑ Budget d'exploitation 2011. (PDF, 2.1 MB) Agence métropolitaine de transport, 2011, archived from the original ; Retrieved September 29, 2018 (French).
- ↑ Titres et tarifs. Agence métropolitaine de transport, 2011, archived from the original ; Retrieved September 29, 2018 (French).
- ↑ L'agence. Agence métropolitaine de transport, 2011, archived from the original ; accessed on September 29, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Plus de 10 000 people feront l'essai de la ligne Mascouche! (No longer available online.) AMT November 26, 2014, archived from the original on December 7, 2014 ; accessed on September 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Une virée dans le puits de ventilation du tunnel Mont-Royal. Marc Dufour: Rail et transports urbains, accessed on November 7, 2011 (French).
- ↑ Last train to Rigaud on June 30. (No longer available online.) West Island Gazette, June 30, 2010, archived from the original on July 1, 2010 ; accessed on September 29, 2018 (English).
- ^ Québec freine le train de l'Est. La Presse, August 11, 2011, accessed November 7, 2011 (French).