Metro Line 4 (Montreal)
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| Route length: | 4.25 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power system : | 750 = | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Line 4 (also called "Yellow Line" French Ligne jaune ), is one of four metro -lines of the Montreal Metro and also the shortest. It is 4.25 km long and has three stations. It was put into operation in 1967.
The line connects the arrondissement of Ville-Marie in Montreal with the city of Longueuil on the opposite bank of the Saint Lawrence River . The Île Sainte-Hélène in the river is also being developed . The only way to change to the rest of the metro network is at the western terminus Berri-UQAM to line 1 (green line) and line 2 (orange line). The eastern terminus Longueuil – Université-de-Sherbrooke opens up a campus of the Université de Sherbrooke and is also the location of an important bus station , which is served by over 60 bus routes.
history
When the Montreal City Council decided to build the basic metro network in November 1961, line 4 was initially not planned. A year later, however, Montreal was awarded the contract to host the Expo 67 world exhibition . In order to open up the exhibition area on two islands in the St. Lawrence River and to connect the rapidly growing suburb of Longueuil, the construction of the (ultimately never realized) line 3 was postponed and instead line 4 was preferred. The line opened on March 31, 1967. In the first four weeks, the stopover on Île Sainte-Hélène was only used by construction workers on the Expo exhibition grounds. It was finally put into operation on April 28, 1967, the day after the official Expo opening.
Expansion planning
In April 2008, the Montreal city council proposed a number of service improvements and extensions to the metro. Since line 1 between the Berri-UQAM and McGill stations is heavily used at peak times, line 4 is to be extended there to relieve this section.
The Agence métropolitaine de transport published the Vision 2020 study in December 2011 . According to this, line 4 is to continue into the town of Longueuil, to the Boulevard Rolland-Therrien. The six new stations would connect residential areas, shopping centers and several schools.
Web links
- Description of line 4 on metrodemontreal.com (French)
- Official website of the metro operator (French / English)
- Metro Montreal on urbanrail.net (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ On October 14, 1966, public a enfin accès au métro! (No longer available online.) Société de transport de Montréal, archived from the original on July 20, 2012 ; Retrieved February 8, 2012 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Deux nouvelles stations en vue. Radio Canada, April 18, 2008, accessed February 8, 2012 (French).
- ^ Les grands projets. (No longer available online.) In: Vision 2020. Agence métropolitaine de transport, December 2011, archived from the original on December 19, 2011 ; Retrieved February 8, 2012 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Le prolongement de la ligne 4 du métro dans Longueuil. Réseau de transport de Longueuil, 2010, accessed February 8, 2012 (French).
