Montreal a growing role for rail: Record ridership levels and a call for more services could result in C$3.4 billion worth of improvements to regional and urban rail over the next decade.(Montreal, Quebec)

Railway Age | February 1, 2002| | Copyright

Times have never been better for rail transit at Montreal. With Metro weekday ridership averaging 760,000--a record--the city's subway system now ranks as the fourth busiest in North America. Last year's regional rail ridership of more than 12 million trips was nearly double that of a decade ago.

More growth lies ahead as Montreal's transit agencies continue an aggressive program of rail capacity expansion and extensions. On Sept. 4, trains began operating over a new regional rail route between Windsor Station and Delson, on the south bank of the St. Lawrence River, opening ...

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