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Montreal Central Station (French: Gare centrale de Montréal, IATA: YMY) is the major inter-city rail station and a major commuter rail hub in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Nearly 11 million rail passengers use the station every year, [7] making it the second-busiest train station in Canada, after Toronto Union Station.
Exo, stylized as exo and officially known as Réseau de transport métropolitain (French pronunciation: [ʁezo də tʁɑ̃spɔʁ metʁɔpɔlitɛ̃], RTM; English: Metropolitan Transportation Network), is a public transport system in Greater Montreal, including the Island of Montreal, Laval (Île Jésus), and communities along both the North Shore of the Mille-Îles River and the South Shore of ...
Montreal's Metro trains use electromagnetic brakes, generated by the train's kinetic energy until it has slowed down to about 10 kilometres per hour (6.2 mph). The train then uses composite brake blocks made of yellow birch injected with peanut oil to bring it to a complete stop. Two sets are applied against the treads of the steel wheels for ...
A route map of Via Rail frequencies from 2013. Via Rail operates 497 trains per week over nineteen routes. Via groups these routes into three broad categories: [1] "Rapid Intercity Travel": daytime services over the Corridor between Ontario and Quebec. The vast majority of Via's trains–429 per week–operate here.
The train lines are part of Greater Montreal's integrated public transit network including bus, regional rail (REM) and Metro, coordinated by the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM). [6] Many train stations serve local bus terminals, and a few provide connections to Metro, REM and Via Rail and Amtrak national rail services.
Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. Montreal has two international airports, one for passenger flights only, and the other for cargo. Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (also known as Dorval Airport) in the City of Dorval serves all commercial passenger traffic and is the headquarters for Air Canada [1] and Air Transat. [2]
Built at Alstom's Sri City plant in India, the trains were delivered to Montreal by ship. [68] Each two-car train seats 64 passengers. Each two-car train seats 64 passengers, with standing capacity for around 300. A four-car trainset can carry a maximum of 780 people at rush hour.
Latin form of "Ville-Marie", former name of Montreal: Yes (2022) 7 Sep 1981 Vendôme: Avenue de Vendôme: Likely from the French Dukes of Vendôme: Yes (2021) 7 Sep 1981 Place-Saint-Henri: Place Saint-Henri: A parish church named for Saint Henry II, to commemorate Fr. Henri-Auguste Roux: Yes (2024) 28 Apr 1980 Georges-Vanier: Boulevard Georges ...