- Candiac Line (AMT)
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Candiac Line 
CP Operation 1887–1980 AMT Operating Since 2001 Length 23.3 kilometres Number of Stations 8 Ridership (2007) 2,700[1] Weekday Departures 6 Round Trips Operated by CP Candiac Line Legend
Lucien-L'Allier Lucien-L'Allier metro 
Vendôme Vendôme metro 
Autoroute 15 
Montréal-Ouest 
to Blainville-Saint-Jérôme line 
to Vaudreuil-Hudson line 
Autoroute 20 
Lachine Canal LaSalle Saint-Laurent Bridge - Saint Lawrence River 
Autoroute 30 Sainte-Catherine Saint-Constant Delson Autoroute 15 
Candiac The Candiac line is a commuter rail line operated in the Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada area, by the Agence métropolitaine de transport, or AMT, (in English, the "Metropolitan transportation agency"), the umbrella organization that plans, integrates, and coordinates public transportation services across this region. It was known as the Delson line from 2001 to 2005 and the Delson–Candiac line from 2005 to 2010.
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Overview
This line links the Lucien-L'Allier station in downtown Montreal with Candiac, on Montreal's South Shore.
The line offers six departures every weekday towards Montreal and six return trips to Candiac every weekday. Five of the departures are during rush hours with a sixth round trip at midday.[2]
Over 2,500 people ride this train daily.
Currently, three trainsets serve this line. Prior to the service increase as of January 12, 2009, only two trainsets served this line.
History
Service started on September 4, 2001 with 2 round trips every day. One trainset was used for both departures. In September 2003, service was increased to the current 4 round trips per day and a second trainset was used. Service was extended to Candiac in 2005. In 2009, two additional departures were added in each direction with leased trainsets being used until new locomotives and rolling stock is received.
Service on the line was suspended from February 17, 2006 to March 9, 2006 after the derailment of 6 Canadian Pacific freight cars on February 17. The freight cars derailed on a bridge used by the train service. This was one of the longest disruptions in train service for the AMT.
The line was renamed on July 1 2010 from "Delson-Candiac" to simply "Candiac" to standardize formatting across the network.[3]
List of stations
The following stations are on the Candiac line:
Station Location Connections Lucien-L'Allier Ville-Marie, Montreal Downtown Terminus (Terminus RTL), Lucien-L'Allier metro station, Société de transport de Montréal (STM) 36 (On rue Saint-Antoine),150,358,410,430,535 (On René Lévesque Boulevard), 935 Trainbus Blainville / Centreville (one block away at the corner of René Lévesque Boulevard and Peel Street.[4] Vendôme Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal (connection to Vendôme metro station) STM 17 (north bound at the corner of Decarie Boulevard and De Maisonneuve Boulevard, south bound at the corner of rue Girouard and chemin Upper Lachine),37,90,102,104,105,124,371 (same corners as 17) & 24,63,356 (these last three one block north on Sherbrooke Street west[5]). Montréal-Ouest Montreal West STM 51,90 (250 metres south on rue Saint-Jacques),105,123,162,356. LaSalle LaSalle STM 110. Sainte-Catherine Sainte-Catherine CIT Roussillon[6]: 33 Saint-Constant Saint-Constant CIT Roussillon: 30, 35 Delson Delson CIT Roussillon: 36 Candiac Candiac CIT Le Richelain[7]: 1, 10, 31 The commuter line operates over the following Canadian Pacific Railway subdivisions:
- Westmount Subdivision (between Lucien L'Allier [0.1] and Montreal West [4.6]
- South Jct Lead (between Montreal West [0.0] and South Jct* [2.0]
- Adirondack Subdivision (between South Jct [43.9] and Candiac [??.?]
South Jct is not a passenger stop.
See also
References
- ^ AMT Annual Report - 2007 (French)
- ^ "Horaire Montreal/Delson-Candiac". AMT. 2009. http://www.amt.qc.ca/tc/train/horaires/index.asp?ligne=21. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
- ^ Leduc, Robert (2010-07-01). "Nouveaux noms des lignes de trains de banlieue (New names for commuter train lines)". Montreal Express. http://www.montrealexpress.ca/article-465107-Nouveaux-noms-des-lignes-de-trains-de-banlieue.html.
- ^ "Plan du Reseau STM 2007". STM. 2007. http://www.stm.info/English/info/reseau2007.pdf. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
- ^ "Plan du Reseau de Nuit STM 2006". STM. 2006. http://www.stm.info/info/nuit2006.pdf. Retrieved 2006-12-26.
- ^ "CIT Roussillon". CIT Roussillon. 2008. http://www.citroussillon.com. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- ^ "CIT Le Richelain". CIT Le Richelain. 2008. http://www.citrichelain.com. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
External links
Categories:- AMT commuter rail lines
- Transportation in Montérégie
- Railway lines opened in 2001
- Railway lines opened in 1887
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