Final Ride on the Deux-Montagnes Line! | Part 2

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Published 2021-01-08
This is part 2 of my final trip on the Deux-Montagnes commuter train line in Montreal, QC. This line served the corridor from downtown at Gare Centrale, towards the north and west parts of the region via. the Mount Royal Tunnel, once considered Canada’s first subway when it opened in 1918 (ironically at the height of another infamous pandemic). The line’s capacity had been over-saturated for a number of years, and while the initial plan of using dual-level cars with bi-mode electric locomotives was top of mind for a long while, the proposal of a higher-frequency rapid transit line in the form of the REM light-metro project ultimately won over.

The Deux-Montagnes line closes after 102 years of heavy electric rail service, its final day of operation passing on December 31st, 2020. Join me for a last ride on the truncated line between Deux-Montagnes and Bois-Franc, taken a couple of days before the closure.

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All Comments (13)
  • @voxer99
    They were such nice trains and they were only around for 25 years. Hope the REM can handle Montreal winters.
  • @marcleslac2413
    Im not *sniff* crying. Im not crying. Sniff SCREW IT WAHHHH I MISS THE LIINEEE
  • @mrrobot5963
    Canada has no electrified mainline corridors. Let that sit in.
  • @cooltrainsinmontreal4883
    The CN bridge between Montreal and IllevBigras is not being used by REM, I would like to see it reused as a bike path as there is no bike friendly crossing to Laval from Pierrefonds
  • @cooltrainsinmontreal4883
    The crossover is beyond O Brian Street, also REM station shouldn't be so far from the bus connection at Grenet
  • @JoeyLovesTrains
    I find it a little odd that they didn’t just keep the 25Kv overhead line, I understand that automated metros don’t really need that much power, and I have no idea the price difference between changing to 1500V DC or buying light metro cars capable of running under 25KV AC
  • @GeorgeAdams-GA1953
    I used to ride the Deux-Montagnes commuter train line during the early 1960s as a kid from Val Royal station to Gare Central. I never rode it from 1995 onwards . I have found an excellent You Tube video "CN ELECTRIC MULTIPLE UNITS LIVE VIEW THROUGH THE CAB 1988" on Massey Jones 'channel which you may enjoy viewing. By the way I do enjoy your recent drives with Elton in your 2016 Hyundai Accent.