Candiac line

Candiac Line

A train at Lucien-L'Allier Station.
Overview
Type Commuter rail
System Agence métropolitaine de transport
Locale Greater Montreal
Termini Lucien-L'Allier Station
Candiac
Stations

8

(1 under construction)
Daily ridership 4,600 (2014)[1]
Ridership 1,077,300 (2014)[2]
Operation
Opened 1887
Operator(s) Canadian Pacific Railway
Technical
Line length 25.6 km (15.9 mi)[3]
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Route map

Candiac Line

Legend
 Windsor Station
 Lucien-L'Allier Lucien-L'Allier
 Westmount
 Vendôme Vendôme
Autoroute 15
Montréal-Ouest
originally Montreal Junction

Autoroute 20
 Du Canal
under
construction
Lachine Canal
 LaSalle
Zone 1
Zone 5
Saint-Laurent Bridge over
Saint Lawrence River
Autoroute 730
 Sainte-Catherine
 Saint-Constant
 Delson
Autoroute 15
Candiac

 layover facility
under
construction
 Saint-Philippe
 
to be   
 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
studied
 

The Candiac line is a commuter railway line in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT), the umbrella organization that plans, integrates, and coordinates public transport services across this region.

The Candiac Line was originally operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) between 1887 and 1980. The AMT resumed passenger service on this line in 2001.

There are 9 inbound and 9 outbound trains each weekday.[4]

Overview

This line links the Lucien-L'Allier station in downtown Montreal with Candiac, on Montreal's South Shore.

The line offers nine departures every weekday towards Montreal and nine return trips to Candiac every weekday. Most departures are during rush hour, but three are offered during off-peak hours in each direction.[4]

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 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 the Saint-Laurent Railway Bridge used by the train service. This was one of the longest disruptions in train service for the AMT. High winds were a factor in that derailment. In September 2013 CP banned AMT's multilevel coaches from the bridge during high wind conditions (85 km/h or more), deeming them potentially unstable in such conditions. Since then AMT has used only its single-level 700 series coaches on this line.

The line was renamed on July 1, 2010 from "Delson-Candiac" to simply "Candiac" to standardize formatting across the network.[5]

Future projects

To improve service and attract new users on the Candiac line, the AMT will carry out three major projects:[6]

List of stations

The following stations are on the Candiac line:

StationLocationConnections
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),150,358,410,430,435 (On René Lévesque Boulevard), 935 Trainbus Blainville / Centreville (one block away at the corner of René Lévesque Boulevard and Peel Street.[7]
Vendôme Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal 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[8]).
Montréal-Ouest Montreal West STM 51,90 (250 metres south on rue Saint-Jacques),105,123,162,356.
Du Canal Lachine, Montreal Under construction
LaSalle LaSalle, Montreal STM 110.
Sainte-Catherine Sainte-Catherine CIT Roussillon:[9] 33
Saint-Constant Saint-Constant CIT Roussillon: 30, 35
Delson Delson CIT Roussillon: 36
Candiac Candiac CIT Le Richelain:[10] 1, 10, 31

The commuter line operates over the following Canadian Pacific Railway subdivisions:

South Jct is not a passenger stop.

References

  1. ↑ "Rapport d'activités 2012" (PDF) (in French). Agence métropolitaine de transport. 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. ↑ https://www.amt.qc.ca/Media/Default/pdf/section8/publications/amt-rapport-annuel-2014.pdf
  3. ↑ "Rapport d'activités 2010" (PDF) (in French). Agence métropolitaine de transport. 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Ligne Candiac" (PDF). AMT. 2012. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  5. ↑ Leduc, Robert (2010-07-01). "Nouveaux noms des lignes de trains de banlieue (New names for commuter train lines)" (in French). Montreal Express.
  6. ↑ AMT PTI 2012-1013-2014 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-11. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
  7. ↑ "Plan du Reseau STM 2007" (PDF). STM. 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
  8. ↑ "Plan du Reseau de Nuit STM 2006" (PDF). STM. 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-26.
  9. ↑ "CIT Roussillon". CIT Roussillon. 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
  10. ↑ "CIT Le Richelain". CIT Le Richelain. 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
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