Candiac line

Candiac
A train at Lucien-L'Allier station.
Overview
Type Commuter rail
System Exo
Locale Greater Montreal
Termini Lucien-L'Allier
Candiac
Stations 9
Daily ridership 4,900 (2016) [1]
Ridership 1,125,600 (2016)
Line number CA
Website Candiac line (RTM)
Operation
Opened 1887
Owner Exo
Operator(s) Bombardier
Technical
Line length 25.6 km (15.9 mi)[2]
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map

Candiac line
 Windsor Station
 Lucien-L'Allier
Lucien-L'Allier
 Westmount
 Vendôme
Vendôme
A-15
Montréal-Ouest
originally Montreal Junction
Saint-Jérôme line
Vaudreuil–Hudson line
A-20
 Du Canal
Lachine Canal
 LaSalle
Zone 1
Zone 5
Saint-Laurent Bridge over
Saint Lawrence River
A-730
 Sainte-Catherine
 Saint-Constant
 Delson
A-15
Candiac
layover facility

Candiac (also designated exo4, formerly known as Delson-Candiac) is a commuter railway line in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by Exo, the umbrella organization that operates public transport services across this region.

The Candiac line was originally operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) as part of its South-Eastern railway line between Windsor Station and Farnham from 1887 until 1980. The former AMT resumed passenger service on this line in 2001, while Exo assumed current service on June 1, 2017.

There are nine inbound and nine outbound trains each weekday.[3]

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.[3]

History

AMT service

The former Agence Métropolitaine de Transport (AMT) started service on this line on September 4, 2001 with two round trips every day. One trainset was used for both departures. In September 2003, service was increased to four round trips per day and a second trainset was used. Service was extended to Candiac in 2005, at which point the line was renamed as the Delson-Candiac line. 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 six 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.[4]

On January 16, 2017, a new station named Du Canal was opened on Saint-Joseph Boulevard in Lachine. This project was part of the MTQ's mitigation measures for the reconstruction of the Turcot interchange.

RTM service

On June 1, 2017, the AMT was dissolved and replaced by two new governing bodies, the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM) and the Réseau de transport métropolitain (RTM). The RTM took over all former AMT services, including this line.

In May 2018, the RTM rebranded itself as Exo, and in that process updated all line names with a number each and updated their line colours. The Candiac line became Exo 4, and its line colour was updated to a lighter pastel shade of green.

Future projects

To improve service and attract new users on the Candiac line, the ARTM will carry out three major projects:[5]

  • Improve railway infrastructure on the Adirondack/Lacolle subdivision. The $20-million project includes improving signaling, adding a siding for freight trains, refurbishing switches and improving pedestrian crossings. Work was scheduled to be completed by 2014.
  • Build a new layover facility (overnight service and storage yard) at the end of the line. Construction is linked to the railway improvement project above.

List of stations

These stations are on the Candiac line:

StationLocationConnectionsZones
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.[6] 1
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[7]).
Montréal-Ouest Montreal West STM 51,90 (250 metres south on rue Saint-Jacques),105,123,162,356.
Du Canal Lachine, Montreal STM 90,191,195,356
LaSalle LaSalle, Montreal STM 110, 495.
Sainte-Catherine Sainte-Catherine RTM Roussillon:[8] 33, 38 5
Saint-Constant Saint-Constant RTM Roussillon: 30, 35
Delson Delson RTM Roussillon: 36
Candiac Candiac RTM Le Richelain:[9] 1, 10, 31

The commuter line operates over these Canadian Pacific Railway lines:

SubdivisionStartEnd
Westmount SubdivisionLucien L'Allier0.1Montreal West4.6
South Junction LeadMontreal West0.0South Junction*0.7
Adirondack SubdivisionSouth Junction*43.9Candiac33.2

Note: South Junction is not a passenger stop.

References

  1. ↑ https://www.amt.qc.ca/Media/Default/pdf/section8/amt-rapport-annuel-2016.pdf
  2. ↑ "Rapport d'activités 2010" (PDF) (in French). Agence métropolitaine de transport. 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Ligne Candiac" (PDF). AMT. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-19. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  4. ↑ Leduc, Robert (2010-07-01). "Nouveaux noms des lignes de trains de banlieue (New names for commuter train lines)" (in French). Montreal Express.
  5. ↑ AMT PTI 2012-1013-2014 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-11. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
  6. ↑ "Plan du Reseau STM 2007" (PDF). STM. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
  7. ↑ "Plan du Reseau de Nuit STM 2006" (PDF). STM. 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-26.
  8. ↑ "CIT Roussillon". CIT Roussillon. 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
  9. ↑ "CIT Le Richelain". CIT Le Richelain. 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
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