Green Line (Montreal Metro)

Green Line / Ligne Verte
	A Green Line train arrives at Place-des-Arts station.
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Montreal Metro
Locale	Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Termini	Angrignon (south); Honoré-Beaugrand (north)
Stations	27
Operation
Opened	October 14, 1966
Operator(s)	Société de transport de Montréal (STM)
Depot(s)	Angrignon, Beaugrand (for MR-73 and MPM-10); Centre d'attachement Duvernay (connected to line 2), Centre d'attachement Viau (for maintenance of way equipment)
Rolling stock	Bombardier Transportation MR-73 cars; Bombardier/Alstom MPM-10 (Azur) trains [1]
Technical
Line length	22.1 km (13.7 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	"Third rail", 750 V DC on the guide bars at either side of the track
Operating speed	40 km/h (25 mph)
Route map
	connection to
	Orange and Yellow lines
	Berri-UQAM
	formerly Berri-de Montigny
	Guy-Concordia
	formerly Guy
	Orange Line
	to Côte-Vertu
	connection to
	Orange Line

The Green Line (French: Ligne verte), also known as Line 1, is one of the four lines of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The line runs through the commercial section of downtown Montreal underneath Boulevard de Maisonneuve, formerly Rue de Montigny. It runs mainly on a northeast to southwest axis with a connection to the Orange and Yellow Lines at Berri-UQAM, and with the Orange Line west of downtown at Lionel-Groulx.

The section between Atwater and Frontenac was part of the initial network; the line was extended to Honoré-Beaugrand in 1976 to provide easy access to 1976 Summer Olympics sites. It was extended to Angrignon in 1978. All but three stations, De L'Église, Lionel-Groulx and Charlevoix, are side platform stations, and a few have large video screens showing news, weather, advertisements, and the time until the next train arrives.

History

The first stations, found on the section between Atwater and Papineau, opened on October 14, 1966. Several smaller sections were delayed by several months. On December 19, 1966, the line was further extended from Papineau to Frontenac, and two days later came the stopover Beaudry between Berri-UQAM and Papineau. On December 20, 1967, Frédéric Back completed his art piece L'histoire de la musique à Montréal (The history of music in Montreal) in Place-des-Arts station. This commissioned piece was the first artwork completed in the Metro system.^[2]

The construction of the second phase began in 1971, when Montreal was awarded the bid to host the 1976 Summer Olympics. The goal was to have the ability to transport visitors from downtown to the Olympic Park in the east end. The opening of the section between Frontenac and Honoré-Beaugrand took place on June 6, 1976,^[2] six weeks before the start of the Summer Olympics. Green Line trains inaugurated an autopilot feature on November 8, 1976.^[2]

The third expansion phase, between Atwater and Angrignon, came into operation on September 3, 1978.^[2]

Rolling stock

From the line's opening in 1966, MR-63 cars were used on the Green Line. Upon the introduction of the MR-73 cars on the Green Line in 1976, the older MR-63 cars were used on the Orange Line. From the early-1980s until 2018, MR-63 cars were once again in use on the Green Line.

With the introduction of the newer MPM-10 trains (also known as Azur) in 2016 on the Orange line, the Green Line is now primarily served by both the MR-73 and MPM-10 cars. The MR-63 trains were fully retired on June 21, 2018 as of September 2018 48 out of 52 Azur train sets were delivered^[3].

Since October 2018, six Azur trains are also running on the Green Line,^[1] with additional trains expected to be added in coming months.

List of stations

Station	Inauguration date	Odonym	Namesake	Transfers/Connections	Location
Angrignon	September 3, 1978	Angrignon Boulevard Angrignon Park	Jean-Baptiste Angrignon (Councillor of Montreal)	Terminus Angrignon	Le Sud-Ouest
Monk	September 3, 1978	Monk Boulevard	James Monk (Attorney-General of Quebec)
Jolicoeur	September 3, 1978	Jolicœur Street	Joseph-Moïse Jolicœur (parish priest)
Verdun	September 3, 1978	De Verdun Street	Notre-Dame-de-Saverdun, France (hometown of Seigneur Zacharie Dupuis)		Verdun
De l'Église	September 3, 1978	De l'Église Avenue	Église Saint-Paul
LaSalle	September 3, 1978	LaSalle Boulevard	Robert Cavelier de La Salle (French explorer)
Charlevoix	September 3, 1978	Charlevoix Street	Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix (French historian and explorer)		Le Sud-Ouest
Lionel-Groulx	September 3, 1978	Lionel-Groulx Avenue	Lionel Groulx (Quebec historian)	Orange Line	Le Sud-Ouest
Atwater	October 14, 1966	Atwater Avenue	Edwin Atwater (Councillor of Montreal)		Ville-Marie
Guy-Concordia	October 14, 1966	Guy Street Concordia University	Étienne Guy (landowner) Concordia salus (motto of Montreal; Prosperity Through Concord)
Peel	October 14, 1966	Rue Peel	Sir Robert Peel (28th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
McGill	October 14, 1966	McGill College Avenue McGill University	James McGill (Scottish-Canadian businessman)	Réseau express métropolitain (planned)
Place-des-Arts	October 14, 1966	Place des Arts	Cultural complex
Saint-Laurent	October 14, 1966	Saint Laurent Boulevard	Saint Lawrence or Saint Lawrence River
Berri-UQAM	October 14, 1966	Berri Street Université du Québec à Montréal De Montigny Street	Simon Després dit Le Berry Testard de Montigny family (name given by Migeon de Branssat in 1669)	Orange Line Yellow Line Gare d'autocars de Montréal
Beaudry	December 21, 1966	Beaudry Street	Pierre Beaudry (landowner)
Papineau	October 14, 1966	Papineau Avenue	Joseph Papineau (Quebec politician; father of Louis-Joseph Papineau)
Frontenac	December 19, 1966	Frontenac Street	Louis de Buade de Frontenac (Governor-General of New France)
Préfontaine	June 6, 1976	Préfontaine Street Raymond-Préfontaine Park	Raymond-Fournier Préfontaine (mayor of Montreal)		Mercier– Hochelaga– Maisonneuve
Joliette	June 6, 1976	Joliette Street	Barthélemy Joliette (founder of Joliette, Quebec)
Pie-IX	June 6, 1976	Pie-IX Boulevard	Pope Pius IX
Viau	June 6, 1976	Viau Street	Charles-Théodore Viau (Quebec cookie magnate/parish volunteer)
Assomption	June 6, 1976	De l'Assomption Boulevard	Dogma of the Assumption of Mary (proclaimed by Pope Pius XII in 1950)
Cadillac	June 6, 1976	De Cadillac Street	Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (French explorer)
Langelier	June 6, 1976	Langelier Boulevard	François-Charles-Stanislas Langelier (mayor of Quebec City/Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec)
Radisson	June 6, 1976	Radisson Street	Pierre-Esprit Radisson (French explorer)	Terminus Radisson
Honoré-Beaugrand	June 6, 1976	Honoré-Beaugrand Street	Honoré Beaugrand (Quebec author and mayor of Montreal)

References

1 2 "New AZUR métro cars". Société de transport de Montréal. 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-09.
1 2 3 4 Guimont, Marc (2007). Montréal en métro (in French) (2 ed.). Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Guides de voyage Ulysse inc. p. 8. ISBN 978-2-89464-782-0.
↑ "New AZUR métro cars". Société de transport de Montréal. Retrieved 2018-06-22.

External links

2008 STM System Map

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[Azur-1] 1 2 "New AZUR métro cars". Société de transport de Montréal. 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-09.

[MTLenMetro-2] 1 2 3 4 Guimont, Marc (2007). Montréal en métro (in French) (2 ed.). Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Guides de voyage Ulysse inc. p. 8. ISBN 978-2-89464-782-0.

[3] "New AZUR métro cars". Société de transport de Montréal. Retrieved 2018-06-22.