- Mont-Saint-Hilaire Line (AMT)
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Mont-Saint-Hilaire Line 
CN Operation 1859–1988 AMT Operating Since 2000 Length 34.9 kilometres Number of Stations 7 Ridership (2007) 6,600[1] Weekday Departures 7 Round Trips Operated by CN's Montrain Division Mont-Saint-Hilaire Line Legend
Montreal (Gare Centrale) Bonaventure metro 
Victoria Bridge - St. Lawrence River 
Saint-Lambert Saint-Hubert Saint-Bruno Saint-Basile-le-Grand McMasterville Richelieu River 
Mont-Saint-Hilaire The Mont-Saint-Hilaire 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.
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Overview
This line links the Gare Centrale station in downtown Montreal with Mont-Saint-Hilaire, on Montreal's South Shore.
The line offers five departures every weekday morning towards Montreal and five returns to Saint-Hilaire every weekday evening. It is also the only commuter train line not to have any train stations on the island of Montreal outside of Downtown Montreal. All the other train lines have at least 4 stops before leaving the island.[2]
The trains are owned and managed by the Agence métropolitaine de transport, and operated by Canadian National's Montrain division.
Today, over 6000 people ride this train daily.
History
Historically this commuter route was operated by CN. Equipment in the late 1960s and early 1970s, operated once daily each direction, was a hodgepodge of ca 1930 coaches and an equally eclectic mix of yard switchers, freight and passenger diesel electric engines.
List of stations
The following stations are on the Mont-Saint-Hilaire line:
Station Location Connections Gare Centrale Montreal Via Rail, Amtrak, Downtown Terminus (Terminus RTL). Bonaventure metro station, Société de transport de Montréal (STM) 150, 358, 410, 430, 515, 535, 935 (within walking distance along René Lévesque Boulevard), 61, 75, 168, 420 (On University Street), 74, 75 (On rue de la Gauchetière).[3] Saint Lambert Saint-Lambert Via Rail, Amtrak, RTL[4]: 1, 6, 55, 106 Saint-Hubert Saint-Hubert RTL: 8, 88 Saint-Bruno Saint-Bruno RTL: 91, 92, 93, 99 Saint-Basile-le-Grand Saint-Basile-le-Grand CIT Vallée de Richelieu[5]: 24, 200, 300 McMasterville McMasterville CIT Vallée de Richelieu: 20, 23, 200, 300 Mont-Saint-Hilaire Mont-Saint-Hilaire CIT Vallée de Richelieu: 11, 21, 22, 25 The commuter line operates over the following Canadian National subdivision:
- Saint-Hyacinthe Subdivision (between St-Hilaire [54.2] and Montreal [74.1])
References
- ^ AMT Annual Report - 2007 (French)
- ^ "Horaire Montreal/Mont-Saint-Hilaire" (PDF). AMT. 2008. http://www.amt.qc.ca/docs/pdf/train/Depliant_SH.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
- ^ "Plan du Reseau STM 2007" (PDF). STM. 2007. http://www.stm.info/English/info/reseau2007.pdf. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
- ^ "Reseau de transport de Longueuil". RTL. 2006. http://www.rtl-longueuil.qc.ca. Retrieved 2006-12-26.
- ^ "CIT Vallée-du-Richelieu". CITVR. 2006. http://www.citvr.ca. Retrieved 2006-12-26.
External links
AMT commuter rail lines Blainville–Saint-Jérôme Line Lucien-L'Allier • Vendôme • Montréal-Ouest • Parc • Chabanel • Bois-de-Boulogne • De La Concorde • Vimont • Sainte-Rose • Rosemère • Sainte-Thérèse • Blainville • Saint-JérômeVaudreuil-Hudson Line Lucien-L'Allier • Vendôme • Montréal-Ouest • Lachine • Dorval • Pine Beach • Valois • Pointe-Claire • Cedar Park • Beaconsfield • Beaurepaire • Baie-d'Urfé • Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue • Île-Perrot • Pincourt • Dorion • Vaudreuil • HudsonCandiac Line Lucien-L'Allier • Vendôme • Montréal-Ouest • LaSalle • Sainte-Catherine • Saint-Constant • Delson • CandiacMont-Saint-Hilaire Line Gare Centrale • Saint-Lambert • Saint-Hubert • Saint-Bruno • Saint-Basile-le-Grand • McMasterville • Mont-Saint-HilaireDeux-Montagnes Line Gare Centrale • Canora • Mont-Royal • Montpellier • Du Ruisseau • Bois-Franc • Sunnybrooke • Roxboro-Pierrefonds • Île-Bigras • Sainte-Dorothée • Grand-Moulin • Deux-MontagnesRepentigny–Mascouche Line (future) Gare Centrale • Canora • Mont-Royal • de l'Acadie • Sauvé • Pie-IX • Lacordaire • Anjou • Rivière-des-Praires • Pointe-aux-Trembles • Charlemagne • Repentigny • Terrebonne • MascoucheCategories:- AMT commuter rail lines
- Transportation in Montérégie
- Railway lines opened in 2000
- Transportation in Longueuil
- Railway lines opened in 1859
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