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Montreal Metro. The Montreal Metro ( French: Métro de Montréal) is a rubber-tired underground rapid transit system serving Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The metro, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM), was inaugurated on October 14, 1966, during the tenure of Mayor Jean Drapeau . It has expanded since its opening from ...
The Quebec City–Windsor Corridor (French: Corridor Québec-Windsor) is the most densely populated and heavily industrialized region of Canada. As its name suggests, the 1,150 km (710 mi)-long region extends from Quebec City in the northeast and Windsor, Ontario in the southwest. With more than 18 million people, it contains about half of the ...
CN Rail created some early hopes with the UAC TurboTrain, in its Toronto–Montreal route during the 1960s. The TurboTrain was a true HST, achieving speeds as high as 201 km/h (125 mph) in regular service. The Turbo went 225 km/h (140 mph) in a speed run April 26, 1976 [7] and may have attained even higher speeds in test runs in 1968–69.
The Toronto subway is a rapid transit system serving Toronto and the neighbouring city of Vaughan in Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). As of September 2023, the subway system is a rail network consisting of three heavy-capacity rail lines operating predominantly underground. As of December 2022, three new lines ...
Exo (public transit) Exo, stylized as exo and officially known as Réseau de transport métropolitain ( RTM; English: Metropolitan Transportation Network ), is a public transport system in Greater Montreal, including the Island of Montreal, Laval ( Île Jésus ), and communities along both the North Shore of the Mille-Îles River and the South ...
Three Canadian cities have rapid transit systems, four have light rail systems, and three have commuter rail systems (see below). In 2016, 12.4% of Canadians used public transportation to get to work. This compares to 79.5% that got to work using a car (67.4% driving alone, 12.1% as part of a carpool), 5.5% that walked and 1.4% that rode a bike ...
OC Transpo routes. Map of O-Train and rapid routes. OC Transpo is a public transit commission that operates 170 bus routes, two light rail lines, and a paratransit system in Ottawa and the National Capital Region. [1]
Montreal is one of the transportation hubs for eastern Canada and most of Quebec. The city has two international airports, Dorval Airport for passenger flights and Mirabel for cargo. Rail transportation includes intercity trains operated from Montreal Central Station to Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto and New York City as well as commuter trains.