I love that new #transit smell!
Getting a press tour of #MontrΓ©alβs new REM line this morning. Starting at Edouard-Montpetit station.
A clean, light, modern Γ©dicule (entry kiosk). And thereβs parking for my bicycleβ¦
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Very open design. Deep station, but it feels light and airyβlike the Elizabeth Line platforms in central #London.
You take an elevator or stairs down from street level to a bank of 5 elevators. The station is 72 m underground, deepest in Canada. The elevator ride down takes just 20 secondsβand itβs fast. My ears poppedβ¦
Hereβs the front-end view of the new REM line to Deux-Montagnes in #MontrΓ©al. Between CΓ΄te-de-
Liesse and Montpellier. A very smooth ride so farβ¦
Here we are entering the Tunnel Mont-Royal (southbound). At 5 km, the 3rd longest in Canada. Built by Canadian Northern in WWI, taken over by CN. Discovery of hundred year old explosives delayed construction a bitβ¦
You can get from downtown Montreal to this view in about 20 minutes. Now crossing the Rivière-des-Prairies on a southbound REM.
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