Orange Line (Montreal Metro)
Line 2, also called " Orange Line " (French Ligne orange) called, is one of four subway lines of the Montreal Metro. It is 30.0 km long and has 31 stations. It started operating was in stages from 1966 to 2007.
The U-shaped line running from Laval initially southeast from the city center of Montreal, then southwestward and eventually northwestward. In Laval, the district Laval -des- Rapides is developed, in Montreal, the metro line runs through the arrondissements of Ahuntsic - Cartierville, Villeray -Saint -Michel- Parc- Extension, Rosemont -La Petite- Patrie, Le Plateau -Mont- Royal, Ville- Marie, Le Sud -Ouest, Côte- des-Neiges -Notre- Dame-de- Grâce and Saint- Laurent. Interchanges are made at the stations Jean-Talon and Snowdon to line 5, at the station Berri- UQAM to line 1 and line 4 as well as at the station Lionel - Groulx on line 1
History
On October 14, 1966, the section between the stations Henri- Bourassa and Place - d'Armes was opened, which is thus part of the basic network of the metro belongs. The completion of smaller sections was delayed by several months. On February 6, 1967, the extension to Place - d'Armes by Square - Victoria followed a week later from there to Bonaventure.
Already at that time was provided, the route continues to extend to the northwest, but massive cost overruns on the preparations for the 1976 Olympic Games led to several years of delays. To save costs, we emphasized the Westast three planned stations ( Poirier, Bois -Franc, De Salaberry ) and a maintenance workshop at the end of the track. The Westast was taken in the 1980s in several stages in operation. It began on 28 April 1980, the section of Bonaventure - Place -Saint -Henri. From there, the line was extended by Snowdon on 7 September 1981, on January 4, 1982 to Côte- Sainte -Catherine, on 29 June 1982 to Plamondon, on 9 January 1984 to Du Collège, and finally on 27 October 1986 to the western terminus of Côte- Vertu.
After a break of over two decades of Ostast about Henri- Bourassa has also extended to three stations. These are all in the city of Laval on Île Jésus, and. The opening of the 5.2 km -long section was made on 28 April 2007.
Expansion plans
Medium term, the orange line will be further extended from Côte- Vertu from the northwest. This extension is expected to include two new stations, Poirier and Bois- Franc. The latter would create a transport hub with the existing train station of the suburban railway after AMT Deux- Montagnes.
Gilles Vaillancourt, Mayor of Laval, suggested in 2007, to connect the two ends of the orange line with each other. This enstünde a circle line with six additional stations ( three each in Montreal and Laval ). In 2011, Vaillancourt before the urban development program ÉvoluCité explicitly include the expansion of the metro in the city of Laval to the. Planned to close the gap to a ring line and a short branch in a northerly direction to the shopping center Carrefour Laval.