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Posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Sep 11 01:08:24 2013 What's the deal with the Blue Line (5) in the Montreal Metro? It doesn't go to downtown. What was the point of it? I know they had and still have plans to make it longer.Quelle est l'histoire de la Ligne bleue (5) dans le métro de Montréal? Il ne va pas au centre-ville. Quel était l'objectif de la ligne? Je sais qu'ils ont eu et ont encore prévu de l'étendre. |
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Posted by AlM on Wed Sep 11 02:20:59 2013, in response to Montreal Blues, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Sep 11 01:08:24 2013. It seems to serve upper income areas. Maybe they wanted a subway too, unlike the typical NYC outer-borough pattern. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Sep 11 03:50:47 2013, in response to Re: Montreal Blues, posted by AlM on Wed Sep 11 02:20:59 2013. I heard that the ends of the line are less affluent.J'ai entendu dire que les zones proches des extrémités de la ligne sont les zones les moins riches. |
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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Wed Sep 11 04:16:51 2013, in response to Montreal Blues, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Sep 11 01:08:24 2013. It doesn't go to downtown. What was the point of it? I know they had and still have plans to make it longer.Montreal Metro was built by people attempting to ape a Euro-spec system, so the concept of a line not going downtown wasn't that crazy. FWIW, the ridership seemed rather decent when I used it, so conceptually, it works. |
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Posted by Joe V on Wed Sep 11 07:45:57 2013, in response to Montreal Blues, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Sep 11 01:08:24 2013. Where did you learn French ?I thought all they taught in school is verb conjugations ? |
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Posted by Jersey Mike on Wed Sep 11 08:21:56 2013, in response to Montreal Blues, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Sep 11 01:08:24 2013. :-D |
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Posted by cortelyounext on Wed Sep 11 09:05:17 2013, in response to Re: Montreal Blues, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Sep 11 03:50:47 2013. You are on notice for your indiscriminate use of French - I normally allow French but there are limits and you reached mine so please stop. By the way, it is the Montreal Canadiens and St. Louis Blues not the other way around, and thanks. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Sep 11 10:24:48 2013, in response to Re: Montreal Blues, posted by Joe V on Wed Sep 11 07:45:57 2013. I don't know French. I've been using Google Translate to comply with Bill 101.Je ne sais pas le français. Je me sers de Google Translate pour se conformer à la loi 101. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Sep 11 21:33:05 2013, in response to Re: Montreal Blues, posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Wed Sep 11 04:16:51 2013. Do they have similar lines in Paris?Y at-il des lignes similaires à Paris? |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Thu Sep 12 01:12:44 2013, in response to Re: Montreal Blues, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Sep 11 21:33:05 2013. Yes, I'm not looking at a map but off the top of my head Line 10 doesn't run particularly close to the city center and the ridership numbers reflect that. |
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Posted by Wado MP73 on Fri Sep 13 21:52:41 2013, in response to Re: Montreal Blues, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Sep 11 10:24:48 2013. Goodle oldle Google, "Il ne va pas au centre-ville" should have been Elle. |
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Posted by Wado MP73 on Fri Sep 13 21:57:25 2013, in response to Re: Montreal Blues, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Sep 11 21:33:05 2013. Lines 2, 6, 10, and in a way 5 and 11 don't go to CBD proper, just to transit hubs. |
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Posted by M.L. on Tue Sep 17 12:42:17 2013, in response to Montreal Blues, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Sep 11 01:08:24 2013. The Blue line (previously Line 5) is to Montreal what the G line is to NYC! ;-)Right at the beginning (circa 1970), Line 5 was planned as to serve two purposes: - add subway service to suburbs St-Leonard and Montreal-Nord (now boroughs of a larger Montreal); - link both branches of Line 2, north of mount Royal (and by doing so, serving dense areas and Montreal University). Planners studied the possibility of doing so with two different lines but they quickly decide to "merge" the two. Due to lack of funds and never-ending disputes between local and provincial governments and planning agencies, only a 12-stops segment between Saint-Michel (in the east) and Snowdon (in the west) was built. We are still (never ending) discussing a possible 5-stops extension eastward to Anjou borough. As for a line going north-east to Montreal-North, the idea was scrapped long time ago now in favor of a BRT but, guess what, we are still discussing the concept... |
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