Réseau électrique métropolitain
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec |
| Locale | Greater Montreal |
| Transit type | Rapid transit |
| Number of lines | 3 |
| Number of stations | 27 |
| Daily ridership | 167,000 (projected) |
| Website | Reseau electrique metropolitain |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | 2020 (planned) |
| Operator(s) | CDPQ Infra |
| Number of vehicles | 200 |
| Technical | |
| System length | 67 km (42 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Electrification | 1500 V DC overhead |
| Top speed | 100 km/h (62 mph) |
The Réseau électrique métropolitain (REM; English: Metropolitan Electric Network) is a planned Rapid transit system for the Greater Montreal area around Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The system would link several suburbs with Downtown Montreal via Central Station, involving the conversion of the existing Deux-Montagnes commuter rail line to rapid transit standards. A station at Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport would serve as the terminus of one of the four branches.
The 67 km long system would be built at an estimated cost of $6.04 billion, independent from the existing rubber-tired Montreal Metro operated by STM. The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is expected to contribute $2.67 billion for the new system. The proposed financial structure also requires investments by the governments of Québec and Canada. In its recent budget, the Government of Québec confirmed an investment of $1.28 billion.
Trains on the network are expected to be fully automated and driverless, and would become the fourth largest automated transportation system in the world, after Singapore (82 km), Dubai (80km) and the Vancouver Skytrain (79.5 km).
On January 13, 2015, Quebec premier Philippe Couillard and Michael Sabia, CEO of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) agreed to a partnership in which the crown corporation would assume financing for major transportation projects in the province, with $7.4 billion planned to be spent on infrastructure from 2014 to 2024.
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