Montreal REM RFW rides. 3 of them. 11/11/23
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- Опубліковано 12 лис 2023
- We travel on Montreal’s brand spanking new rail transit system, the REM!!!!! (Reseau Express Metropolitain). The initial line operates from Brossard, Quebec to downtown Montreal. This is part of what will be a much larger system which will cover the greater Montreal region. These are autonomous trains which are quite popular with the locals and railfans alike. We will experience three rides. The first ride is from Brossard to Montreal during the day, and the other 2 rides are a round trip journey from Montreal to Brossard and return. Brossard is about a 20 minute ride south of downtown Montreal. I even try my hand at speaking French, but not as elegantly as the locals do, but it’s the best Long Island French that I can muster.
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Great system!! Thanks Tim for the ride!! 💚💚👌👌
Wonderful work retired rail fan I love how you explain various things about the train stops and the countries history
I’ve been to Canada many times since I was 18. Over 50 years ago.
for those wondering why a station on the REM in Quebec is named Panama, it's actually named for the street that the park and ride entrance is on, which in turn is named for Panama City. A good number of main streets in the city of Brossard are named for foreign cities (e.g. Rome, Milan, San Francisco, Panama, etc.)
Most of Brossard has groups of streets all starting with the same letter. "Panama" is the closest major street in the "P" section. Adjacent to the tracks at this station are also the "T" and "M" sections.
@@markfinn0this is true, but not exclusive. Rome boulevard doesn't start in the R section for example.
The voice of the REM is from Actress Caroline Dhavernas (Hannibal,Wonderfalls, Mary Kills People) She is the daughter of another actor (Sébastien Dhavernas) and actress (Michèle Deslauriers) which is one of the two voice of the Montréal Métro.
I so want to ride this.
It’s cool. By the end of next year, it’ll be much bigger.
Last time I was out there was 2018. They were building like crazy out there. It was like one big construction site. I need to go back. Love it up there.
God, I miss this city. Lived here last year-- almost a week til I had to move back home to New York City after my work permit expired. My heart aches for the place, still.
lol, Deus-Ex Montagnes, I'm going to used that next time to annoy some French people. The West Island REM line got delayed till 2025 at the very least, they found old explosives in the Mount Royal tunnel.
Very good video on our new system! Hope you enjoyed the ride. And you did the French pronunciation justice!
I tried. I have a metro video that I’m going to put in and some of those names were a bit challenging (Lionel Groulx!!!!!)
@@3985uprr “Lee-onel Gru”! 😉
Nice video 👋
Like the Dulles Troll Road, they must have engineered this bridge for eventual train service in the median. Very nice video!
They built a road just for trolls?
Since my last Montreal visit was in 2010, this is all new to me. When I stayed in Brossard, I'd have to drive up Boul Taschereau to Longueuil to take the Metro into the city. Next time I'd be able to take the REM from the Panama station and get there much faster. The line will be real convenient once it's extended to Trudeau Airport in Dorval. When I flew into there, it always annoyed me that a big city like Montreal didn't have a direct rail connection. BTW, your French isn't all that bad; it's a lot better than mine. (Of course, people in France insist that what they speak in Quebec is NOT French!)
Both Toronto and Montreal are taking huge steps to expand their transit networks in different ways. This looks like a fantastic system. If I ever make it out East I’ll have to go for a ride. If you want to see what the Rem system will look like in a couple decades, take a look at the Skytrain in Vancouver. Fast, frequent automated trains soaring past blocks of transit-oriented development. Feels like the future! The tour of the Via and Exo facilities was also appreciated. Thanks for letting us ride along!
I’ve got to get out to Vancouver and ride their trains with their windows!! the system looks terrific
Been to Gare Central since early 1970s.
There is a most insane set of stairs that allows those to climb to the top of Mont Royal.
I’ve done it going down thankfully
I grew up in both Toronto and Montreal. The REM is new...it didn't exist in my day. I grew up with city buses and the Metro only. I see here Autoroute 10. I rode on it to Stanstead PQ coming from Toronto. Enroute to my nephew's wedding in Vermont. Autoroute 10 takes you btw to Sherbrooke. Everything you are mentioning I already know.
Just trying to inform the uninitiated.
The Renaissance cars are former purpose built rolling stock intended for operation on Eurostar services between London and Continental Europe, France, Belgium, Netherlands. They would have formed ‘Nightstar’ overnight sleeper trains, and were based on the British Rail Mark 4 carriages which at the time were the backbone of Intercity services on the East Coast Main Line, between London and Edinburgh. The carriages were built at Washwood Heath in Birmingham by Alstom. The carriages were the works penultimate products, their swansong was the Class 390 Pendolino tilting trains for the West Coast Main Line. The works closed soon afterwards, ending 143 years of carriage and wagon building at the site.
The REM use the former Deux-Montagnes Line from EXO (Réseau de Transport Métropolitain)(RTM) between Deux-Montagnes (EX-Agence Métropolitaine de Transport (AMT) (1996-2017), EX-Canadian National (CN) (1923-2014), EX-Canadian Northern Railway(CNoR) (1918-1923). Here Exo is a Brand name while the Company is RTM but since AMT have been split in Réseau de Transport Métropolitain (RTM) and ARTM (Autorité Régional de Transport Métropolitain).
ARTM = Fare and Planning. RTM= Operation of BUS in TRAIN in the suburbs of Montréal where no other transit agency like Société de Transport de Montréal (STM), (Montréal Bus and Métro), Société de Transport de Laval (STL) (Laval Bus) and Réseau de Transport de Longueil (RTL) .
You did pretty well with the French...riiiiight up until Deux Montagnes. ;)
As for your railfan acquaintance: Canadians are a proverbially polite bunch. The Quebecois are rather more...*direct*. We are in a distinct society. ;)
I’ll say you are. I at least said Deux Montagnes correctly in English
You’re all over the place recently. San Fran and now Montreal 😅
welcome to my neighborhood, and your french isn't the worst I've ever heard. A couple of facts though: Mont Saint-Hillaire isn't an extinct volcano, that's an urban myth. It's just a regular foothill. It is however, mostly owned by McGill University as part of the Gault Nature Reserve. Also the Champlain bridge you were on is new, the old toll bridge was slightly to the west and only the footings are left.
Thank you for your words of encouragement about my French speaking. The bridge is like the Tappan Zee Bridge near NY. Built in close proximity to the original bridge. I’m glad that mountain isn’t an inactive volcano. I’d hate to think what would happen to Montreal if it erupted 😀
@@3985uprr Don't try to compete with the station announcement lady, she's been doing the voice of the Metro and now the REM for over 25 years. You'll have to come back next year when the Deux Montagnes branch opens
I won’t even try to compete 😀😀. Looking forward to seeing that line built to Deux Montagnes. I rode it many times up there behind box electrics.
@@fuzzwork The voice of the métro is done by Michèle Deslauriers, whilst the voice of the REM is done by Caroline Dhavernas (Deslauriers's daughter). Two different transit system, two different voices
@@Technet9090 they sound an awful lot alike lol
Little Confusion : The New Bridge built in 2014 is called Pont Samuel-de-Champlain (Bridge) while the old bridge was called Pont Champlain (Bridge)(1962-2014) was demolished after the new bridge was built. The old bridge had major Corrosion problems because they forget Québec heavy salted they road in winter and had no drain. The Old bridge was a Cantilever Bridge while the new use cable stayed instead. The new Bridge share the same architect as the Oresund bridge between Danemark and Sweden. it cost 4 B$ Canadian.
Pendant alert: the Samuel de Champlain Bridge is *cable stayed* rather than the suspension design seen in the Brooklyn Bridge and others of its ilk.
@@andrewweitzman4006 Mea Culpa ! I have correct the first message Thank you ! for the correction !
Just a few corrections to point out:
1. You mixed up the Sorel Subdivison with the Saint-Hyacinthe sub, the Sorel sub doesn't start in Montréal.
2. Nun's Island in French is pronounced Ile-Des-Soeurs, not Ile-des-Souers.
3. The new Samuel-de-Champlain bridge never had a toll both since its opening in 2019, but the old Champlain Bridge did have a toll booth until 1990.
4. The Victoria Bridge is a bridge for both trains (In the middle) and cars (on both sides).
5. Not a correction, but a missed opportunity to mention the upcoming in-fill station that is the Griffintown-Bernard-Landry REM station, which is gonna be located right after the curve that leads to Gare Centrale (at the corner of Ottawa St. & Dalhousie St. adjacent to the New City Gas) you can clearly see that there's an empty space that is about the length of a REM station.
Also heres a little fun fact about the lights of the Samuel-de-Champlain Bridge : Normally the bridge is lit up in white, but during the migrations months, it is lit up in blue and green to guide the birds
Good to know. I couldn’t think of everything 😀 I was looking at a worldwide rail map which made it look like that track was Sorel Sub but I know that line does go to Saint Hyacinthe. East of there is Saint Rosalee where old GT line to Portland diverges
@@3985uprr Usually I'm not picky about pronunciation but soeur → sister/nun, sueur → sweat. Who wants to visit Sweat Island.
i wanna visit Canada one day
same here but I don't even have a passport
The new commuter rail cars for Montreal Canada are from CRRC of China the same company that is building the MBTA Orange and Red Line cars SEPTA of Philadelphia double deck cars and Los Angles new subway cars
You just mentioned it runs like the AirTrain the difference is right along with the traffic where the AirTrain is up in the air over the traffic
Like the air train, as far as being autonomous, and sort of like the way, the cars look
My better half is Canadian. We've talked of visiting her family in New Foundland and Labrador then taking the train to Montreal, Quebec and Toronto (and a detour for me to the Rogers Centre and a Blue Jays game).
A big dream is to take VIA to Churchill Manitoba and see Polar bears in the wild
All of that sounds like an excellent idea!!! I hear the people of Newfoundland are super friendly much like the people I met in Ireland
@@3985uprr
Most of her family who I've met were very friendly. Basically told us that if we came up, that we would in no ways stay in a hotel.
I've seen the Churchill Manitoba train ride from Winnipeg here on UA-cam but just seeing polar bears in their native habitat just seems so awesome
You have me hungering for poutine.
Hi. I notice that elevated sections all have interior “guide” rails. Do they help prevent derailments?
I noticed that, that’s most likely what it’s for
Tim Hortons rules Canada 🇨🇦. They take their Tim Hortons very seriously. Better than Dunkin’ in the U.S. 😁👌
Yes they do
Rail guy did you record the trip on your way up there or did you fly there
Drove
Isn’t Long Island French just Roquefort dressing?
Nothing like Canadian French. It’s too bourgeois. Below that even 😂😂
Why no bilingual announcements?
Montreal is very French. Virtually all signs in the province are in French. English is spoken by many in Montreal, but French is the rule of law pretty much. Surviving in Montreal is made a little easier if you know some French. Much of Canada is English. The province of New Brunswick is bilingual and around Ottawa the capital of Canada is. Quebec is French, French, French
Provincial law that was put in place to promote the use of French is being used by the government in Quebec city to discourage all other languages instead, regardless of what the reality in Montreal is.
@@fuzzwork I’m glad I have some knowledge of the French language to understand the signs and communicate. It was very useful to me there.
@@3985uprrthey are not allowed to put english announcements unless its an emergency, a government law