Bostonian Rides Montreal Metro | First Impressions
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- Hey Guys, here is my first ride on the Montreal Metro! this is my very first ride and these are also my first impressions. Hope you all enjoy!
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Montreal subway is a masterpiece. Each station was designed by a different architect . Montreal is a UNESCO design and creativity city like Berlin. Arts and innovation are part of Montreal culture .
It’s good but let’s not exaggerate there. Asia has more developed Subways
People may complain about certain things with the metro, but I can tell you as someone who moved here from a Canadian city to study at McGill, I am glad to live in a city with this kind of subway system. Glad you liked it!
Another cool feature of the metro in Montreal is the inclines before stations and declines after stations to help the trains slow down and speed up.
Ikr, some of them are so satisfying to see when trains enter or exit, my favorite is plamondon.
but not all stations have inclines/declines y’know but they are satisfying to see. Question: Whats your favorite station? Mine is Parc.
Yes, it is very well engineered.
Mine is Raddison because it was my childhood station
This is a common feature of many underground/metro/subway systems worldwide, for the reason you cite. It was pioneered by the original deep-level tube lines in London, the first of which opened in 1890!
You'll find no graffiti in our metros,no criminal activity or any bullshit! Montrealers respect their public transit and that goes for the metros and the busses alike. They're clean!
It sure seems like they do respect their transit system!
@@NickDaltonYT The grafitti isn't as nearly as it was back in the 1980s and 90s. I remember they had to repaint the seating sectiona few times a year because of the grafitti. Now they got better more powerful cleaning stuff to remove it.Our trains get defaced with grafitti from time to time though it never got as bad in some cities. NYC was really bad back in the 70s and 80s now there's hardly any grafitti on the trains.
The Montréal métro has this great feature : all stations are unique . You always know where you are .
There are actually full sized train wheels on those trains. If there's a problem and a rubber tire blows, the train wheels can be used. You can actually see them in your video. The chime that you hear in stations is actually a reproduction of the mechanical noise that was made by the MR73 that recently got replaced. Also, fun fact, the brakes are made out of wood soaked in oil.
3:50 Cell service is actually a recent addition, but even before that, you could actually get signal in many stations.
I love this system and think it’s the best system in the country (coming from a Torontonian, who hasn’t ridden the SkyTrain yet). I love the trains and the rubber tyres. At first, the ride is noticeably bumpy but you get used to it. What I really like is the acceleration and deceleration, and the bright interiors with the lights by the doors. The trains seem much longer than our Rockets here in Toronto but a bit narrower too. The transverse seating doesn’t work for this reason especially at the very back.
Edit: On another note, one thing that I do love is the cell service. That alone is a Godsend. Travelling on the Toronto subway it’s annoying cause there’s no cell service in the tunnels unless you pay for a crappy provider that only work within Toronto proper…
I hate bench seating on the side in a metro or bus. I guess its me, but the speed up and slow down is easier if I am sitting in the line of travel rather that to the side. Its more comfortable for me to move my chest and head back and forward than side to side. I would rather stand then. Only sit if its a long trip.
If you know the movie : The Jackal with Bruce Willis, they shoot the final action scene in the montreal metro, they used Radisson station and Lionel-Groulx station.
Nice
Welcome to my city and my metro! I hope you had a wonderful time exploring this past summer, and got to ride the metro more! One note: the green and red lights also indicate which side the doors will open, since we have a couple of stations where the doors open on the door side (and I believe it can also happen at Henri-Bourassa or Montmorency, but don't quote me on that!).
I noticed the door lights which actually I like a lot! It’s a helpful indicator for what side the doors open on. I love the acceleration of the metro. It’s like “WOAH WERE MOVING NOW!!” However I do think that the top speed was just a tad bit slower then the MBTA in Boston. Most of our subway lines reach about 40 mph in between stops. I would say the metro felt more around 35-ish.
@@NickDaltonYT Yeah, according to Wikipedia, average speed is 25 mph and top speed is 45mph. I'll sacrifice a bit of speed for the quieter rubber tyres any day!
Good point lol. I prefer going a constant 40 on the orange line back home lol
If you look at the tracks there are guide rails on either side, these are the guideways that the sideways wheels run on. That's what guides the train. One of these guide bars functions as a third rail, while the the other is used to send the current back (because the rails can't do that now).
The actual normal rails are there to enable the train to cross junctions since the guide bars can't cross junctions, and they are used Incase a train gets a flat tire.
Finally my years of experience on the Paris metro has a use!
There are steel wheels that hover above the rails (without touching). They come into use in the rare event of a flat tire and when switching is required.
I see and I figured that that was what that was for
Note quite: Both guide rails have the same 750 volts DC third rail voltage (sometimes there is only one on one side, such as when going through a switch). The railroad type rails you see in the middle serve as the current return path. As someone else mentioned, the steel wheels behind the rubber wheel are just a couple of inches above the rails, in case of a flat tire. They also have flanges that dip down below the rail head, which help keep the car on the track if one of the guide wheels (the small horizontal tires) should go flat. The flanges are also used for track switching operations. Finally, the steel wheels also serve as brake drums. Wooden brake shoes press against them to fully stop the train, after regenerative braking does most of the slowing down.
The other use for the inside steel wheel and rails is for switching as there are no side rails over switches.
Very cool review of the Montreal Metro! They have had a World Class Metro system for decades. I haven't been there since 1995, but unlike the MBTA in Boston, you can see they have kept up with putting newer rolling stock on the "tracks". In the winter, it's soooo awesome the Metro is underground....until you have to exit...haha. I also really like the LONG trains they run. Makes sure that it's not like you're trying to get on the Green Line at Kenmore after a Red Sox game (something I don't do anymore...haha).
Great Video!!! Loved going to Montreal and my fondest memories was on the STM. I feel like I'm there!!! Thanks for posting this.
I believe the regular rails you see beside the cement tracks are for the maintenance vehicles. They are not used by the Metro cars.
The peculiar rails are for the hills. Montréal has a mountain, for example Snowdon station is about 50 meters higher than the rest of the other stations and with traditional rails, the train would not been able to climb up to it.
Wow as a Montrealer I didn't know that.
Cool vid, Bro. Where I’m from we only have the above the ground metro, and they’re nowhere as clean as this. Not like NYC either 😂 but yea. I’m impressed by Montreal and Toronto’s subway systems. I’ll have to check them out someday. Greetings from Miami 🌴
paris metro has rubber tires as well there is also a paris style metro entrance in montreal
Regarding the rails, they're there for a couple of reasons. Even though the trains themselves have rubber wheels that ride on those cement tracks, they also have sets of steel flanged wheels that roll on the steel rails (you can see them behind the rubber wheels) for navigating switches. Secondly, the steel rails permit maintenance and work crews to roll heavier work trains and construction equipment down the tracks at night, which ride on the rails directly like a normal train.
That's a nice and quiet subway! The MBTA on the other hand:
Screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Around corners it’s definitely quieter. However I beg to differ when the trains accelerating it’s actually quite loud
if you look at the other end... there are about 3 screens from what I can see in the video for the train time.... the reason you only see one on your end is because of how that station is made.... the roof is lower where you are standing... the screens are in the rounded roof part of the station.... cheers. other stations have more....
Montreal metro is quiet compared to other places. The rubber tyers also reduces the vibration of the trains to other nearby buildings. The steel wheels do rest on steel rails they return the power to the feed as well as support for the trains should a tire suddenly get a flat
On the other hand rubber-tyred vehicles are more likely to roll slightly from side to side though
The yellow border with dots in it permits blind people with canes to know where they are
This stations are not the most recent ones!
The blue one are more recent. Go to all the last stations.
As a montrealer who rode all the lines I hope you enjoyed riding it as the orange line is the line me and my mira dog take a lot, plus it was the first to get the mpm-10 trains.
Nice! I am enjoying it so far. The Orange line here is a lot more reliable than the orange line back home in Boston
@@NickDaltonYT yea, and the first gen trains the mr-63 lasted from the metro's opening in 1966 to june 2018, i unfortunatly was in my 9th grade final exam period. So i was unable to attend the last run. Plus the mr-73s are legendary for their acceleration sound.
Oh yeah I love their acceleration sound too’
@@marcleslac2413 I wish I could have been there to see them. What were the door chimes on those like?
@@NickDaltonYT there was no chymes on the mr-63s. Plus the orange line was the first one to get the mpm-10s
I believe the green light at the doors indicated the side they will open. Sometimes, when the train is full, people can lean on the doors, so it a good safety precaution
It's also because at some stations, the doors open on the other side.
@@BMWDriver1992 Snowdon, lionel Groulx, Charlevoix, de l'Eglise
The trains have smaller backup steel wheels but will only touch the steel rails if there is a flat tire. Otherwise, it is a rubber-to-concrete traction. Very smooth! Another quirk, the brake pads are made of hard wood soaked in peanut oil. You will notice a wood burning smell at times, and even a smell of french fries sometimes! Why wood? Cheap and effective.
Wood makes sense to me!
Also no break noise.
Also, it is not toxic as would be some other material pads. This is important since we are inside
There are deliberately fewer platform benches to deter the "homeless" and deadbeats from sleeping on them. Likewise, Paris Metro platforms have benches that are designed to be uncomfortable to lie across. Thankfully, the Montreal Metro has fewer advertisements than what you see plaguing the London Underground. There used to be garbage bins on the Montreal Metro's platforms, but they were quietly removed after bombs exploded from such containers in other subways around the world. In any case, garbage and recycling bins are still available in Metro passageways and inside the entrances and exits.
You have to Angrillon station, Côte Vertu, Montmorency, Snowdon, Honoré Beaugrand and all the blue stations. Bon voyage!
I was watching a 80's Orange line and green line vid bro it was fire including the the Orange line el
I was inspired by your video to have a look at other subways across North America. What I discovered was quite surprising. Despite the modest network in Montreal, the ridership is among the highest on the continent. Which begs the question, what level of service are other transit agencies offering?
I think it has to do with the way the city is built. It's less spread out as it was well devleoped before cars became popular for normal people
A large part of it is all of the mistakes that other transit agencies make. North America is on a LRT binge and it is really bad for transit. The typical LRT does not really have a defined role, tries to do everything and is just bad at all of them. A very large portion of them have on street running for some portions and dedicated right of way for other portion. The result is that the entire system bottlenecks due to the limitations imposed by running a system on city streets. The platforms are often in the middle of stroads, which is the last place most peoples want to be. It is noisy, polluted and hard to access. Those systems often have delays because an idiot driver tried to beat the train at an intersection and suffered the consequences of a 30 ton LRT not being able to stop on a dime. There are just so many things wrong with the way that we do transit in North America. I'm really hoping that the REM will be a teaching moment for everyone when it opens.
No to mention Montreal is the biggest underground city in the world....if you lucky enough you could going to work without getting outside
Hi Nick nice video if you want more info about the Métro you made your trip from Square-Victoria to Sherbrooke on our new MPM 10, I worked 30 years in the tunnel from operator to chief of train at the end or my carreer . Thanks Marc
Oh that’s awesome!!!
The STM usually installs the winter tires on the metro in November.
@@tysonhodgson8523 What ? This is false the metro do not go outside it is always inside a tunnel and it is completly underground. I do not know from where this information comes from. And also bus do have winter tires either !
When I went to Montreal myself I've also noticed the lights right by the doors
OMG ITS THE MONTREAL VERSION OF THE BLUE LINE 😯😯😯😲😲
Lol I rode the blue line today as well lol
Very nice video, I love Montreal Metro a lot
Your phone have great mics! With my headphones, it feels like I was riding with you!
I've been on many metros around the world and only the U.S. trains don't have open gangways, well the majority of them. Which I find it very odd.
Personally I like not having open gangways. I honestly don’t know why that is but I guess it’s just cause I grew up with it.
@@NickDaltonYT Ah ic, I like being able to walk from one end to the other and with the open gangway you can see the train turn, it's like riding inside a giant snake.
@@Zergcerebrates yeah, that part I do find interesting! I mean it’s just something I grew up with so to each their own I guess.
Take the Blue Line next time or the Yellow Line and you will get to ride the MR-73 trains. They are older
wait- aren’t they retired?
The modern Montreal Metro is fun.
I bet
@MrJackson You are right, I don't. That is a long way. At least you can get some good reading done whilst on the train.
What a wonderful video can't wait to see the next one
Wow. This is cool. Never seen this!
The yellow line is not to wait on.
9 carriages ? Wow. Even the Paris metro here doesn't do that. We have a maximum of 8 on line 14 only and it's a driverless system. Most rubber tire lines have 5 or 6, i think. The old line 6 has 5 i'm sure of that. I wonder how the driver in Montreal checks the closing of the doors with 9 carriages. 9 is a lot for a ruuber tire type of metro.
Once another proof that Montreal is the most glorious of the French speaking cities.
In my country I don't think any one checks the closing of the trains' doors. They're pre-programmed by the signalling system to close automatically a fixed duration after the train arrives at each station
9 carriages for the conventional train, ie the orange, green and yellow lines. 6 carriages for the blue line because Saint-Michel station is shorter than the rest. Also, the orange is entirely made of MPM-10 Azur trains. There are 26 sets of these trains on the green line. If you want one of the older trains, ie MR73, ride the blue line (from either Snowdon or Jean-Talon) or the yellow line (from Berri-UQAM).
Great video! Thank you!
Steel wheels are behind the rubber wheels
Miss you friend, have fun out there!
Thaaaaaaaanks max!!!
I’m trying to find the aux metal wheels but I don’t see them
So which metro is better Boston or Montreal??
It’s the “Orange Line”, but thee is no orange anywhere on the train
I KNOW. INSTANT F ON THE LIST!!!
@@NickDaltonYT I agree
@@IonicPixels also the orange line doesn’t have cool door chimes or an ASMR air brake release sound
@@NickDaltonYT true! At least we have a high quality recording of the air release sound and the door chimes on the MBTA Orange Line
Thanks to me!
Maybe you could tell us what you're studying and why you chose Canada for school.
Amazing subway ! one of the 4 top best subway on the planet ! Well not on but under the surface of the planet ! fully undergroung 100% ! stay clean ! Don t travel late at night if you re alone ! take my word for it ! I m from Montreal ! but the last time i was in there was in the 70s ! LoL 🤓
First time riding but he can tell those are the newest type of trains 😂
I think he in France
no Montreal is in Canada
Wow
You didn't film the animated map showing where you are in the tunnel as you approach the station
Forgot about that lil
Fun fact about Montreal: our metro has no garbages inside the stations a lot of the time so terrorists cannot hide bombs inside the garbage
The actual reason is because it was too hard to keep tidy, they were always extremely full and gross. They only took them out a few years ago
Same in my country, where some vertical supporting columns/pillars/piers in train stations were hollow so that a rubbish bin could be concealed/contained in it, giving stations a more minimalist look, but they've since been sealed up
Yes they have. In snowdon
I have been to Boston metro station and they are far much more noisi.
Will you be brushin' up on French while you're there?
I’ll try!
Montreal it's also home to those freaks that have more Stanley cups than the bruins They're also our rivals
lol
My questions are: what are you majoring in at UQAM then? And also how does it feel to study in French?
I wasn’t going to UQAM I was attending a summer program for Champlain college
Again to métro sauve
Kinda it looks like the new 01400's but more modern
Honest to god I’d rather take the 1400s over these. The 1400s are at least orange and have Steel wheels.
@NickDalton true!
Cool video where you from originally? You don't sound like a Bostonian like myself. I lived in the Phoenix AZ area for ovah 25 yeahs now. I still have my Boston accent yeah! I'm from Reveah originally,but in Scottsdale yeah! Love Montreal beautiful city,but hate the Canadiens hockey team! Bruins yeah Habs hell no!
How does this compare to Metros in Boston?
Much more efficient and clean
Rubber wheel permits themtoclib steeper hillthan metalwheels
Nice
Thanks
We'll plan your time..allow at least 1 hour ahead. Like flying .plan
First
damn that was quick!
I think you were sitting seats reserved for the disabled. I know it's hard to notice since they are the same color and the only indication is written in French.
It's priority seating, not reserved, so if there is someone disabled you must yield your seat but if not it's fine
was this filmed in like 2020 or 2021? cause everyone are wearing masks and now i dont see nobody wear masks when taking the subway
nice thicc wheels btw
This was 2022
@@NickDaltonYT but why is everyone wearing masks? last time i took the subway i was the only one wearing one
Where's the handicapped access?
Funny thing. I don’t think any of the stations that I’ve been to so far our handicap accessible. The only way to get down to them is by stairs. I have not seen any elevators or any sort of handicap accessible ramp in any of the stations.
@@NickDaltonYT As of today, on a total of 68, there are 18 station with elevators.
interessante perspective
Les gens qui prennent le métro de Montréal ne s'attendent pas à être harcelés par des inconnus pour de l'argent ! Heureusement que la police sévit.
I don’t like the trains. Give me steel wheels at 4’ 8.5”! Nothing beats the sound of the 1200 cars barreling down the tracks!
This is a fact
FUCK YEAH DUDE.
nope rubber wheels are safer
Shouldn't they announce in both French & English since it's a bilingual country?
It's a bilingual country at the federal level. Quebec however is French, the other provinces are English. Also realize that most Montrealers are functionally bilingual and "Station Square Victoria" and "Victoria Square Station" make little difference. But the announcement warning about the deceleration approaching the next station was a safety message and should have been given in both languages.
Interesting
@@andydaniel2 hihi ! Montreal metro was designed by Paris RATP engineering teams, that is why rolls on rubber like some lines in Paris. Quebec is not the only place in Canada where french is the legal and official langage; you may find similar rules ( public, school etc.) in some other cities outside of Quebec.
@@philippemartin6088 Hi! Did not know about RATP. French is an official language in all of Canada so government offices must serve you in French if requested, but it varies of provincial governments - most provide French as an official language in some offices.
Is there some French in the Toronto metro? since we are a bilingual country? in Calgary? in Edmonton?, in Vancouver?
Nice 👍 I am going to be in a metro 🚇 in a few days inside the Montreal