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's four routes operating in

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. The line was popular when it opened for service because it connected

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with the

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exhibition and

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on Île-Sainte-Hélène. The line has three stations and travels under the

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between the

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and the city of

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. The line was part of the initial network of the Metro and was numbered in conjunction with Line 3, which was later cancelled. It is also the first Metro line to leave the island. All three stations on the line have been renamed since their opening.

History

In November 1961,

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decided to build the Metro network. The Yellow Line was not part of the original plans. A year later, however, Montreal's bid to host the 1967

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(

) was accepted. Construction of the Red Line (line 3) was cancelled; instead, the Yellow Line was built to develop the exhibition site on two islands in the

and to connect the rapidly-growing suburb of

. The opening of the line took place on April 1, 1967. In the first four weeks, the station on

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served only the construction workers of the Expo site. The station finally opened to the public on April 28, 1967, the day after the official opening of Expo 67.

Proposed extensions

In June 2008, the City of Montreal proposed a number of service improvements and Metro extensions, including projecting the Yellow Line from Berri-UQAM to

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station to ease congestion on that part of the Green Line. In December 2011, an extension in Longueuil was announced. The former Agence métropolitaine de transport (now ARTM) published a study, ''Vision 2020'' in December 2011. The study had plans for the Yellow Line to be extended further into the city of Longueuil along Roland-Therrien Boulevard. The six new stations would connect residential areas, shopping centers, and several schools. The six proposed stations are at the following intersections: #Saint-Charles/Joliette #Saint-Charles/Saint-Sylvestre #Gentilly/Chambly #Gentilly/Roland-Therrien #Curé-Poirier/Roland-Therrien #Jacques-Cartier/Roland-Therrien

Rolling stock

At its opening in 1967,

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cars were used on the Yellow Line. Upon the introduction of the

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cars in 1976, the latter stock displaced the older cars. In 2008, MR-63 cars were once again in use on the Yellow Line, but they began to be retired in 2017. In a matter of months, the STM replaced all MR-63 cars with newer

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. The last run of an MR-63 was in June 2018.

List of stations

References

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between Berri-UQAM and Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke
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, downstream signs = Rapid transit lines in Canada

History

Proposed extensions

Rolling stock

List of stations

See also

References