Travel time and frequency
Travel time
BY CAR
CURRENTLY
PUBLIC TRANSIT
CURRENTLY
From the South
Shore to downtown
40 to 50 min.
on average moyenne
20 to 25 min.
on average
from Chevrier
From the airport
to downtown
30 to 45 min.
on average
45 to 60 min.
on average
50 min.
on average
45 to 50 min.
from Sainte-Annede-Bellevue on average
over an hour
40 to 45 min.
on average
From the West Island
to downtown
From
Deux-Montagnes
to downtown
Frequency
REM
PUBLIC TRANSIT
CURRENTLY
REM
15 to 17 min.
every 15 min.
every 3 to 6 min.*
every 8 min.
every 6 to 12 min.*
33 to 35 min.
every 20 min.
on average
every 6 to 12 min.*
32 to 34 min.
every 30 min.
on average
every 6 to 12 min.*
24 to 26 min.
Express 18 to 20 min.
* Based on ridership evolution
Sources: Agence métropolitaine de transport, Société de transport de Montréal, Aéroport de Montréal and
Ministère des Transports du Québec
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CAPACITY | Morning peak hours (6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.)
The map demonstrates the REM’s potential capacity during the morning peak hours for the identified frequencies.
Laval
Deux-Montagnes
18,000 – 30
/a.m. peak time
Trains run every 6 min.
54,000 – 90
/a.m. peak time
Trains run every 2 min.
Longueuil
Gare
Centrale
Montréal
18,000 – 30
/a.m. peak time
Trains run every 6 min.
Airport
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue
18,000 /PPAM – 30
Trains run every 6 min.
/a.m. peak time
72,000 – 120
/a.m. peak time
Trains run every 90 sec.
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Brossard
Choice of technology
With its entirely dedicated and automated corridor, the light rail transit option ensures safety and security, flexibility and reliability, while offering one of
the lowest operating costs per kilometre/passenger. With the possibility of increasing the frequency with departures every 90 seconds, light rail transit
meets the future transit needs. Compared to other systems, light rail transit is the option that responds most effectively to the identified needs.
Autobus
Tramway
Tram-train
Light Rail Transit
(automated)
REM
Heavy Metro
(non-automated/
automated)
Responds to expected
demand in 2031
✗
✗
✓
✓
Flexible in time
✗
✗
✓
✓
Fast commercial speed
✗
✗
✓
✓
Cost/trip
✓
✓
✓
✗
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Closing of level crossings
Deux-Montagnes
Boul.Industriel
Laval
Boul. Deux-Montagnes
Rue Henri Dunant
Boul. du Lac
Avenue O’Brien
Rue Les Érables
Rue Les Cèdres
Rue Graveline
Legend
Road overpass
Rail overpass
Prolongement Avenue des Bois
Chemin du Tour
Boul. Gouin
Boul. Des Sources
Boul. Sunnybrooke
Boul. Toupin
11e avenue
Rue Alexandre
Rue Douglas-B.-Floreani
Road closures
Montréal
Rail overpass
with discharging of the road
Option under consideration
Sainte-Annede-Bellevue
Aéroport
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Map of the Réseau électrique métropolitain
Laval
Deux-Montagnes
Longueuil
Gare
Centrale
Montréal
Airport
Sainte-Annede-Bellevue
Brossard
LEGEND
Stations planned: 27
Level route
Potential station: 1
Aerial route
Underground
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