MONTREAL — Montreal’s commuter rail operation the Reseau de transport metropolitain (RTM) has announced a $450-million, five-year spending plan that will see allocations for infrastructure as well as rolling stock, operations, maintenance and improvements to winter operations.
The infrastructure plan includes spending on additional and replacement electrical components to be installed on the Deux-Montagnes line’s switching systems, to prevent the problems from snow buildup and freezing that caused significant delays earlier this year, said a March 14 media statement. The five other network lines will also benefit from new installations of the same type.
The railway bridges on the Deux-Montagnes line will be repaired and strengthened in order to better accommodate diverse rolling stock including trains composed of dual-mode locomotives and 3000 series multi-level cars, the statement indicated.
Additional storage tracks and a locomotive test and wheel reprofiling building will be installed at the Lachine Maintenance Centre, and a new maintenance centre will be built for the Mascouche line, as the arrival of the Reseau express metropolitain (REM) system means trains on the line can no longer circulate in the Mount Royal tunnel to access the Pointe-Saint-Charles Maintenance Centre.
The statement noted the Deux-Montagnes line has gone 23 years without spending on infrastructure or rolling stock and trains run along a single track for 18 kilometres between the Bois-Franc and Deux-Montagnes stations. The line will be modified to accommodate the new $6-billion REM electrified LRT system currently under construction.
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