Rail shuttle
SERVICE: Express rail shuttle between the Montréal–Trudeau terminal and Central Station, in Montréal’s downtown core
USERS: Montréal travellers; businesspeople, conventioneers and tourists; airport employees
TRANSIT TIME: Approximately 20 minutes, rain or shine
FREQUENCY: Departures every 20 minutes, in both directions
SCHEDULE: 4 a.m. to midnight, 7 days a week
COMPETITIVE PRICES
ROLLING STOCK: Self-propelled, energy-efficient
CARS: Designed for travellers: Comfortable, with baggage compartments, wide doors, screens with flight information, etc.
PASSENGER TRAFFIC: about 2.3 million/year at the start of operations, rising to 3.5 million and more than 3.8 million by 2020
DURATION OF WORK: 24–36 months
STARTUP: Possibly before 2016
PROJECT LEADER: Aéroports de Montréal
OPERATOR: ADM with private investors
PARTNERS: CN and Homburg (owner of Central Station)
INVESTMENT – INFRASTRUCTURES: Private investors, Government of Québec, Government of Canada
($200 million each)
INVESTMENT – OPERATION: ADM and private investors ($50 million) - Profitable, unsubsidized operation
BENEFITS:
Transit time to airport guaranteed at all times
Enhancement of Montréal’s attractiveness as a place to do business and as a convention and tourism destination
More than 1.7 million vehicles/year removed from the roads
Reduced road traffic and GHG emissions
Elimination of two level crossings in Southwest Montréal
Potential for use of tracks by other passenger rail services, including express commuter trains between Dorval Station and downtown and VIA Rail
Improved fluidity of freight train traffic
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