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Montréal is the largest city in the French-speaking Canadian province of Québec, and has 1.8 million inhabitants (3.5 million in Greater Montreal). The city lies on Montreal Island in the Saint-Lawrence-River, and on the foot of Mont-Royal.

The 4-line system opened in 1966 is similar to the metros of Marseille and Lyon or some lines in Paris as it is rubber-tyred and totally underground. One outstanding feature of the Montréal Métro are its transfer stations, especially Snowdon and Lionel-Groulx where passengers can change lines across the platforms, but also Berri-UQAM and Jean-Talon are well planned.

On 14 Oct. 1966, lines 1 and 2, now generally referred to as the green line and the orange line, opened between Atwater and Papineau, and between Place-d'Armes and Henri-Bourassa. Some months later, Frontenac and Beaudry stations were added to line 1, and Square-Victoria and Bonaventure completed the initial line 2. Also in 1967, line 4, now the yellow line opened as a shuttle service from the city centre to the other side of the river at Longueuil with one intermediate stop on St. Helen's Island, Jean-Drapeau. Line 5, the blue line, started operating in 1986 between De Castelnau and Saint-Michel, before reaching the orange line at Snowdon in 1988. Eventually the eastern leg of the orange line was extended to the city of Laval (Montmorency) in 2007.

As of 2007, the network is 66 km long and has 72 stations. The construction of an eastern extension to the blue line eventually started in 2023 (6 km; ~2030).

22.1 km, 27 stations

14 Oct 1966: Atwater - Papineau
19 Dec 1966: Papineau - Frontenac
21 Dec 1966: + Beaudry
06 Jun 1976: Frontenac - Honoré-Beaugrand
03 Sep 1978: Atwater - Angrignon

30 km, 31 stations

14 Oct 1966: Place-d'Armes - Henri-Bourassa
06 Feb 1967: Place-d'Armes - Square-Victoria
13 Feb 1967: Square-Victoria - Bonaventure
28 Apr 1980: Bonaventure - Place-Saint-Henri
07 Sep 1981: Place-Saint-Henri - Snowdon
04 Jan 1982: Snowdon - Côte-Sainte-Catherine
29 Jun 1982: Côte-Sainte-Catherine - Plamondon
09 Jan 1984: Plamondon - Du Collège
27 Oct 1986: Du Collège - Côte-Vertu
28 Apr 2007: Henri-Bourassa - Montmorency (5.2 km)

4.3 km, 3 stations

31-03-1967: Berri-UQAM – Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke
28-04-1967: + Jean-Drapeau

9.7 km, 12 stations

16 Jun 1986: De Castelnau - Saint-Michel
15 Jun 1987: De Castelnau - Parc
04 Jan 1988: Parc - Snowdon
28 Mar 1988: + Acadie

~ 2030: Saint-Michel - Anjou [Project Website]

REM - Réseau Éxpress Métropolitain, is a separate electric suburban metro service across the metropolitan area, partly taking advantage of existing rail corridors. Construction was launched in April 2018, and the first section of the driverless system opened in 2023, linking the city centre to the South Shore of the Saint-Lawrence River.

Commuter rail service through Mont Royal tunnel was discontinued on 10 May 2020, with trains from Deux Montagnes cut back to Bois Franc until the classic suburban service ended completely on 31 Dec 2020. Along the tunnel section, two new stations are under construction to provide interchange with the existing Métro, at McGill for the Green Line, and at Édouard-Montpetit for the Blue Line.

[Project Website]

31 July 2023: Gare Centrale - Brossard

STM (Métro Operator - Official Page)

ARTM (Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain)

EXO (Suburban Rail)

REM

Montreal Metro at Wikipedia

REM at Wikipedia

Marc Dufour's Métro Page has everything you haven't found on this page

Matthew McLauchlin's great Montreal Metro site

CPTDB - Montréal - Rolling stock roster, etc.

Railfans Canada - focussing on Montréal & Ottawa

Montreal Metro at nysubway.org