The Caisse de Depot is bolstering its plans to build a light-rail network throughout the Montreal area, Canada, by saying it will connect to the metro system at three locations.
The original map for the REM showed stops in the same location as the Edouard Montpetit and McGill metro stations — but the cost of those stations was never factored into the original USD 5.5 billion plan.
The Caisse’s infrastructure division, CDPQ Infra, now says the stations with their connections to the Green and Blue Lines, as well as a station in the Peel Basin, will cost an additional USD 400 million.
The Peel Basin station would actually be underwater. In order to bring people to the surface, the station will have banks of high-speed elevators designed to make the trip in 20 seconds.
Construction is set to begin in the spring and be completed by the end of 2020.
The light rail system is expected carry 30.6 million passengers in 2021 and reach 42.7 million a year by 2031.
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