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Montreal Streetcars Vol 3 Scenic Routes by Thomas Grumley Soft cover
Montreal Streetcars Vol 3 Scenic Routes by Thomas Grumley Soft cover
Montreal Streetcars
Volume 3 Scenic Routes"
J.R. Thomas Grumley
Soft Cover
Pages 43
Copyright 2008
Contents
Route #29 Outremont 4
Precursor to the Tram Lines on the Mountain 12
Route #93 Remembrance Road 13
History of Montreal Streetcar/Bus Transfers: 14
Route #11 Mountain (Montagne) 15
Observation Car Routes 23
Route #17 Cartierville 31
Route #91 Lachine & Route #92 Lachine Extension: 35
Bibliography 35
Inside
Montreal is unique in the sense that it is a city located on an island and has Mount Royal, an igneous intrusion, not an extinct volcano as some guide books state, situated in the middle. Moreover, the streets and avenues throughout the city have been laid out in a confusing way. For example, the east-west St. Catherine Street line Rte. #3 is really traveling north-south. Conversely, lines such as Bleury Rte. #80 or the St. Henri Rte. #48 were really traveling west-east, but of course Montrealers always knew in which direction they were going. Challenges to building an efficient streetcar system were complicated by the fact that many streets in Montreal were quite narrow. The tramways company also had to contend with Mount Royal. At the turn of the 20th century most streetcar routes were located downtown and the first generation streetcar was of single truck construction and could easily navigate the narrow streets. As the population increased and the city expanded beyond the central core, it was necessary to build routes to such areas as Ville St. Laurent, Cartierville and Lachine. While the Canadian Northern Railway's tunnel under Mount Royal (still in use today) allowed it to reach the northern communities, the tramway company could not afford such a venture (although at some point there were discussions on the merit of including a streetcar line with the railway commuter service). They therefore had to avoid the mountain, which resulted in some very scenic routes, some of which will be expounded on in this book.
The origin of some of the lines described in the book originated with the Montreal Park & Island Railway (MP&I) which commenced electric suburban service in 1894, two years after the introduction of streetcar service by the Montreal Street Railway (MSR). An agreement was made between the MP&I and the MSR whereby the MP&I would provide through-running service of the MP&I cars between the suburbs and the centre of Montreal. By 1895 the MP&I had about 16 route miles in operation which included the Cartierville
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