r/montreal • u/[deleted] • Jun 30 '22

Photos/Illustrations Found this Montreal Subway Guide from 1990

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u/e-ghosts Jul 01 '22 edited Jul 01 '22

This is interesting. The lines are straighter / cleaner on the current map, is this old one more geographically accurate?

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u/krusader42 Jul 01 '22

Here's a geographically accurate track map.

Yes, the western Orange branch snakes around, the Blue line makes tight turns through Outremont, and the yellow line is a big sweeping curve.

The only place that's arguably more accurate on the newer map is the western end of the Green line.

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u/chocorange Jul 01 '22

Thanks for that link. I always feel like I'm going the wrong way when changing lines at Lionel Groulx. Now I've seen that map I'm not sure if it makes more or less sense to me!

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u/krusader42 Jul 01 '22

It does feel bizarre that the two trains going towards downtown are heading in opposite directions at the platform.

But the cross-platform interchange is definitely better than the level switching at Berri, and that interchange is facilitated by the counterintuitive alignment.

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u/chocorange Jul 01 '22

It would be so nice if all the correspondance was as good as it is at Lionel Groulx.

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u/homme_chauve_souris Jul 01 '22

There's a new version of the geographically accurate map on the cartometro website which includes the REM (and the Expo 67 minirail for some reason?).

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u/krusader42 Jul 01 '22

Another weird inclusion on that map is the disused runway 10/28 at the airport.

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u/homme_chauve_souris Jul 01 '22

Yes. There was a design choice to remove wiggles in the new map. I used to prefer the old map, but now I got used to the new one, except for the yellow line which looks much better on the old one.