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nfitz said:
"which will see VIA integrating each operator within the metropolitan region onto a single site in Montréal."

Given that bus, and both the CN and CP stations are already connected (though it would be nice if the tunnel was extended to the CP platform instead of using the other walkway), I guess the other operator to be integrated is the airport. Seems to me this should be more of a municipal project, not federal.

Although ... "single site in Montreal". In Dorval? I'm not sure I even understand what this is for then.
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It’s clearly written by people who have little grasp of the city limits of Montreal and what this project is trying to achieve…
 
Urban Sky said:
Whatever survived from the plans to extend the REM to the exo/VIA station in Dorval or achieve a fast and convenient link differently:
https://tc.canada.ca/en/rail-transp...al-hub-montreal-trudeau-international-airport
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Call me crazy, but extending the REM to the existing Via/EXO station would sound like the smartest thing. That would be 2, 3, or 4.Ideally, it would be done as they do the work to the existing REM line. It could also allow the REM to extend beyond it to where ever the area wants it to go.
 
The previous study found that a people mover would cost a lot less. And it could potential be more flexible, and certainly easier to build. REM is not the only solution.
 
CapitalSeven said:
The previous study found that a people mover would cost a lot less. And it could potential be more flexible, and certainly easier to build. REM is not the only solution.
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REM is one of the solutions listed. It is the one I would think would be best. Having said that, we shall see which they do, and TBH, anything that has a good connection to the station and airport is good. A REM extension could be used to extend it further once funding/demand is there. It did surprise me that this initial REM contract did not automatically connect to the station.
 
Urban Sky said:
Whatever survived from the plans to extend the REM to the exo/VIA station in Dorval or achieve a fast and convenient link differently:
https://tc.canada.ca/en/rail-transp...al-hub-montreal-trudeau-international-airport
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Was it though? Because this project certainly doesn't read that way to me.

For a long time - well before the REM became known in the public consciousness - there has been a want to properly connect the two Dorval Stations. There have been very small improvements made over the years, but if one wanted to walk from the north side of the EXO station to the VIA station, it's still a half-kilometer walk today.

This project strikes me as the first steps towards making that happen. (I suppose a fair question would be whether this would better serve VIA or EXO, and thus who should be leading or paying for it.)

Dan
 
smallspy said:
Was it though? Because this project certainly doesn't read that way to me.

For a long time - well before the REM became known in the public consciousness - there has been a want to properly connect the two Dorval Stations. There have been very small improvements made over the years, but if one wanted to walk from the north side of the EXO station to the VIA station, it's still a half-kilometer walk today.

This project strikes me as the first steps towards making that happen. (I suppose a fair question would be whether this would better serve VIA or EXO, and thus who should be leading or paying for it.)

Dan
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Agreed, I forgot to explicitly mention the part where the exo and VIA stations would be combined into a combined intermodal station (i.e., with the various station components being actually linked rather than co-existing), of which the aairport link was just one such intermodal link…
 
smallspy said:
Was it though? Because this project certainly doesn't read that way to me.

For a long time - well before the REM became known in the public consciousness - there has been a want to properly connect the two Dorval Stations. There have been very small improvements made over the years, but if one wanted to walk from the north side of the EXO station to the VIA station, it's still a half-kilometer walk today.

This project strikes me as the first steps towards making that happen. (I suppose a fair question would be whether this would better serve VIA or EXO, and thus who should be leading or paying for it.)

Dan
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Dorval looks like it would be better if it were better connected with each other. If this becomes an infill station for Alto, having all 3, plus REM would really help the area, and the airport. No unnecessary trips downtown.
 
smallspy said:
There have been very small improvements made over the years, but if one wanted to walk from the north side of the EXO station to the VIA station, it's still a half-kilometer walk today.
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Voilà ce que j'ai fait la dernière fois que j'étais à Dorval:
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