Blue Line (Montreal Metro)

Blue Line
Overview
Native name	Ligne Bleue
Line number	5
Locale	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Termini	Snowdon (west) Saint-Michel (east)
Stations	12
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Montreal Metro
Operator(s)	Société de transport de Montréal (STM)
Depot(s)	Plateau d'Youville (connected to line 2, for MR-73 cars) Snowdon tail tracks and connecting track (connected to line 2, for maintenance of way equipment)
Rolling stock	Bombardier Transportation MR-73 cars
History
Opened	16 June 1986
15 June 1987	Opening of extension to Parc
4 January 1988	Opening of extension to Snowdon
28 March 1988	Opening of Acadie
Technical
Line length	9.7 km (6.0 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Third rail, 750 V DC on the guide bars at either side of the track
Operating speed	72 km/h (45 mph)
Route map Legend Anjou Langelier Lacordaire Viau Pie IX extension under construction Saint-Michel D'Iberville Fabre Jean-Talon Orange Line ← to Montmorency│to Berri-UQAM ↓ De Castelnau to Youville Shops Parc Acadie Outremont Édouard-Montpetit Université-de-Montréal Côte-des-Neiges Orange Line ← to Côte-Vertu│to Berri-UQAM ↑ Snowdon connection to Orange Line This diagram: view talk edit

The Blue Line (French: Ligne bleue), also known as Line 5 (French: Ligne 5), is one of the four lines of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was the fourth to be built, notwithstanding its alternate official name of "Line 5", as Line 3 was planned but never built. Unlike the other three routes, the east–west Blue Line does not serve the city's main Metro junction at Berri-UQAM.

The line first opened in 1986, with the last addition to the line being an intermediate station in 1988. The line is currently being extended five stations to the east, with completion scheduled for 2030.