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ontreal, Quebec, is known as a Orange Line—will get a new underground garage at
commuter-friendly town thanks its end.
Mto its safe, fast, and clean public
transportation system, garnering the city its At full capacity since 2011, the project at the Orange
reputation as one of the best metro systems in line aims to increase capacity from 35 to 45 trains,
Canada and North America. says Sylvain Paquet, Senior Project Director for
STM. “That will allow us to support expected growth
At the heart of this system is the Société de in ridership over the coming years and increase the
transport de Montréal (STM), the longest and first- service offer to keep pace with the extension of the
planned of STM’s four subway lines of which—the Blue line,” he says.
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