Line 1: Dorval Airport to Georges-V. Every great city with a subway system MUST HAVE A CONNECTION! So from the airport, we can have widely spaced stations so that commuters can reach their destinations faster. There is no need to have a station every five blocks, especially in Dorval, Lachine, and Lasalle. East of H-Beaugrand, I feel that no more than two stations are necessary, if any! The metro will never go farther than the Montreal-Est boundary because it is a wasteland. Only when the refineries move away will there be a direct metro to Pointe-Aux-Trembles. For the moment, Beaugrand is a satisfactory terminus but Georges-V may serve for a better bus terminal.

Line 2: Carrefour Laval to Montmorency. Nothing special here. Frankly, I'd rather have Line 2 stop at Cartier on the Northeast part but who am I to stop the government? Carrefour Laval can serve as a hub to the STL bus routes.

Line 3: Panama to De L'Acadie. The line that never was built is reborn! Although it's not going through the Mont-Royal tunnel it is going parallel which is just as good. This is a line that relieves Line 2 East, and also serves the South Shore. Basically it follows De L'Acadie Blvd through the Chabanel district, East TMR, Parc-Ex, follows under Parc Ave with five major stops (Bernard, Van Horne, Saint-Joseph, Jeanne Mance Parc , and in the McGill Ghetto. I propose a new station named Université McGill at the intersection of McGill College and Sherbrooke with a station entrance INSIDE and outside the Roddick gates and a direct link to one of the universities' buildings. Then on to Union Street Station (renamed, formerly McGill), and Square Victoria. Under Notre-Dame Street, we can finally have a real Place D'Armes station, and one at Place Jacques-Cartier in front of City Hall. There will be a correspondance station at Jean Drapeau for Line 4 people to switch if they choose so. Line 3 will not stop at Charles-Lemoyne (formerly Longueuil). It will head south following the Taschereau Blvd axis to the Panama Parking lot in Brossard.

Line 4: Cote-St-Luc to Rolland-Therrien. This is what the Government wants but only between R-Therrien and McGill. I say, why stop there? BUT... after Berri-UQAM I don't want it under de Maisonneuve . I want it under Sherbrooke. We can have stops almost parallel to the busiest stations of Line 1. My stops would be (west of UQAM) de Bleury, Université McGill, De la Montagne, Saint-Mathieu, and CEGEP Dawson. Then it would cut across Westmount to head to Snowdon. The need to switch at Lionel Groulx for commuters from points north and west would be diminished. I also felt that Hampstead and Cote-St-Luc should be served so I threw two stations in there. I was feeling generous.

Line 5: Saint-Pierre to Chateauneuf. This was the line originally intended by the BTM. No need for commentary. It is essentially a major east-west line running through the center of the city.

Line 6: Saint-Vincent de Paul to Ontario. This is a major north-south line directly under Pie-IX Blvd. It makes sense; putting a stop in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and Laval, and also serving east Rosemont and Montreal Nord.

Line 7: Cavendish to Riviere-des-Prairies. This is the only east-west metro line north of the Metropolitain Expressway. I believe that there should be another line north of Line 5 and this is it. Basically it runs under the Cote- Vertu/Sauvé/Maurice Duplessis axis. East end Montreal gets its metro finally. Cavendish would make a great terminus for West Island buses until the metro will go west... but that will wait for another day.

SMS

*I would like to clarify that the names of the stations on my map are for demonstrational purposes. They are not the fixed nor are they the official names I have given; they are merely to describe where they are situated.

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