by NS VIA FAN
It might not serve CN passenger trains anymore but its still owned by and known as “Gare Centrale - CN - Central Station”
http://snow.prohosting.com/usarail/montreal.htm#diagram
The station was opened in 1943 on the site of the Tunnel Terminal which was reached from the north thru the 3 mile Mount Royal Tunnel. From the east, south and west, a completely new line was build and entered the station on a viaduct. Here’s a link to many photos of the station when originally constructed.
http://imagescn.technomuses.ca/search/s ... e=&subject
In the late 1950s and 1960s the areas above the tracks were developed with the construction of CN’s Queen Elizabeth Hotel and several office towers including the CN Headquarters building, Place Ville Marie and Place Bonaventure. The station is now almost completely hidden but walking up a side street next to the hotel you can still see the exterior of the original station concourse structure.
http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/plaque/ ... are_1a.htm
(Click on the link to Central at the bottom of the page)
The station is build into the side of a hill so the tracks entering on the viaduct are above the street as they pass thru Place Bonaventure. This is the route used by VIA, Amtrak’s Adirondack and AMT commuter trains to the south shore. Several blocks further up the hill, the tracks are now well below street level as they pass thru the station and enter the Mount Royal Tunnel. This is the route used by AMT’s Deux Montagnes electric MU commuter trains. VIA trains to northern Quebec also used this route until the early ‘90 and were hauled out thru the tunnel with ancient boxcab electrics. These trains now use a different route and go ‘round the mountain.
The station concourse is the centre of a network of underground shopping malls that link the downtown office towers and into the Metro (subway) system. And the Queen Elizabeth above is no cheap railway hotel. It’s a 1000 room, five star Fairmont and can be conveniently reached by elevators that drop right down to the station concourse level.
http://www.stcum.qc.ca/English/metro/images/c15.pdf
http://www.fairmont.com/queenelizabeth/
http://snow.prohosting.com/usarail/montreal.htm#diagram
The station was opened in 1943 on the site of the Tunnel Terminal which was reached from the north thru the 3 mile Mount Royal Tunnel. From the east, south and west, a completely new line was build and entered the station on a viaduct. Here’s a link to many photos of the station when originally constructed.
http://imagescn.technomuses.ca/search/s ... e=&subject
In the late 1950s and 1960s the areas above the tracks were developed with the construction of CN’s Queen Elizabeth Hotel and several office towers including the CN Headquarters building, Place Ville Marie and Place Bonaventure. The station is now almost completely hidden but walking up a side street next to the hotel you can still see the exterior of the original station concourse structure.
http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/plaque/ ... are_1a.htm
(Click on the link to Central at the bottom of the page)
The station is build into the side of a hill so the tracks entering on the viaduct are above the street as they pass thru Place Bonaventure. This is the route used by VIA, Amtrak’s Adirondack and AMT commuter trains to the south shore. Several blocks further up the hill, the tracks are now well below street level as they pass thru the station and enter the Mount Royal Tunnel. This is the route used by AMT’s Deux Montagnes electric MU commuter trains. VIA trains to northern Quebec also used this route until the early ‘90 and were hauled out thru the tunnel with ancient boxcab electrics. These trains now use a different route and go ‘round the mountain.
The station concourse is the centre of a network of underground shopping malls that link the downtown office towers and into the Metro (subway) system. And the Queen Elizabeth above is no cheap railway hotel. It’s a 1000 room, five star Fairmont and can be conveniently reached by elevators that drop right down to the station concourse level.
http://www.stcum.qc.ca/English/metro/images/c15.pdf
http://www.fairmont.com/queenelizabeth/
