CDPQ Infra, Canada, published two requests for qualification on June 28 for its $C 5.5bn ($US 4.26bn) Metropolitan Electric Network (REM) project in Montreal to qualify candidates to bid for two contracts to build and equip the automated rail network.

PROPOSING a radical new business model, Quebec's huge public pension fund announced on April 22 that it will directly undertake construction and operation of a 67km, double track, electrified and fully-automated rail network serving Montreal and its immediate hinterland.

MONTREAL's Metropolitan Transit Agency (AMT) has awarded ABB a contract to supply 26 new auxilliary converters for the fleet of Bombardier MR-90 commuter EMUs used on the Deux-Montagnes Line.

CANADIAN finance minister Mr Bill Morneau announced details of phase 1 of the federal government's new infrastructure plan, which was unveiled as part of the 2016 budget on March 22.

THE first of 52 Azur metro trains being supplied to Montreal Transport (STM) by Alstom and Bombardier entered passenger service on the Orange Line of the Montreal metro on February 7, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the metro.

MONTREAL's Metropolitan Transport Agency (AMT) has launched two tenders, one for additional cars and the other for a contract to operate the commuter rail network and maintain its entire fleet.

MONTREAL's Metropolitan Transport Agency (AMT) launched services on the new 53km Mascouche commuter rail line on December 1 with eight round trips a day on weekdays.

MONTREAL's Metropolitan Transportation Agency (AMT) has signed an agreement to acquire the electrified Deux-Montagnes commuter line from Canadian National (CN) for an undisclosed sum.

THE first of 468 new-generation Azur metro cars being built by a consortium of Bombardier and Alstom for Montreal public transport company STM was formally presented to representatives of the government of Quebec and the City of Montreal at Bombardier's La Pocatière plant in Quebec on November 25.

THE government of Quebec announced on September 20 that it plans to invest at least $C 1.5bn ($US 1.46bn) in the extension of the Montreal metro Blue Line to St Leonard and Anjou.