Comments on: The New VendÃ´me Station – Long Transfers Ahead

By: ant6n

ant6n — Tue, 02 May 2017 22:20:44 +0000

@Tim
Maybe. I think they should maybe pick a different construction method, and think about adding the fourth track at Vendome (allowing more flexibility in choosing construction methods). Nevertheless, the tunnel sections to be inserted should be prefabricated tunnel sections, which can probably have extremely low cleareance, and can probably be inserted over the weekend.

At the same time, the tunnel height appears to be around 3.5m. So It’s possible to raise the floor of the tunnel by 1m easily by just raising the floor, without changing anything about the heavy engineering.

By: Tim Q

Tim Q — Sun, 26 Mar 2017 02:30:28 +0000

Anton, your proposals are very well thought out. Your grasp of the project from both a structural and user/human perspective is first-rate. I do have one concern, though. In your Proposal 3, I wonder about the raised tunnel floor height beneath the AMT tracks, and if perhaps there’s a structural reason why the STM/AMT design could be necessary. I am not an engineer.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 20:26:55 +0000

Anton, wonderful analysis and recommendations. I hope that the powers that be have open minds to “outside” ideas; your designs are far superior to theirs. Thank you for your hard work.

By: Victor Thibert

Victor Thibert — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 18:40:18 +0000

Great post! Hopefully this leads to a design change. Thank you for this thorough research.

By: Mathieu Boucley

Mathieu Boucley — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 23:22:34 +0000

Incroyable, on croirait qu’il se sont inspirÃ© de la correspondance entre Bonaventure et la gare Centrale.

Ils font comme si c’Ã©tait deux stations complÃ¨tement sÃ©parÃ©es.

En tout cas fÃ©licitations, je n’ai jamais lu d’articles aussi clairs et aussi complets que les vÃ´tres sur les transports.

By: Peter L

Peter L — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 03:20:01 +0000

Nice work! Hope they pay attention and avoid the mistake.

By: Vinny

Vinny — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 05:47:14 +0000

Thank you for the work and paying attention!

By: Alexander

Alexander — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 00:09:01 +0000

There is a pedestrian overpass that connects De Maisonneuve to St-Jaques. This would be a perfect place for a stop in between Montreal-West and Vendome. There’s no reason why that corridor shouldn’t be upgraded to frequent service, the 105 and 51 have tens of thousands of riders.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 16:47:22 +0000

That’s a really well thought out article. I hadn’t considered how NDG could be served by new stations West of VendÃ´me (and perhaps one in Westmount too?). It would make a big difference to people living there to have an alternative to the woefully overcrowded buses that run through that area during rush hour. There’s an opportunity for VendÃ´me to become a useful transport hub in the West, if they get it right.