page_title: Expo Express
section_title: Vehicles
hierarchical_section_title: Expo Express / Vehicles
caption_attribution_description: English: Interior of Expo Express train looking toward front. Français&#160;: Intérieur du train Expo Express; vue vers l'avant.
context_page_description: The Expo Express was a rapid transit system consisting of five stations and a 5.7-kilometre route, running from Cité du Havre to La Ronde in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Built for the 1967 World's Fair Expo 67 at a cost of around CAD$18 million, the trains carried 1,000 passengers each and ran approximately every five minutes.
  In 1968 the cars were sold to the City of Montreal for $1.8 million and operated by the Montreal Transit Commission. The train remained in service for five more years for Man and His World; however, from 1969 onward, they ran on a shortened route when the terminus was cut back to Saint Helen's Island. After the 1972 season the service was withdrawn.
context_section_description: Not to be confused with the Minirail monorail which ran within the perimeters of the Expo Site, the Expo Express used standard railway technology, with two running rails and a third electrified rail identical to those of the Toronto subway. In fact, the trains used were a modified version of the Hawker Siddeley H-series used by the Toronto Transit Commission with one fewer door on each side, and streamlined ends. Consequently, unlike the Montreal Metro with rubber tires, the Expo Express used traditional steel-wheeled trains. The Expo Express also featured fully air-conditioned passenger cars, whereas the Metro does not have any air-conditioned trains on its first four lines due in part to the small sizes of the tunnels and the possibility of heating them to a temperature that is unsuitable for operation. The Réseau express métropolitain (which will operate steel-wheeled trains) will be the first metro line in Montreal to have air-conditioned trains once it opens in 2022.
  In 1968, the New York City Transit Authority looked into the feasibility of modifying the cars for use on the Staten Island Railway, but this plan never came to fruition.
caption: Interior of Expo Express train looking toward front
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