page_title: Expo Express
section_title: Route
hierarchical_section_title: Expo Express / Route
caption_attribution_description: English: Model board at Expo Express control center at Place d' Accueil, in Cité du Havre, showing line layout. Français&#160;: Panneau indicateur du tracé de la ligne du train Expo Express, au centre de contrôle de la station Place d'Accueil à la Cité du Havre.
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 After the 1972 season the service was withdrawn.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: The line was double-track throughout, except for a single-track section at Cité du Havre, where people exited on one side of the train and boarded on the other. Maintenance facilities were located northwest of La Ronde station.
  When the Cite du Havre line closed in late 1968, and the terminus was cut back to Saint Helen's Island, it was single-tracked as well. The following year the former Habitat station (outbound only; closed in early 1967 due to low use) was physically relocated to Notre Dame Island, near the Man and Agriculture pavilion, and renamed Notre-Dame East station (inbound only). In 1972 all stations on Notre Dame Island closed, making the route direct from Saint Helen's to La Ronde with no stops in between.
  The line was dismantled north of Notre Dame Island in 1974 for the construction of the Olympic basin; rolling stock was moved to the Concorde bridge between Notre Dame and Saint Helen's Island and stored there until 1979.
caption: Model board at Expo Express control centre at Place d' Accueil terminal showing line layout
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