Montreal metro proposal, 1944 twin cities but the mass transit plan

but the mass transit plan

you had to feed and water them

there was the Interurban

In the 1920s

Then the voters changed their minds in 1988

Montreal metro proposal, 1944 twin cities but the mass transit planBefore World War II Montreal had a large, complex streetcar system which was privately owned. Train overcrowding was a major problem during this period, and so various plans were put forth to build a subway system to take trams off the streets. (The earliest plans I've been able to find for a Montreal subway date back to 1912!) This is the 1944 subway plan put forth by the Montreal Tramway Co., which was designed while Montrealers were overcrowding