Expo Express

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Expo Express
Front view of Expo Express train at Place d'Accueil terminal in Cite du Havre
Overview
Status	Demolished
Owner	Expo 67 City of Montreal (1968)
Locale	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Termini	Place d’Accueil La Ronde
Stations	5
Service
Type	Rapid Transit
Rolling stock	Hawker Siddeley H1 variant; 8 × 6-car sets
History
Opened	April 1967
Closed	October 1973
Technical
Line length	5.7 km (3.5 mi)
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge[1]
Electrification	Third rail 600 V DC
Route map Legend Maintenance center La Ronde LeMoyne Channel Notre Dame East opened 1969 Notre Dame LeMoyne Channel Saint Helen Saint Lawrence River Habitat 67 closed 1967 Place d’Accueil closed 1969 This diagram: view talk edit

The Expo Express was a rapid transit system consisting of five stations and a 5.7-kilometre (3.5 mi) 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 (now the STM).^[2] The train remained in limited service for Man and His World for six additional years, however, on a shortened route from 1969-onwards when tracks were cut back to Saint Helen's Island. Service ended in 1973.