Montreal metro proposal, 1953 Size:18x24 and it went before the

and it went before the voters to be approved

for various reasons

The elephant in the room was cost

putting an end to these plans

and I've gone for a tropical theme with the color scheme for this airport diagram

Montreal metro proposal, 1953 Size:18x24 and it went before theMontreal had half a dozen plans for a rapid transit system before the Metro was actually built. This is the 1953 plan which was put forth during the late Grande Noirceur period, but political support was lacking. At the time Montreal was in the middle of shutting down its old tramway system and mass transit wasn't in fashion at all. It took the construction of the Yonge subway in Toronto to light a fire under Montreal politicians' butts and to get