100th anniversary: Fulfilling the dream of Montreal’s Mount Royal Tunnel

By Jason Magder, Montreal Gazette; October 21, 2018

It was a crazy idea, but one that shaped downtown Montreal and gave birth to the region’s first transit-oriented suburb.

Sunday will mark 100 years since the first passenger train was pulled through the Mount Royal Tunnel. Its construction was a remarkable engineering feat, especially for the time, and at 4.9 kilometres, it is still one of the world’s longest train tunnels.

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