The Mount Royal Tunnel is a railway tunnel located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It connects the city's Gare Centrale/Central Station, located downtown, with the north side of the Island of Montreal and Laval, passing through Mount Royal. Since 1995, the only trains using the tunnel are commuter trains from AMT's Deux-Montagnes service. In March 2006, it was announced by AMT that a second route would use the tunnel, beginning in 2010, called the Repentigny-Mascouche Line serving the northeastern part of the Island of Montreal, then the suburban communities of Repentigny, Terrebonne, and Mascouche. This line has now been delayed until at least 2013. AMT also wants to reroute its Blainville–Saint-Jérôme Line trains to Central Station via the tunnel, from their present termini at either Parc or Lucien L'Allier, for a 15-minute time saving.
The structure gauge of the Mount Royal Tunnel limits the height of bilevel cars to 14 feet 6 inches (4 m).
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