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{{Short description|Commuter rail service in Greater Montreal, Quebec}}
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 | system          = [[Exo commuter rail]]
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 | locale          = [[Greater Montreal]]
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 | end             = {{stn|Candiac}}
 | stations        = 9
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 | daily_ridership = 3,082 (2024)
 | ridership2      = 804,488 (2024)<ref>{{Cite web | url= https://exo.quebec/Media/Default/pdf/a-propos/medias-publications/publications/exo-ra2024-vf-acc.pdf | title=Rapport annuel 2024 | language=fr | trans-title= 2024 annual report}}</ref>
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'''Candiac''' (also designated '''line 14''', formerly known as '''Delson–Candiac''') is a [[commuter rail]] service in [[Greater Montreal]], [[Quebec]]. It is operated by [[Exo (public transit)|Exo]], the organization that operates the [[Exo commuter rail|commuter rail]] network across this region.

The Candiac line was originally operated by the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] (CPR) as part of its ''South-Eastern railway line'' between [[Windsor Station (Montreal)|Windsor Station]] and [[Farnham station (Quebec)|Farnham]] from 1887 until 1980. The former AMT resumed passenger service on this line in 2001, while Exo assumed current service on June 1, 2017.

There are nine inbound and nine outbound trains each weekday.<ref name=CurrentSchedule>{{cite web | url=http://amt.qc.ca/uploadedFiles/AMT/Site_Usager/Train/Ligne_Delson-Candiac/Depliant_DL.pdf | publisher=AMT | title=Ligne Candiac | year=2012 | accessdate=2013-06-13 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919095802/http://www.amt.qc.ca/uploadedFiles/AMT/Site_Usager/Train/Ligne_Delson-Candiac/Depliant_DL.pdf | archivedate=2013-09-19 }}</ref>

==Overview==
This line links the [[Lucien-L'Allier station (Exo)|Lucien-L'Allier station]] in downtown Montreal with [[Candiac station|Candiac]], on Montreal's [[South Shore (Montreal)|South Shore]].

The line offers nine departures every weekday towards Montreal and nine return trips to Candiac every weekday. Most departures are during rush hour, but three are offered during off-peak hours in each direction.<ref name="CurrentSchedule" />

==History==
===AMT service===
The former {{langr|fr|Agence Métropolitaine de Transport}} (AMT) started service on this line on September 4, 2001, with two round trips every day.  One trainset was used for both departures.  In September 2003, service was increased to four round trips per day and a second trainset was used. Service was extended to Candiac in 2005, at which point the line was renamed as the Delson-Candiac line. In 2009, two additional departures were added in each direction with leased trainsets being used until new locomotives and rolling stock is received.

Service on the line was suspended from February 17 to March 9, 2006, after the [[derailment]] of six [[Canadian Pacific]] freight cars on February 17.  The freight cars derailed on the [[Saint-Laurent Railway Bridge]] used by the train service.  This was one of the longest disruptions in train service for the AMT. High winds were a factor in that derailment. In September 2013, CP banned AMT's [[Bombardier MultiLevel Coach|multilevel coaches]] from the bridge during high wind conditions (85&nbsp;km/h or more), deeming them potentially unstable in such conditions. After that AMT has used only its single-level 700 series coaches on this line, but has now returned to the Multilevel 3000 series coaches after the 700 series was retired.

The line was renamed on July 1, 2010, from "Delson-Candiac" to simply "Candiac" to standardize formatting across the network.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.montrealexpress.ca/article-465107-Nouveaux-noms-des-lignes-de-trains-de-banlieue.html|author=Leduc, Robert|title=''Nouveaux noms des lignes de trains de banlieue'' (New names for commuter train lines)|publisher=Montreal Express|language=fr|date=2010-07-01|access-date=2010-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704034444/http://www.montrealexpress.ca/article-465107-Nouveaux-noms-des-lignes-de-trains-de-banlieue.html|archive-date=2010-07-04|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On January 16, 2017, a new station named [[Du Canal station|Du Canal]] was opened on Saint-Joseph Boulevard in [[Lachine, Quebec|Lachine]]. This project was part of [[Transports Québec|MTQ]]'s mitigation measures for the reconstruction of the [[Turcot Interchange]].

===RTM/Exo service===

On June 1, 2017, the AMT was dissolved and replaced by two new governing bodies, the [[Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain]] (ARTM) and the [[Réseau de transport métropolitain]] (RTM). The RTM took over all former AMT services, including this line.

In May 2018, the RTM rebranded itself as Exo, and in that process updated all line names with a number each and updated their line colours. The Candiac line became Exo 4, and its line colour was updated to a lighter pastel shade of blue. In 2023, the service was renumbered to line 14 in order to be unique within the Montreal rail network, and its line colour was changed to a pastel shade of turquoise.<ref>{{cite web |title=Your train lines are getting new numbers |url=https://exo.quebec/en/news/renumerotation |publisher=[[Exo (public transit)|Exo]] |access-date=6 August 2023 |language=en-CA |date=24 July 2023}}</ref>

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==Projects==

To improve service and attract new users on the Candiac line, the [[Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain|AMT]] had planned to carry out two major projects:<ref>AMT PTI 2012-1013-2014 {{cite web|url=http://www.amt.qc.ca/uploadedfiles/amt/site_corpo/nouvelles_et_publications/PTI_2012-13-14.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-06-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211040546/http://www.amt.qc.ca/uploadedfiles/amt/site_corpo/nouvelles_et_publications/PTI_2012-13-14.pdf |archivedate=2013-02-11 }}</ref>
* Improving railway infrastructure on the Adirondack/Lacolle subdivision. The $20-million project included improving signaling, adding a siding for freight trains, refurbishing switches and improving pedestrian crossings. Work was scheduled to be completed by 2014.
* Building a new layover facility (overnight service and storage yard) at the end of the line. Construction was linked to the railway improvement project above.

The possibility of extending the Candiac Line another 20 kilometres beyond the new layover facility to [[Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu]] and [[Saint-Philippe, Quebec|Saint-Philippe]] was also examined by the Quebec Government in 2014. In 2016, the study's final report rejected that option, citing longer travel times by train for people in the area.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/4562133 |title=L'AMT recommande de ne pas implanter le train de banlieue |language=fr |trans-title=The AMT does not recommend setting up a commuter train |publisher=Le Canada français |author=Bérubé, Gilles |date=2016-04-28 |access-date=2024-09-06}}</ref>

==List of stations==
These stations are on the Candiac line:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Station!!Location!!Connections!!Zones
|-
| [[Lucien-L'Allier station (Exo)|Lucien-L'Allier]] || [[Ville-Marie, Montreal|Ville-Marie]], [[Montreal]] || {{rint|montreal|metro}} {{rint|montreal|metro|2}} '''[[Lucien-L'Allier station (Montreal Metro)|Lucien-L'Allier Metro station]]''' <br />{{rint|montreal|bus}} '''[[Société de transport de Montréal|STM]]''': 36, 107 ,150, 168, 350, 355, 358, 364, 410, 420, 427, 430, 465, 480, 747 (on [[René Lévesque Boulevard]])
| rowspan="5" | A
|-
| [[Vendôme station (RTM)|Vendôme]] || [[Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce]], [[Montreal]] || {{rint|montreal|metro}} {{rint|montreal|metro|2}} '''[[Vendôme station|Vendôme Metro station]]'''<br />{{rint|montreal|bus}} '''[[Société de transport de Montréal|STM]]''': 17 (north bound at the corner of [[Decarie Boulevard]] and [[De Maisonneuve Boulevard]], south bound at the corner of rue Girouard and Upper Lachine Road), 38, 90, 102, 104, 105, 124, 371, 420 (same corners as 17) west<ref name=STM>{{cite web | url=http://www.stm.info/English/info/reseau2007.pdf | publisher=STM | title=Plan du Reseau STM 2007 | year=2007 | accessdate=2007-05-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930225947/http://www.stm.info/English/info/reseau2007.pdf | archive-date=2007-09-30 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=STMNuit>{{cite web | url=http://www.stm.info/info/nuit2006.pdf | publisher=STM | title=Plan du Reseau de Nuit STM 2006 | year=2006 | accessdate=2006-12-26 | archive-date=2006-09-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925023159/http://www.stm.info/info/nuit2006.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>)
|-
| [[Montréal-Ouest station|Montréal-Ouest]] || [[Montreal West, Quebec|Montreal West]] || {{rint|montreal|bus}} '''[[Société de transport de Montréal|STM]]''': 51, 105, 123, 162, 356
|-
| {{stn|Du Canal}}
| [[Lachine, Quebec|Lachine]], Montreal
| {{rint|montreal|bus}} '''[[Société de transport de Montréal|STM]]''': 90, 356
|-
| {{stl|Exo|LaSalle}}
| [[LaSalle, Quebec|LaSalle]], Montreal
| {{rint|montreal|bus}} '''[[Société de transport de Montréal|STM]]''': 101, 110 (On LaSalle Boulevard)
|-
| {{stl|Exo|Sainte-Catherine}}
| [[Sainte-Catherine, Quebec|Sainte-Catherine]]
| {{rint|montreal|exo|bus}} '''[[Exo (public transit)|Exo]]''': 150, 155, 156, 552
| rowspan="4" | C
|-
| {{stn|Saint-Constant}}
| [[Saint-Constant, Quebec|Saint-Constant]]
| {{rint|montreal|exo|bus}} '''[[Exo (public transit)|Exo]]''': 153
|-
| {{stn|Delson}}
| [[Delson, Quebec|Delson]]
| {{rint|montreal|exo|bus}} '''[[Exo (public transit)|Exo]]''': 152
|-
| {{stn|Candiac}}
| [[Candiac, Quebec|Candiac]]
| {{rint|montreal|exo|bus}} '''[[Exo (public transit)|Exo]]''': 135, 146, 147
|}

The commuter line operates over these Canadian Pacific Railway lines:
{|class=wikitable
! Subdivision !!colspan=2| Start !!colspan=2| End
|-
| Westmount Subdivision || Lucien L'Allier || {{0}}0.1 || Montreal West || {{0}}4.6
|-
| South Junction Lead || Montreal West || {{0}}0.0 || South Junction* || {{0}}0.7
|-
| Adirondack Subdivision || South Junction* || 43.9 || Candiac || 33.2
|}
Note: South Junction is not a passenger stop.

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://exo.quebec/fr/planifier-trajet/train/candiac Line 14 - Exo official website]
*[http://exo.quebec Official Exo website]

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[[Category:Exo commuter rail lines]]
[[Category:Transport in Montérégie]]
[[Category:Railway lines opened in 2001]]
[[Category:Railway lines opened in 1887]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Roussillon Regional County Municipality]]