REM de l’Est Automatic Light Metro

The REM de l’Est project involves the creation of a 34 km automatic overhead and underground light rail system with 23 passenger stations.

The purpose of this line is to serve the East end of the island of Montreal from downtown. It is composed of a common line serving the boroughs of Ville-Marie and Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve which then forks into two, one branch serving Rivière-des-Prairies Pointe-aux-Trembles and the other Montreal-North.

The objective of this mandate is to provide engineering services to support CDPQ Infra in:

• Developing a preliminary design;
• Defining the technical requirements of the reference project;
• Preparing files for calls for tenders.

As part of its mandate, the AECOM-SYSTRA consortium provides the following services:

• Technical Coordination: liaison between all project disciplines; liaison with the client; interface management; requirement management.
• Building and Stations: Defining station implementation; Defining functional architecture of stations; Defining architectural signature of viaduct.
• Environment: Completion of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA): Noise and vibration analysis; Socio-economic study; Socio-health study; Geological study; Biological study.
• Operations and Maintenance: Designing the Operations and Maintenance Centre (OMC); Establishing the transportation system’s operations and maintenance plan (operations study / fleet sizing); Evaluation of operations/maintenance costs; Ensuring intermodality with the existing public transportation network by adding station peripheral equipment (bus platforms, park-and-ride lots, etc).
• Infrastructure: Designing of the automatic light rail system; Ensuring the viaduct’s constructability; Defining and implementing engineering structures; Evaluating infrastructure costs.
• Roadway and Traffic: Establishing traffic studies along the viaduct and around the stations; Establishing the design of bus terminals and park-and-ride lots; Identifying public utilities and their impact on the project.
• Project Services: Monitoring schedule and budget; Managing and administrating contract documents; Preparing project progress reports.