The MR-63 album

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The last MR-63 train will soon make its last trip in the métro. To highlight this event, here is a photo album of this rolling stock that has marked not only the history of the Montreal métro, but also that of the province of Quebec.



  • Assembly of MR-63 cars at the Canadian Vickers plant, circa 1965 (Photo: City of Montreal Archives)


  • Unveiling of the first MR-63 car at the Canadian Vickers plant, August 24, 1965 (Photo: City of Montreal Archives) Left to right: a Canadian Vickers employee, Mayor Jean Drapeau, President of the Executive Committee Lucien Saulnier, Cardinal Paul-Émile Léger and Chief Engineer Lucien L'Allier.


  • MR-63 train at station Bonaventure, circa 1966 (Photo: STM Archives)


  • MR-63 train being washed at the Youville workshop, circa 1966 (Photo: STM Archives)


  • Mayor Jean Drapeau and train operator John Gray, 1966 (Photographer unknown)


  • MR-63 car interior on the day of the inauguration of the métro, October 14, 1966 (Photo: City of Montreal Archives)


  • Chairman Lucien L'Allier receives Chinese dignitaries aboard a MR-63 train, 1969 (Photo: STM Archives)


  • Chairman Lucien L'Allier celebrates the retirement of a métro maintenance employee at the Youville workshop, 1970 (Photo: STM Archives)


  • MR-63 train at station Berri-De Montigny (now Berri-UQAM), 1972 (Photo: STM Archives)


  • MR-63 trains at station Saint-Laurent, 1972 (Photo: STM Archives)


  • MR-63 trains at the Beaugrand workshop, 1986 (Photo: STM Archives)


  • MR-63 car interior at the Beaugrand garage-workshop, 1986 (Photo: STM Archives)


  • Renovation of MR-63 cars at the CN workshops in Pointe-Saint-Charles, 1991 (Photo: STM Archives)


  • Renovation of MR-63 cars at the CN workshops in Pointe-Saint-Charles, 1993 (Photo: STM Archives)


  • Renovated interior of MR-63 métro car, 2002 (Photo: Michel Tremblay)


  • MR-63 train dressed up for "Movember" at station Angrignon, 2013 (Photo: STM)


  • MR-63 trains at the Beaugrand workshop, 2014 (Photo: Patrick Bourque)


  • MR-63 headlights, 2014 (Photo: Patrick Bourque)


  • The MR-63 maintenance team at the Beaugrand workshop, 2015 (Photo: Louis-Étienne Doré)


  • Departure of a first MR-63 car at Youville, 2016 (Photo: STM)