I was looking for information on the plan for Dorval station and I found that Systra had been involved in studying the construction of a new intermodal station as part of a larger project to upgrade VIA’s infrastructure in Montreal. The call for tenders was published in early 2022.
As far as I can tell, the two grade separation projects also mentioned would be the Courcelle and St-Ambroise crossings in St-Henri.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO VIA RAIL ON DORVAL INTERMODAL STATION PROJECT
CLIENT VIA Rail Canada, Lemay
DATES 2022-2023
MISSIONS Assist VIA Rail in studying the possibility of an intermodal station in Dorval
ACTIVITY Technical assistance, preliminary study, basic design, conceptual design, preliminary design
In its 2021 budget, the federal government proposed providing VIA $491.2M in funding over six years starting in 2021-22 for infrastructure investments that would support the overall success of the high frequency rail project. These investments will help reduce bottlenecks, improve fluidity and connectivity, and allow VIA to take an important step towards high frequency rail. With this in mind, the Montreal Mobility Modernization (MMM) program was created.
The program is divided into three projects identified by the Government of Canada and that VIA was mandated to complete:
- Eliminate two railway crossings in downtown Montreal;
- Improve sidings in the Butler sector to convert them into main tracks and build a freight train bypass;
- Build an intermodal station in Dorval.
The main project phases for building the Dorval intermodal station are:
- Phase 1: Preliminary studies and concepts (used for an MoU with stakeholders);
- Phase 2: Detailed studies and drafting of documents required for Phase 3;
- Phase 3: Procurement;
- Phase 4: Construction.
This mandate only applies to assistance in preliminary studies and concepts of the Dorval intermodal station (Phase 1) and of the station’s parking lots and access points.